These questions were answered by all eight respondees
A1. How did your interest in the Newcastle Estate project arise?
Official OJEC Invitation | Consortium member | Press and media | Contact by HM Government | Other |
7 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
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Some respondees identified the project from more than one source.
A2. How do you rate the initial information made available to prospective bidders by the Contributions Agency in the OJEC notice, the questionnaire, oral briefings, site visits and the briefing pack issued to OJEC respondees?
| Excellent | Good | Adequate | Inadequate | Poor |
Information on the existing DSS estate. |
| 4 | 2 | 2 |
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Information on the services that the Department required; eg the extent and type of accommodation, the range of facilities management services, timescales etc. |
| 3 | 5 |
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The risks and responsibilities that the Agency expected bidders to assume. |
| 2 | 4 | 2 |
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The criteria under which potential bidders would be assessed to proceed to the next stage. |
| 1 | 7 |
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A3. How would you describe the timescale allowed by the Contributions Agency for this stage of the bidding process, (OJEC issued 4th January 1995 to 10th March for return of OJEC questionnaires)?
Too long | About right | Too short |
1 | 7 |
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A4. Were the Agency's requests for information from you at this stage:
Very excessive | Excessive | About right | Too little |
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| 7 | 1 |
A5. What were your consortium's full costs of pre-qualification for the project?
Up to £100,000 | £100,001 to £250,000 | £250,001 to £500,000 | Over £500,000 |
8 |
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A6. Do you consider that you were treated fairly by the Contributions Agency in their consideration of proposals?
Yes | No | Non-committal |
6 | 1 | 1 |