E.2.1  Planning and documenting the process

The project team should start to consider the level of interaction, and its preferred approach, during the pre-tendering phase of the project, and well before the release of the RFP documentation.

The design of an interactive process is ultimately a matter for the project team. Once a process has been determined, it should be clearly documented, internally as part of the broader approach to ensuring the integrity of the procurement process, and externally to bidders, who must also plan their participation in the process.