13. If procurement activity subsequent to the issue of the ITN is to proceed with maximum effectiveness and speed, it must be underpinned by the completion of a number of items of "preliminary" work.
14. It is assumed that the following preliminary tasks have already been undertaken prior to the drafting of the ITN:
• Production and approval of the Procurement Strategy
• Initial gate approval (as appropriate to project scale and type), including the Staff Requirement and COEIA
• Production and approval of Approvals Strategy for entire procurement
• Issue of OJEC notice/Contracts Bulletin notification (as appropriate)
• Issue of prospectus/Memorandum of Information (with PQQ) to organisations expressing interest to OJEC/advert
• Production and approval of evaluation strategy for entire procurement
• Production and approval of evaluation model for initial expressions of interest.
15. The remainder of this Section discusses the various pre-ITN tasks supporting each of the sections of the ITN plus a number of general tasks.