Buyers are made aware that the best value for money is not necessarily the tender which offers the lowest price

Buyers are encouraged to evaluate against the list of digital certified panels if a panel is their chosen sourcing mechanism

Make access easy for businesses of all sizes: Buyers provide clear, high-quality information up front to sellers. This includes minimising...

Creating smaller work packages, where possible, is promoted, helping to ensure businesses of all sizes can offer solutions to government. At a...

Use outcomes focused requirements: Outcomes focused requirements are the default and preferred option, leaving sufficient room for the market to...

Buyers consider important digital investment factors before they start a procurement. Buyers are informed that: early consideration of the digital...

Agencies should ensure they proactively monitor the health and status of your cloud services Agencies should implement a resource tagging strategy to...

Agencies should use automation to manage demand and availability to meet user expectations of performance, reliability and security Agencies should...

Agencies must embed procurement planning practices in line with the Standards for Digital Sourcing

Agencies must apply the principles set out in the Standards for Cloud Computing when considering public cloud offerings