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What is a Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ)?
The pre-qualification questionnaire is a preliminary process where bidders for a project are checked to guarantee their abilities in completing the project successfully.
This process is helps eliminate a number of businesses who may apply for projects with insufficient resources, thus saving time and money during the tendering process.
Also abbreviated as PQQ, it is completed before invitation to tender is issued to suppliers and contractors.
What does the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire contain?
The pre-qualification questionnaire usually includes the following:
- Overall project information
- Procurement process
- Company details
- Details of insurance cover
- Financial information
- Relevant experience
- Technical and professional ability
- Capability and Capacity ability
- Health and safety policy
- Quality assurance policy
- Environmental management policy
- Equal opportunities policy
- References
- BIM assessment
What are the benefits of pre-qualification for companies?
Companies experience several benefits:
Avoidance of formal contract exclusions: Situations where documents are outdated, incorrect, or inadvertently overlooked often lead to formal exclusions from contracts.
Streamlined submission process: In new public proceedings, repetitive submission of individual evidences like sales declarations and criminal record extracts is eliminated.
Reduced workload: The prequalification procedure applies uniformly to all orders, resulting in decreased administrative burden.
One-time costs: Companies incur only initial expenses, avoiding recurring financial commitments.
Confirmation of credibility and competence: Prequalification serves as validation of the applying company’s seriousness and capability to perform.
What are the advantages of pre-qualification for contracting authorities?
Prequalification offers benefits to the contracting authorities as well:
- Continuous access to current suitability documentation.
- Expedited and simplified suitability assessments during procurement processes.
- Enhanced legal assurance through centralized certificate management, ensuring consistency compared to relying on various individual certificates.
- Reduced bureaucratic overhead.
