Clarifications

Yes that is correct. There is also a Capability Assessment that the customer can ask the suppliers to complete

Please answer the questions and your submission will be reviewed. If there are any problems then we will advise in due course.

Yes please provide the award certificate received for the major contract.

Within the Selection Questionnaire there is: 19. Are you bidding as the lead contact for a group of economic operators? You are able to select Yes or No against this question.

The Selection Questionnaire is split into two (2) distinct sections. The first is a standard Selection Questionnaire (SQ) and this must be completed and submitted via the Supplier Registration Service to progress to the next section of the SQ process, referred to as the DPSQ (these are DPS specific questions, and also contain the Service filters that buyers will also select when running Competition procedures). When you have completed the SQ you need to select either 'Save and Continue' at the end of the questionnaire, or, you can select 'Save and view answers' to review your responses, allowing you to make any changes prior to submitting the SQ, once done this will direct you to the DPSQ. Please note - you cannot amend your responses to any of the standard Selection Questionnaire responses once you have progressed on to the DPSQ.

We can accept evidence from your parent company for investing in skills, development and apprenticeships.

Question No. 180 of the Supplier Evidence Submission stage asks for documentary evidence for a certificate for past contracts. Can you please clarify what kind of certificate you need? Are you looking for copies of the actual award certificates we received for each major contract, or Other documentation that proves these certificates exist?

CCS requires a case study of the work carried out, completion date and to be signed by the customer to demonstrate the work carried out was satisfactory to requirements and delivered on time

Provided it is a clear section within the Employee Code of Conduct then this is acceptable.

You would need to contact the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to establish whether these are equivalent as they own these certifications. Please note that you only need Cyber Essentials to onboard onto the DPS, it would only be at call off stage that you would need other certifications if the buyer had asked for these in their requirements.

These documents are for your reference only. There is no requirement for you to submit these in your submission

This is for the individual organisation to decide on what should be included and would form part of your normal policies and procedures setting process.

You can find the supplier code of conduct here: https://assets.crowncommercial.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/RM6002-Supplier-code-of-conduct.pdf. You need to self certify that your organisation will comply with this code (Q3 of the dpsq.

You must answer all questions. We are unable to advise you on how to answer.

Yes, Cyber certifications are compulsory, therefore, responding to the question is also compulsory

Yes, Cyber certifications are compulsory, therefore, responding to the question is also compulsory

These documents are for your reference only. There is no requirement for you to submit these in your submission

Do you mean a Parent Company Guarantee?

The Management Levy for RM6200 is 1%

Q137 states 'If you cannot provide at least one example customer contract, in no more than 500 words please provide an explanation for this e.g. your organisation is a new start-up or you have provided services in the past but not under a contract.' If you have provided contract examples you do not need to answer this question, if you have answered 'no' to questions 133,134 and 135 then you will need to provide an answer for Q137 to explain why you have not been able to provide an example in the previous questions.