Clarifications

Suppliers are able to amend and update their offering at any time throughout the lifetime of the DPS agreement including sub-contractors. We would also advise that you stipulate potential use of sub-contractors with the Buyer at call-off stage

Dear Supplier, if you are able to upload any draft accounts to the FVRA section on the DPS Selection Questionnaire our Commercial Finance team will review these and assess accordingly. Obviously this is dependent on when you started trading. If there are really no draft accounts, is it possible to nominate a guarantor? If not, unfortunately we would not be able to assess your financial standing and accept you onto the DPS

The H score is a credit score that is calculated by the credit agency 'Company Watch'. If a bidder is not signed up for Company Watch we do not expect this score to be provided as we don't require a bidder to sign up just to provide this. As a side note we use D&B for any credit score references for any evaluations. Therefore please be advised that the H score is not required.

It has always been a requirement for all suppliers to hold product liability insurance, the change will mean that only suppliers that select certain services have to have product liability insurance. If a supplier comes into assessing that does not hold product liability insurance a check on what services the supplier has selected will determine if it's required or not. If it is required then you will be contacted via the normal process to clarify your response regarding not having Product Liability Insurance

You may have created a profile on the DPS Supplier registration and have not yet moved to the Demand Management and Renewables Selection Questionnaire stages. Please contact the platform host NQC at support@nqc.com or on 0161 413 7982 who will be able to guide your registration profile to the DMR supplier questionnaire section.

The DPSQ questions are available to download in the Bid Pack. Please refer to Bid Pack Part 1 (General) - Attachment 6 - Standard_Selection_Questionnaire_v1.0.

The Bid Pack has been reissued on the portal. Attachment 8 - Bid Pack Part 5 Non-Core (Terms and Conditions) (2) now includes all files within this folder. The way the previous version was issued included separate folders for NEC3, NEC 4 and JCT which caused issues with paths for some users. Removing the sub folders has resolved the issue. If you download the Bid Pack you should be able to access all files.

Please refer to the Selection Criteria i), (i) and Cyber Essentials sections in Bid Pack Part 1 (General) - READ FIRST RM6313- DPS Needs. If you hold Cyber Essentials Plus, you can answer Yes as Cyber Essentials is part of Cyber Essentials Plus certification.

This Demand Management and Renewables DPS is not a prerequisite for the RM6314 Demand Management and Renewables Framework. They are two separate agreements and routes to market for customers. Suppliers are able to register onto this DPS at any time during the 4 years the agreement is live This Supplier Questionnaire is assessed by our DPS team who review your application and answers to the SQ

This Demand Management and Renewables DPS is not a prerequisite for the RM6314 Demand Management and Renewables Framework. They are two separate agreements and routes to market for customers. Suppliers are able to register onto this DPS at any time during the 4 years the agreement is live

The DMR agreement only accepts Cyber or Cyber Essential Plus accreditation. Please refer to the READ FIRST RM6313- DPS Needs - Selection Criteria and Cyber Essentials sections where you will find information relating to the Cyber Essentials requirement for appointment to the DPS agreement.

Please refer to the READ FIRST RM6313- DPS Needs - Selection Criteria and Cyber Essentials sections where you will find information relating to the Cyber Essentials requirement for appointment to the DPS agreement.

Please refer to 2.5 v) of the DPS Schedule 1 - Specification of the Bid Pack where the sub delivery arrangement "Purchase Only" explains how Suppliers can supply their products without follow up installation or maintenance services

"As a reminder, registration onto the DPS is not a prerequisite to gain access to the Framework (RM6314). The new Demand Management and Renewables DPS (RM6313) has changed from the HELGA Service Filter approach. Each product/service offering will have sub delivery arrangements for the Supplier to select based on their organisations offering. Please refer to 2.5 i) of the DPS Schedule 1 - Specification of the Bid Pack or within the Policy-Delivery filters of the DPS (section 4.2 of the Specification) for details of how consultancy services can be provided within the different appropriate industry areas."

Please refer to 2.5 i) of the DPS Schedule 1 - Specification of the Bid Pack or within the Policy-Delivery filters of the DPS (section 4.2 of the Specification) for details of how consultancy services can be provided within the different appropriate industry areas

We have downloaded the bid pack and tested the Financial Viability Risk Assessment template and have not able to replicate this issue. We would recommend you contact your I.T. department who may be able to advise you of any technical issues in your organisation that may be impacting you with this. On this occasion we will send you the Financial Risk Assessment file via email from info@crowncommercial.gov.uk.

We are currently reviewing the filters with NQC and will provide a further update in the near future.

This is fully detailed in Bid Pack Part 1 (General) - RM6313 Buyer Needs v1.1 - sectionWho are the Buyers of the RM6313 - Demand Management and Renewables DPS Agreement?. An extract from this document is detailed below. Please ensure you refer to this document for further detail: Central Government: - Environment - Defence - Other Central Government Wider Public Sector: - Education - Fire and Rescue - Health - Local Government - Not for Profit (Charitable) - Police - Housing Association Other Wider Public Sector

The revised Core Terms have now been finalised and approved by CCS Policy and Legal. The new Core Terms have removed the amendment referenced all together as the terms are covered in section 10.6

You are able to compress excel files to reduce the size of the file, this should allow you to upload it. Some parts of the SQ cannot be amended depending on the stage you are at. Should you require support with any technical issues please contact support@nqc.com for assistance.