Clarifications

188. Hello. I have 2 related questions please: 1.) I have submitted our questionnaire, and the status says 'Assessing' which I understand means it is with you for checking. However, if I click in to view the profile, I see a link appear on the right to 'Continue Selection Questionnaire' - if I click on that it asks me to upload my evidence (Qs 167-180) - should I proceed and do that now, or wait until the status changes? 2.) I note that in on page 16 it says Qs 133-135, 147-154 and 157-161 are not applicable. However, I believe 133-135 are needed (so I answered these), and it forced me to answer 150-154 (so I answered yes to these). When I come to submitting evidence, how should I approach Qs 179-180 (which relate to supply chain)? Many thanks

187. Good Morning, Please can CCS confirm if a D&B score within the required threshold will be accepted if the report was received from Dun & Bradstreet in August?

186. Hi there, We are currently in talks with one of our clients who is happy to sign Document 1A, the Confirmation of Works. However, prior to doing so, their legal team have requested further information regarding the process. They have written: "Given this is a formal government tender process, there could easily be some terms in the background which have implications for us if we provide this letter of confirmation of works. I see it does ask for detail as to how you satisfactorily completed the work, so it is not merely a confirmation that the work was done. We would need to know exactly what the process involves and what the implications are." Please could you kindly advise re the above. Please also advise if you will need to contact our client following their signed confirmation of works or if they will need to be further involved in our application in any way. Many thanks.

185. Good morning, Please could you clarify something for me? If our application is unsuccessful, are we able to apply again as a supplier on the communications marketplace? Many thanks

184. With regard to the two points below included in the selection questionnaire, can you please confirm if these would be satisfied by a letter from the bank detailing the latest cash balances on all of our companies bank accounts and details of any other credit facilities that our company has with the bank? 168. Upload a bank letter outlining the current cash and credit position 170. Upload a statement of funding provided by the owners and/or the bank, charity accruals accounts or an alternative means of demonstrating financial status

183. We can see that Attachment 6 Selection Questionnaire and DPSQ are the main forms to complete as part of the application. I cannot see clearly from the information provided if Attachment 3 - Financial Assessment Template v1 will also have to be completed - can you please confirm? Without going into and commencing the online application, we can't find a clear answer on this.

182. Can each of the two contract examples be for the same customer?

181. Hi I have a clarification question - Q170 - Upload a statement of funding provided by the owners and/or the bank, charity accruals accounts or an alternative means of demonstrating financial status. As a new start up, my evidence is limited. Would you accept a letter from the bank confirm that the bank account exists? If not, what else would you need? Thanks

180. When asking for the last 2 years of audited accounts, would this be accounts provided by accountants, or from our accounting platform?

179. Good afternoon, we posted the following question shown below on the 14th July, but have not received a response to date. Please can you urgently reply. Thanks. -------------------- Good morning Yesterday, we received the following notification: ---- Question: Good afternoon In our dashboard, it is showing our selection questionnaire as 'submitting'. Could you please confirm when this will change to 'assessing'? Please note, we have not completed the selection questionnaire evidence stage as we are waiting for the result of our selection questionnaire. Thanks Answer: It appears that you have failed the D&B score as there is a risk flag showing on your application under the submission section. Once this is rectified you will be moved to the next questionnaire ---- However: a. We find it highly unlikely that our D&B score was a failure. b. You do not indicate clearly what to do next. How will this be rectified, and by whom? Thank you

177. Good afternoon In our dashboard, it is showing our selection questionnaire as 'submitting'. Could you please confirm when this will change to 'assessing'? Please note, we have not completed the selection questionnaire evidence stage as we are waiting for the result of our selection questionnaire. Thanks

176. Are the questions regarding CESG Cyber Certificates relevant for this DPS? If yes, how would I answer these if there is no N/A option?

175. Please can you confirm that our organisation is fully appointed to Communication Marketplace and should be receiving tender invitations for contracts aligning with our services? We have yet to have any through relating to Public Relations and so would like confirmation that we are officially registered on Marketplace

174. We have been appointed to Communications Marketplace since September 2021 and provide every service available in the Public Relations section (amongst others). However, we have not received any opportunities relating to Public Relations since September (despite buyers alerting us to some being live), which would imply the invitations are not coming through. Please can you confirm why this might be happening? In addition, will we be directly invited to opportunities that align with our services, or do we need to actively search for this?

173. Despite having a D&B score of well over 45, the SQ evidence section is still asking us to complete Qs 168 and 170 - 172 before we can progress to next question. Can you please advise how we should progress?

172. We appear to have now been appointed to the Communications Marketplace. However, we were still in middle of uploading evidence (accounts etc). Do we still need to upload this evidence or are we now fully appointed and ready to bid for work?

171. Hello RM6124 -Communication Marketplace Our dashboard is showing our company as Registered 2 for this framework. Does this mean we can now access opportunities from this framework? with this be via CCS portal.

170. Can suppliers for Communications Marketplace have any ONE of Cyber Essentials, Cyber Essentials Plus or ISO27001 to pass this section of the application - or is one recommended over the others?

169. In our application for the Communication Marketplace I have filled in the details for Contract Example 1 - and I have sent the 'Attachment 1a - Letter of Confirmation (Contract Example 1)' to the client for completing and signing. In the meantime, the questionnaire wont let me move on to fill in details for Contract Example 2 until I have uploaded the confirmation letter for Example 1. So, it seems I cant download the Example 2 confirmation letter and send it to the Example 2 client in the meantime! To overcome this delay, can I adjust the example 1 letter and use it for example 2?

168. Please can you let me know if there is anything that needs to be done as we have been in the assessing stage for over a week since making changes that you brought to our attention.