Common use of Method 3 Clause in Contracts

Method 3. Financial offer and quality (a) Score each tender in respect of the financial offer made and the quality offered in accordance with the provisions of F.3.11.7 and F.3.11.9, rejecting all tender offers that fail to score the minimum number of points for quality stated in the tender data, if any. (b) Calculate the total number of tender evaluation points (TEV) in accordance with the following formula: TEV = NFO + NQ where: NFO is the number of tender evaluation points awarded for the financial offer made in accordance with F.3.11.7; NQ is the number of tender evaluation points awarded for quality offered in accordance with F.3.11.9. (c) Rank tender offers from the highest number of tender evaluation points to the lowest. (d) Recommend tenderer with the highest number of tender evaluation points for the award of the contract, unless there are compelling and justifiable reasons not to do so. (e) Rescore and re-rank all tenderers should there be compelling and justifiable reasons not to recommend the tenderer with the highest number of tender evaluation points and recommend the tenderer with the highest number of tender evaluation points, unless there are compelling and justifiable reasons not to do so and the process set out in this sub clause is repeated.

Method 3. Financial offer and quality (a) Score each tender in respect of the financial offer made and the quality offered in accordance with the provisions of F.3.11.7 and F.3.11.9F.3.11.7andF.3.11.9, rejecting all tender offers that fail to score the minimum number of points for quality stated in the tender data, if any. (b) Calculate the total number of tender evaluation points (TEV) in points(TEV)in accordance with the following formula: TEV = NFO + TEV=NFO+ NQ whereWhere: NFO is NFOis the number of tender evaluation points awarded for the financial offer made in accordance with F.3.11.7; NQ is the number of tender evaluation points awarded for quality offered in accordance with F.3.11.9. (c) Rank tender offers from the highest number of tender evaluation points to the lowest. (d) Recommend tenderer with the highest number of tender evaluation points for the award of the contract, unless there are compelling and justifiable reasons not to do so. (e) Rescore and re-rank all tenderers should there be compelling and justifiable reasons not to recommend the tenderer with the highest number of tender evaluation points and recommend the tenderer with the highest number of tender evaluation points, unless there are compelling and justifiable reasons not to do so and the process set out in processes to untie this sub sub-clause is repeated.