Guide 3:
How do economic benefits apply to panels and secondary procurement?
Find out how economic benefits apply to panels, collaborative procurement and secondary procurement.
Agencies are required to seek economic benefits in primary procurement, including when establishing a panel contract. Where they are negotiated as part of the primary procurement, the supplier will be expected to deliver them as part of further work done through secondary procurement.
Agencies are not required to apply the minimum 10% evaluation criteria to secondary procurement.
For existing panels and contracts, there may be opportunities to incorporate economic benefits into future extensions. They must be considered in return-to-market activity.