Introduction
Following approval from either the spend control panel or strategic investment panel, you must complete an eProcurement decision record as a final step.
Complete an eProcurement decision record (ePDR)
Follow the steps below to submit an eProcurement decision record so that you can make your purchase.
1Fill in the form
To submit a decision record, fill in the form below:
What you’ll need to include
General details, including:
- your details
- directorate and service details
- the source of funding for the project
- the corporate priorities this meets
- if the procurement is IT related and whether your IT business analyst has been consulted
- the primary category group:
- goods and services
- construction and housing
- health and care
- the most appropriate category code.
Contract details, including the:
- contract title
- description of the contract
- contract start and end dates
- contract value
- recommended supplier details
- the number of suppliers the contract has been awarded to.
Finally, include:
- whether other arrangements exist that provide equivalent services
- authorised existing officer details
- whether you are seeking an exclusion from the contract procedure rules, if:
- so, what is the reason
- not, the quotes you have and why you are choosing the preferred supplier.
2Complete your purchase
Once you have submitted the eProcurement decision record, you can complete your purchase or agree the contract.
3Provide invoice number
When you receive an invoice for the goods or service, you will be asked to provide the invoice number for the purchase. This will help us to identify transactions that have and haven’t been approved on our financial systems.
You will receive an email six weeks after the panel approval date. The email will provide a link to add the invoice number for your purchase and close the process. If you don’t supply the required information, you’ll receive a reminder email every two weeks for the next 12 weeks, until you submit the invoice.
Help and support
You can contact finance procurement, if you:
- need any further help
- want to ask a question
- would like some advice about the eProcurement decision record process.