Procurement and Support of a Link 16 Network Management System (NMS)

Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender:

1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once)

• Browse to the eSourcing Portal
• Click the “Click here to register” link
• Accept the terms and conditions and click “continue”
• Enter your correct business and user details
• Note the username you chose and click “Save” when complete
• You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure)

2. Express an Interest in the tender

• Login to the portal with the username/password
• Click the "PQQs Open to All Suppliers" link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires open to any registered supplier)
• Click on the relevant PQQ to access the content.
• Click the “Express Interest” button in the “Actions” box on the left-hand side of the page.
• This will move the PQQ into your “My PQQs” page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only)
• Click on the PQQ code, you can now access any attachments by clicking the “Settings and Buyer Attachments” in the “Actions” box

3. Responding to the tender

• You can now choose to “Reply” or “Reject” (please give a reason if rejecting)
• You can now use the ‘Messages’ function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification
• Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ
• There may be a mixture of online & offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available)

If you require any furt…

Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender:

1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once)

• Browse to the eSourcing Portal
• Click the “Click here to register” link
• Accept the terms and conditions and click “continue”
• Enter your correct business and user details
• Note the username you chose and click “Save” when complete
• You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure)

2. Express an Interest in the tender

• Login to the portal with the username/password
• Click the "PQQs Open to All Suppliers" link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires open to any registered supplier)
• Click on the relevant PQQ to access the content.
• Click the “Express Interest” button in the “Actions” box on the left-hand side of the page.
• This will move the PQQ into your “My PQQs” page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only)
• Click on the PQQ code, you can now access any attachments by clicking the “Settings and Buyer Attachments” in the “Actions” box

3. Responding to the tender

• You can now choose to “Reply” or “Reject” (please give a reason if rejecting)
• You can now use the ‘Messages’ function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification
• Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ
• There may be a mixture of online & offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available)

If you require any furt…

A financial assessment that is proportionate to the proposed contract will be undertaken on the supplier’s financial status. An overall PASS / FAIL judgement will be made after considering areas such as turnover, profit, net assets, liquidity, gearing and capacity. This assessment will include the Parent company, where applicable. An independent financial assessment obtained from a reputable credit rating organisation may be utilised as part of this process.

Criteria is set out in the Link 16 Network Management System PQQ Guidance Issue 1.0 dated 26th June 2024.