What is Procurement Readiness?
Procurement readiness (German: Vergabereife) describes the state where all technical, legal, and financial prerequisites are met to start a procurement procedure. Without readiness, no procedure may be initiated.
Prerequisites
| Prerequisite | Description |
|---|---|
| Needs assessment | Need identified and justified |
| Service description | Complete and unambiguous |
| Value estimation | Careful estimation completed |
| Budget | Funding secured |
| Tender documents | All documents finalized |
| Procedure choice | Type selected and justified |
Consequences of Missing Readiness
Starting without readiness leads to variation claims, potential cancellation, delays, additional costs, and bidder complaints about deficient documents.
How Patterno Helps
Patterno supports market research as a prerequisite for procurement readiness, providing market information, benchmarks, and reference tenders for creating complete tender documents.