Qualification Criteria

Qualification criteria include requirements or other questions related to the supplier or the response. The information specified in the section automatically creates a form page on http://Tarjouspalvelu.fi under the "Qualification criteria" tab, where the bidder answers the specified questions.

Introduction

You can choose an introduction from pre-saved texts for the suitability requirements or by entering the introduction in the text field.

Create eligibility requirements

Create a new eligibility requirement by writing the requirement in the "new requirement" field  

FIGURE: Eligibility requirements section

Select the type of eligibility requirement field

• Numerical  

  • The provider enters numerical information

  • We select the end of the field, i.e. the unit

  • Minimum and/or maximum values ​​can be defined  

  • Can be made mandatory under "input required"

  • The number of decimal places in the value entered by the bidder can be limited

FIGURE: Layout of the numerical criterion

• FYI

  • Text for the information of the bidder, no reply is requested

• Rechargeable

  • The provider downloads the file

  • Can be made mandatory under "download required"

• Text

  • The provider enters free text

  • Possibility to make it mandatory under "input required"

  • You can define a maximum length for the answer (X characters)

  • It can be defined whether the bidder's answer can be 

    • single line

    • multi-line

    • or single or multi-line

FIGURE: Layout of a text-type criterion

• Menu

  • A drop-down menu from which the supplier can choose the option he wants

  • Restrictions can be drawn up for the selection of the provider: 

    • There is no limitation in the choice

      • the bidder can choose as many options as he wants or leave the question unanswered

    • Choose at most one

      • the bidder can choose one option or leave the question unanswered

    • At least one must be selected

      • the bidder must choose one or more options (the question is then mandatory)

    • Choose one

      • the bidder must choose one option (the question is then mandatory)

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FIGURE: Menu criteria layout

• Yes/No

  • The provider answers yes or no

  • The question can be mandatory or optional

  • A yes or no answer can be defined as mandatory 

  • Conditional criteria can be drawn up for the criterion

    • With the selection "Contains "Yes" conditional criteria" a new question can be defined for the bidder if he answers "Yes" to the original question

    • With the option "Contains "No" conditional criteria" a new question can be defined for the bidder if he answers the original question "No"

FIGURE: Layout of the Yes/No criterion. The example has a Yes/No criterion, the answer to which is No opens a new question. 

• The record

  • Prepare the desired battery of questions, which the bidder must answer x times (e.g. references)

    • Create the questions/criteria under "Record criteria"

  • It is possible to define the minimum and/or maximum number of times the bidder must answer the battery of questions

    • The question is optional if the values ​​are left undefined

  • The tenderer can add a new set of questions in the tender service under "Add answer line>>"

FIGURE: Record criteria layout. 

• Subheading

  • Subheadings that structure and clarify requirements

Edit eligibility requirements

Edit all requirements

• Remove the selected requirements from the red box at once

  • At the end of the line, select the requirements you want to remove

• Export the selections as a criteria group 

  • Select the criteria you want to save as a group in the criteria library (See criteria library instructions  here )

• The criteria library can be accessed from the book icon

  • From the criteria library, you can import a ready group of suitability requirements for the procurement in question

FIGURE: Editing options for eligibility requirements

Edit individual requirements

• The criterion can be removed from the red raksi icon

• The order of the suitability requirements can be edited by grabbing the desired criterion with the mouse and dragging (drag and drop) it to the desired place. 

Functions - menu 

• The functions menu is for each suitability requirement and its criteria

• Close criterion

  • Hides the eligibility requirement details (only shows the eligibility requirement title)

  • To edit an eligibility requirement again, you must first open it from the icon - open all requirements

FIGURE: Eligibility Requirements Functions menu

• Move or copy a criterion

  • You can move the eligibility requirement to another location or copy it

  • A list of which functions can be used to move or copy criteria requirements opens in a separate window

    • Move or copy the requirement as a conditional criterion of the Yes/No criterion

      • Add to the "Yes" option

      • Add to the "No" option

    • With the "New requirement" selection, the requirement in question can be copied as a new requirement 

IMAGE: Copy the suitability requirement as a new requirement

• You can create additional information for the criterion using the square icon 

  • In the offer service, additional information is shown to the supplier behind the question mark for the criterion in question 

IMAGE: Addition of additional information to the criterion

Preview eligibility requirements

IMAGE: A preview of the suitability requirements opens with an image of the eye.