19 Questions to Ask When Defining Requirements for Services Procurement

When defining requirements for the procurement of services, the following are 19 questions to consider:

1. What type of service do we need?
2. Why is the service needed?
3. When?
4. What are the details of the service required?
5. Who can best describe the service required?
6. Who can provide the service?
7. Has the service been required before? If so, how was the requirement satisfied?
8. Can it be provided in-house?
9. Is external expertise needed to assist with the definition of the  requirement and with the evaluation, selection and contract administration?
10. Is there local expertise available to provide the required service or is there a need for international expertise?
11. Is the service expected to be one-off or continuous?
12. What is the expected duration of the service sverige-ed.com?
13. If, outsourced, what’s the procurement lead-time?
14. What is the budget?
15. Are there funds available?
16. Are there budgetary constraints to obtaining the service?
17. What procurement method is best suited to for soliciting this type of service?
18. What type of contract would be most appropriate for this type of service?
19. What entity would be responsible for contract administration?