Associate Members Capped at a maximum of £25k in any year Affiliate Members Capped at a maximum of £10k in any given year This is articulated in the following table: Membership Indicative criteria Indicative Funding Indicative Payment Category Cap (per annum) Method 1: Full Members Corporate structure for risk No upper limit Sub-contract/SLA mitigation paid on profile/against PQQ ready invoice. Experience of successfully holding contracts Externally validated QMS (clear demonstration of commitment to high quality output – Raft of policies (including robust Safeguarding and Health & Safety Policies NON-NEGOTIABLE) – 2: Associate Corporate structure for risk £25k SLA/Payment on Members mitigation Invoice/Regular Spot Some gaps in PQQ readiness Purchasing Limited experience in holding contracts (but some experience of running grant-funded projects) Some written quality procedures but don’t necessarily form a coherent, externally validated QMS (but clear demonstration of commitment to high quality output NON-NEGOTIABLE) – Robust Safeguarding and Health & Safety Policies – 3: Affiliate Micro, informally organised groups £10k Payment on Invoice/ Members (unincorporated associations) One-off spot No experience of holding contracts purchasing No or minimal written QA procedures (but demonstration of commitment to high quality output NON-NEGOTIABLE) – Robust Safeguarding and Health & Safety Policies – As stated, these load bands are indicative and YBF will apply discretion in each case. YBF will also operate with an informal rule of thumb when awarding sub-contracts, to the effect that, generally, the value of the sub-contract should not be equivalent to more than one half of the provider’s annual turnover. This reflects the new condition within the 2015 Public Contract Regulations that Contracting Authorities should not set as a pre-qualifying criterion a contract value to turnover ratio of greater than 1:2.
Associate Members Capped at a maximum of £25k in any year Affiliate Members Capped at a maximum of £10k in any given year This is articulated in the following table: Membership Category Indicative criteria Indicative Funding Cap (per annum) Indicative Payment Method 1: Full Members Corporate structure for risk mitigation PQQ ready Experience of successfully holding contracts Externally validated QMS (clear demonstration of commitment to high quality output – Raft of policies (including robust Safeguarding and Health & Safety Policies – NON-NEGOTIABLE) No upper limit Sub-contract/SLA paid on profile/against invoice. 2: Associate Members Corporate structure for risk mitigation Some gaps in PQQ readiness Limited experience in holding contracts (but some experience of running grant-funded projects) Some written quality procedures but don’t necessarily form a coherent, externally validated QMS (but clear demonstration of commitment to high quality output – NON-NEGOTIABLE) Robust Safeguarding and Health & Safety Policies – £25k SLA/Payment on Invoice/Regular Spot Purchasing 3: Affiliate Members Micro, informally organised groups (unincorporated associations) No experience of holding contracts No or minimal written QA procedures (but demonstration of commitment to high quality output – NON-NEGOTIABLE) Robust Safeguarding and Health & Safety Policies – £10k Payment on Invoice/ One-off spot purchasing As stated, these load bands are indicative and YBF will apply discretion in each case. YBF will also operate with an informal rule of thumb when awarding sub-contracts, to the effect that, generally, the value of the sub-contract should not be equivalent to more than one half of the provider’s annual turnover. This reflects the new condition within the 2015 Public Contract Regulations that Contracting Authorities should not set as a pre-qualifying criterion a contract value to turnover ratio of greater than 1:2.
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