Benefits include:
- Improved costing for grant applications when operating and end-of-life disposal costs are considered
- Users define their own requirements to ensure that the technical specification is correct
- Other aspects of the requirement are considered such as qualitative and sustainability issues and are taken into account planning and making the procurement decision
- See clearly how their input is incorporated into decision making
- The decision process is completed in a structured, transparent and, if required, auditable way
- Make better use of their time by delegating parts of the selection process to others
- End up with an acquisition or service that meets their needs, and which they might not otherwise have considered