Challenging a Tender Decision

by SarahDixon | 06/06/2021 | Bid Management, SME Champions, Tender Process

Have you ever considered challenging a tender decision? It’s your right to do so if you believe that you have a cause to question the outcome. In this blog, we’ll be looking at the legalities of making a challenge, and when you should consider doing so. The Legalities...

6 Must-haves for your Bid Library

by SarahDixon | 19/05/2021 | Bid Management, Bid Training, Bid Writing, SME Champions, Social Value, Tender Process, Tender Writing

If you plan on tendering for contracts on a regular basis, then creating your own bid library will pay dividends in terms of saving time in the future. If you’re new to the idea of a bid library, it’s a collection of previous answers and supporting evidence that you...

Will The Value Toolkit Change Construction Tenders?

by SarahDixon | 07/05/2021 | Bid Management, Research, Social Value, Tender Process

If there is one message that we have received and understood from Transforming Public Procurement, the Construction Playbook, and the new Social Value Model, it is that the UK Government wants to change the way that it looks at procurement to ensure that they are...

Can New Businesses Win Tenders?

by SarahDixon | 04/04/2021 | Bid Training, Bid Writing, SME Champions, Tender Process, Tender Writing

While we are still counting the cost of COVID-19 on the economy and UK businesses, we know that record numbers of new businesses have been created. The government has a target (which it is not currently meeting) of spending £1 in every three with Small and...

What You Can Learn from a Losing Tender Submission

by SarahDixon | 27/03/2021 | Bid Management, Bid Training, Tender Process, Tender Writing

Sometimes, no matter how much work you put into your tender submission, or how good your bid/no-bid decision process is, you end up with the result you didn’t want – a loss. It’s not an experience that anyone likes, but to quote Author and Entrepreneur Adam...

What the Social Value Model Means for Public Procurement

by SarahDixon | 20/03/2021 | Bid Management, Research, SME Champions, Social Value, Tender Process

The Social Value Model was published as PPN06/20 back in September 2020 and applied to all Central Government contracts after 1st January 2021. We think that with the growing emphasis on social value seen in the Government’s recent green paper, we can expect the...

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