With public sector tendering, pricing used to be the be all and end all, but in this era of MEAT (Most Economically Advantageous Tenders), public bodies rarely issue a tender with the pricing element accounting for over 75% of the…
After submitting your bid, you might think that you have completed the bid process, but there is an invaluable additional step which you can take to keep you one step ahead of your competitors: Gain informal buyer feedback. Informal feedback from the…
Social value has once again been on the agenda in the last few weeks, with the UK government planning to announce that businesses wanting to win public sector contracts will have to do more to help improve society. Very soon, businesses will no…
Have you completed numerous public sector bids, but not had much success? There is a definite knack to winning and if you are wondering why you never seem to win, check that you are doing all of the below: Prior…
Here are the answers to our top 10 frequently asked questions about framework agreements: 1. What is a framework agreement? A framework agreement is an ‘umbrella agreement’ that sets out the terms under which individual contracts (call-offs) can be made…