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Make sure you are ready to write a tender When you attempt to complete a PQQ for public sector contracts it is very important that you have everything in place before you even receive your tender document. It is important for you to have a plan of how you are going to tackle tendering for the contract, and you will see that there are many thing...

Writing tenders in 2012 We have started 2012 with the news that we have been successful with a number of our PQQ and tender writing submissions from late Autumn. It is always pleasing when we receive good news, but January has provided one contract win after another. This categorically proves that the tender writing method that we have develope...

The Importance of disaster recovery planning when moving offices. We moved to a larger office this weekend (second time in ten months) As specialist tender writers our timing had to be exact. The nature of PQQ and tender writing means that we always have a deadline looming, usually half a dozen and so there is no good time to move. IT is every...

Making progress with PQQ's Last year Sir Francis Maude released a statement saying "We will make it easier for UK SMEs to sell to Government" and promised many reforms to the procurement process such as making PQQs easier to complete for SMEs. He tasked Stephen Allott with giving SMEs a "strong voice at the top table", and ...

The Best Tender Writing Training Executive Compass is certified to ISO9001:2008 for all of the services we provide, including tender writing training. This is a quality management system which is regularly audited for conformance and effectiveness, so you can be sure that all of the training for tender writingyou receive will be of the highest q...

 Getting the most out of your tender writing It’s fair to say that at this time of year, as we return to our offices, shops, factories and general highways and byways, we have thrown a good deal of “stuff” out. While this is not normally a good thing (remember the ‘reduce, reuse and recycle’ mantra), as far as ...

Successful Tender Writing    When you open your presents at Christmas time it is a little like when the evaluator opens your tender submission. A perfect tender, like a perfect present, must contain exactly what the evaluator is expecting. So how do you ensure that your tender is just what your client wants? You have slaved over y...

Excellence in procurement Last week a study entitled “The AT Kearney 2011 Assessment of Excellence in Procurement Study” was published by AT Kearney, a management consultancy based in London. The study found that, of the 185 global companies surveyed, 90% believed that the procurement function is performing more of a strategic role...

Public Sector Tendering What is public sector procurement and who exactly are the public sector? This is a question I hear on an almost daily basis: this article will provide a brief introduction to Public Sector Tendering and a basic guide to the benefits associated with writing a tender. Did you know that the public sector employs more th...

Is PQQ Writing becoming easier? According to a Cabinet Office statement earlier this week, all consultancy contracts worth over £100,000 will have to be procured by means of a framework agreement by mid-2012. This framework, which is known as ConsultancyONE, will be open to the wider public sector and will replace any and all existing fram...