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Writing a PQQ Writing a PQQ is not the same as other types of writing. The content, context and other boundaries for writing a PQQ are different from almost every other type of writing. Context of a PQQ; 1. It is time bound: Your PQQ will always have a deadline and while many types of writing have deadlines, when you are writing a PQQ yo...

Help with Writing a Tender Part 3 Here are some tender writing tips to help you write an amazing winning tender. You must demonstrate your understanding of the clients wants. (See Help with Writing a Tender and Help with Writing a  Tender Part 2) You must convince the client not to deselect your tender and you must dissuade the eval...

Help with Writing a Tender Part 2 The public sector operates within a distinct set of boundaries and limitations. Your tender will need to reflect an appreciation of these boundaries. When you write a tender you should understand why they want it? You should try to understand what policies are driving their decision making processes, what proble...

Help With Writing a Tender So, you need help with writing a tender? This is the first of a series of four blogs which I hope will go some way to helping you out or at least calming the nerves. Tender writing is not straightforward, there are rules, there is best practice and there is process. But everything with rules and process can be learn...

E- tendering   What is e-tendering? E tendering is simply where the procurement process is conducted online. So you create a user name and password, log on and from there you can: • Submit an expression of interest (EOI) • Complete and submit a PQQ (pre qualification questionnaire) • Complete and submit a tender • ...

Writing a Tender Writing a tender can be a daunting prospect. The PQQ was bad enough but at least it was just about being structured and inputting data. Writing a tender is entirely different so where do you start? To write a tender you need to be organised and focussed. Too many people rush tenders (and PQQ) in favour of dealing with operati...

Help with filling in a PQQ We help a variety of organisations with filling in PQQ. We know just how daunting it can seem for a small company to be faced with a PQQ and a deadline. I have written a variety of blogs explain the best way to approach them but I thought that I should provide specific help with filling in a PQQ for the small business ...

Bid Writers You may have a PQQ or a bid to write and you need a writer. How do you choose? How do you differentiate one bid writer from another and what makes a good bid writer or possibly more importantly what makes a bad bid writer? Like most things in life bid writers come in all shapes and sizes but I believe that the best bid writers ...

PQQ in the Public Sector   Putting together a PQQ for the public sector can be a little daunting so following on from the last article I would like to look at the elements that make up the public sector PQQ, why the public sector place value on these elements and what can be done by SME to meet the needs of a public sector questionnaire and ...

Public Sector Procurement PQQ, Bids and Tenders For an in depth discussion on procurement, PQQ and how they fit together we need to understand why PQQ exist at all. This is the first of two articles explaining the public sector procurement process and attempts to demystify and explain why the process is structured as it is. The government sp...