Tendering in the North East
Posted on 09-04-2010 at 08:30
I follow the activities of the highway and street lighting PFI tenders with interest. They always seem to have far more problems that the other PFI but perhaps they just do not cover them up as well as the others? I will soon have another street lighting PFI to ponder as Durham and Stockton are about to embark down that road. The North Ea...
PQQ and The Rail Industry
Posted on 04-04-2010 at 09:35
PQQ on the Rails FIVE companies have confirmed their interest in competing for the contract to build the first railway line in the Borders for more than 40 years. More info on PQQ Transport Scotland revealed it was now in the process of drawing up a shortlist of just three firms to fund, build and operate the line between Tweedbank and E...
Construction Pre Qualification
Posted on 02-04-2010 at 09:35
Construction Pre Qualification More information on Construction PQQ The British Standards Institution (BSI) has launched a one-month consultation on pre-qualification in construction. PAS 91: 2010 – Core criteria for pre-qualification in construction tendering – Selection, presentation and application is sponsored by the ...
Need a Bid Writer
Posted on 30-03-2010 at 07:45
Need a Bid Writer? I am constantly amazed by the diverse range of bids and tenders that I am asked to write. Everything from child care and dentists to locksmiths and major construction or service projects. It makes life interesting, you never know what bid or tender request will come through the e-mail ether next. It is of course challen...
ICT Bids and Tenders
Posted on 29-03-2010 at 01:00
For assistance or more information for all ICT PQQ bid and tender writing click here A new study of spending on information and communications technology in Scotland has disclosed the annual spend on computer systems and consultancy IT by the public sector has doubled over the last decade, from £800 million in 1998 to a total of £1...
Council and Public Sector Contracts
Posted on 28-03-2010 at 02:00
Public Sector goes Private A Devon council is transferring a large part of its public service operation and hundreds of its employees to a private contractor. Torbay Council announced a multi-million pound partnership with May Gurney when the London Stock Exchange opened earlier. May Gurney will take over rubbish collections, street cleani...
Help with bids
Posted on 27-03-2010 at 14:00
Help with Bids In London If you are looking for assistance with bid writing for projects in London or the South click Here Why do West Ham United want to play at the Olympic stadium? A move to the stadium is the centrepiece of the plan to revive the club. David Sullivan and David Gold, the club’s new co-owners, bel...
Public Sector Bids and e auctions
Posted on 26-03-2010 at 18:00
E-auctions to save government £270m Tuesday, March 16, 2010 The Office of Government Commerce's (OGC) Centre for E-auctions has published a plan on e-auctions, aiming to save the public sector hundreds of millions of pounds. Its Forward Plan for E-auctions has set out a rolling schedule of e-auctions for the next two years, which could...
BA Strike
Posted on 24-03-2010 at 02:00
The union representing striking British Airways staff plotted with foreign unions to target the airline before its members had even voted for industrial action, it can be revealed. Unite: Unite planned international sympathy action before result of BA strike vote was known Unite: Airline industry sources said the revelations that Unite has been...
PPQ COI
Posted on 22-03-2010 at 01:00
The Central Office of Information (COI) has announced that it is to review its framework of press production suppliers, worth up to £1m a year. The review has been called four years after it was first established, with the new framework set to be a ‘single supplier’ contract following a procurement process which will be appoint...
