Tender Writing and Cloud Computing

Many companies are embracing cloud technology and are incorporating it into everyday practises including their PQQ and Tender writing. In this technology dependant society, more people are becoming increasingly reliant on mobile devices for work. These mobile devices allow people to turn any environment into their office, whether this be on the train after visiting clients, in your own home or even on the golf course, the traditional concept of office working may be a thing of the past. The integration of Cloud services are growing, in part, because they address this dynamic, providing the most cost-effective way to link all those mobile gadgets.
In simple words cloud computing is the ability to perform all your tasks on the internet without having to install any hardware or software, not even for saving your data. Some of the biggest advantages businesses can avail and in particular tender writing firms are the reduction in operating costs, enhanced storage, increased mobility, ease of scalability and improved data security. It offers a big advantage in the form of data backup, since there isn't any hard drive involved even if the laptop/computer is damaged, one can easily recover the entire data in seconds from the cloud and continue working on a different machine.

A recent study by Ovum found that the adoption of cloud computing had increased around 61 per cent last year, with firms expecting to move around 50 per cent of their data into the new technology within the next six to 24 months. The benefits in cloud computing are not just for the business user, this new technology also benefits the consumers. The technology allows for increased customer interaction as documents can be viewed on-line and feedback received instantaneously. Using cloud services also provides the customer with a sense of involvement and understanding of the process.

As the internet advances the use of Tender portals is becoming increasingly common. It provides a genuinely modern perspective on the tendering process. With a tender portal the complete tendering process—submitting of proposals, assessment, administration—are done online reducing the need to print tenders and physically deliver several copies. Online tendering is carrying out the same traditional tendering process in an electronic form, using modern methods of data transfer and storage.
Using online tendering, bidders can do any of the following:
• Receive notification of the tenders.
• Receive tender documents online.
• Fill out the forms online.
• Submit proposals and documents.
• Submit bids online

So whether you are submitting a tender via an online portal or using the cloud to store and share your valuable data, the technological impact on tender writing is plain to see and here to stay.
Luke O’Neill