Going overboard with a tender
Posted on 21-02-2011 at 01:00
Invitation to Tender at last SCOTTISH ministers have announced that tenders will be issued today for the Gourock to Dunoon ferry service in order to meet a European Commission-imposed deadline for completing the procurement. A statement from the Government says that Ministers have been working for some time on ensuring the commun...
Best tender writers
Posted on 14-02-2011 at 01:00
Best tender writers Here we are, about to enter the third week of February, and already we have received notice that we have written winning tenders worth over £2.5 million per annum to our clients. We have written a winning gas servicing tender for £1.2 million per annum for three years with a possible three year extension A d...
Boiler Maintenance Tendering
Posted on 04-02-2011 at 01:00
Boiler Maintenance Tendering We don't normally place these on the web site but as it is a speciality for us we will make an exception. The tendering process to secure a contract to provide maintenance for boilers in Scottish universities and colleges is scheduled to begin this month. Those wishing to apply should be registered as a...
Bridging the Tender Gap
Posted on 25-01-2011 at 01:00
Bridging the Tender Gap A nice present for the two companies involved. It is a fair bet that their staff spent most of the holidays writing and rewriting their tender offering. However, as in the Highlander film; there can be only one! THE Bill paving the way for the new Forth road bridge has been given royal assent. The Forth Crossing Act, pa...
PAS 91 Slow take up
Posted on 17-01-2011 at 08:00
PAS 91 slow take up Interesting to note that PAS 91 is taking a while to implement. Hardly surprising considering all the various vested interests. Here is the article in full. The government's decision to mandate the PAS 91 pre-qualification form on all central government construction projects from January 1st 2011 has been welcome...
Tender Writing and Value for Money
Posted on 13-01-2011 at 09:00
Tender Writing and Value for Money The tender writing experts web site has produced this blog which we feel is so good we have repeated it here. Value for money is a term that creates much debate and many people really don't understand it. This article does not attempt ot explain it but merely highlight its importance. Value for Money (VFM) has l...
Tendering and Due Process
Posted on 04-01-2011 at 01:00
Tendering and Due Process Another example of why tendering exists at all in the public sector. This article poses more questions than it answers and casts serious doubts over the transparency and drivers in the authority's decision making processes. MORE than £26 million worth of goods and services were bought by Stoke-on-Trent City C...
Tendering for Hospitality
Posted on 29-12-2010 at 01:00
Tendering for Hospitality Obviously, it may be that there has been no wrong doing but it beggars belief that Council employees would accept hospitality at any time, never mind when going through the tendering process. There was a public outcry at the MP's expenses revelations earlier this year, this is not on the same scale but is just as seriou...
Tender Writing Experts
Posted on 21-12-2010 at 07:00
Tender Writing Experts Many people complain that the UK public sector is too stringent and rule bound when it comes to procurement, this article shows that it is better than what could happen. A recent audit of the Czech Defence Ministry's financial management unveiled 54 mistakes and unusual circumstances in connection with tenders, in which som...
Tender Writing Cycles
Posted on 07-12-2010 at 01:00
Tender Writing Cycles Another cracking example of how you can be too close to something when you write a tender. I do not know the full story but I am sure that the tender that was submitted was more about the writers needs and wants (or the niche sector they represented) than what the client actually wanted. You can shout from the r...
