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							How to Create a Bid Library Infographic
													
 
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							How to Plan a Tender Submission Infographic
													
 
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							Common Proposal Writing Mistakes
													
 
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							Improve Your Tender Success Rate
													
 
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							Why You Need Bid Writing Training
													
 
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							Managing a Large Tender Infographic
													
 
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							PQQ and Tender Writing Services Tailored to Your Needs
													
 
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							Tips for Tendering as The Incumbent
													
 
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							How to Write Winning Case Studies for Tendering
													
 
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							Tips for Becoming Bid Ready
													
 
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							Bid And Tender Writing Tips Infographic
													
 
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							What is The Cost of Tender Writing?
													
 
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							How to Produce a Winning PQQ
													
 
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							How to Plan a Tender Writing Process Effectively
													
 
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							Preparing Tender and Contract Documents
													
 
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							How To Plan a Tender Submission
													
 
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							Executive Compass Hires Two New Bid Writers
													
 
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							Three Ways to use Policies and Supporting Documents to Improve Your Bid
													
 
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							Framework Agreement Tendering Process
													
 
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							Using Competitor Intelligence and Analysis
													
 
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							Filling in a PQQ
													
 
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							The Benefits of Tender Writing Assistance
													
 
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							What Does a Tender Cost?
													
 
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							Stephen Scott – One Month In
													
 
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							Advice for Completing a Tender
													
 
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							Advice for completing a PQQ
													
 
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							Audit your Business for Completing Tenders
													
 
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							Learning from Evaluator Feedback
													
 
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							Assistance With Public Sector Contracts
													
 
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							How to Complete a PQQ
													
 
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							Bidding for Contracts: A Guide for First-Time Bidders
													
 
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							Gaining an Advantage When Bidding
													
 
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							Help Writing a Tender
													
 
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							Meeting the Word Count in an ITT
													
 
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							Using Past Experience In A Tender
													
 
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							Social Value Tender Questions
													
 
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							Stop Losing and Start Winning More Tenders
													
 
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							How to Find Government Contracts
													
 
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							Choosing the Right Bid Writing Services
													
 
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							10 Proposal Writing Tips
													
 
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							Writing a Tender for Nuclear Industry
													
 
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							Encouraging SMEs in Public Procurement
													
 
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							What To Do Following The PQQ
													
 
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							Beating The Incumbent When Bidding
													
 
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							Using Copy and Paste in a Tender
													
 
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							How to Create a Bid Library
													
 
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							How to Effectively Review a Tender Submission
													
 
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							Creating a Document Template for Your Tender
													
 
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							Seven Ways to Improve Your Bids
													
 
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							How SMEs can Benefit from Public Contracts Regulations 2015 – Part 2
													
 
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							Public Contracts Regulations 2015 – Part 1
													
 
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							7 Reasons Why Bids Fail
													
 
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							Who Should Complete My Tender?
													
 
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							5 Ways to Improve your Tender Submission
													
 
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							Using the PQQ to Complete the Tender
													
 
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							Learning the Hard Way
													
 
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							Why Hire a Bid Writing Company
													
 
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							Met Office Loses BBC Weather Contract
													
 
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							A Day in the Life of a Bid Writer
													
 
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							Navigating ‘The Portal’
													
 
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							Are You Ready for HS2 PQQs and Tenders?
													
 
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							Managing Your Resources
													
 
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							Keeping Your Bid on Track
													
 
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							How Much Does a PQQ Cost?
													
 
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							Understanding the Specification for a PQQ or Tender
													
 
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							Adapting to Changes in the Procurement Cycle
													
 
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							Bidding for Public Sector Framework Agreements
													
 
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							Getting Ahead of the Competition
													
 
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							Commitment to Apprenticeships Vital for Large Public Sector Bids
													
 
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							Bidding for Asbestos Contracts
													
 
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							Tendering Process Has Begun For Heathrow’s Third Runway
													
 
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							Avoid Risk When Bidding for Public Sector Contracts
													
 
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							Three Ways to Review your PQQ or Tender
													
 
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							Planning a Pipeline For Your Bids
													
 
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							How to Bid Successfully for Grounds Maintenance Contracts
													
 
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							Two New Bid Writers: One Month In
													
 
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							Why Public Sector Procurement is Risk Averse
													
 
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							Tender Writing Support for Busy Periods
													
 
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							The Future of PQQs
													
 
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							A New Approach to Small Business Management
													
 
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							Attitude of people key to business improvement initiatives
													
 
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							Strategy through KPI’s?
													
 
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							Organisational strategy and targeting your customers
													
 
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							Winning more work from PQQ, Bids and Tenders
													
 
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							Business and Chess
													
 
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							10 Steps for Completing a Pre Qualification Questionnaire
													
 
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							Help with Bid Tender and PQQ Writing
													
 
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							How to Write an Executive Summary
													
 
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							Tender Writing Pitfalls
													
 
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							Expert Bid Writers
													
 
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							Invitation to Tender (ITT) Meaning
													
 
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							Completing a PQQ
													
 
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							PQQs and Tenders: What is the difference?
													
 
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							E-Tendering
													
 
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							Filling in an Invitation to Tender
													
 
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							Writing an Invitation to Tender
													
 
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							Bid & Tender Interviews & Presentations
													
 
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							Assistance with PQQ
													
 
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							Construction Tender Writing Consultants
													
 
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							Submitting a Tender
													
 
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							Tender Writing Services
													
 
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							Completing a PQQ and having a System
													
 
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							Help with Writing a Pre Qualification Questionnaire
													
 
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							Tender Writing for the Care Sector
													
 
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							Writing a PPQ for Construction
													
 
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							PAS 91:2010
													
 
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							PAS 2010 Pre qualification in Construction
													
 
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							Organising your PQQ and Tender submission
													
 
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							Tender Writing: How to avoid the last minute rush
													
 
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							Constructive methods of learning from losses
													
 
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							Tender Writing Success
													
 
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							Driving down costs with Effective Bid Management
													
 
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							Tender Writing Why Some Tenders Fail
													
 
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							What Are Post Tender Negotiations and How Are They Used?
													
 
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							Bring a winning tender closer by showcasing your company
													
 
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							Tenders and Contracts Finder
													
 
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							A Clean Sweep – Gaining the Edge in Contract Cleaning Tenders
													
 
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							Overcoming Failure in Tender Writing
													
 
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							Securing tenders in the renewable energy industry
													
 
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							Is it too late to tender for Olympic projects
													
 
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							Tender writing and cost modelling
													
 
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							CE Marking and Construction Tender Writing
													
 
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							Catering Tenders under Scrutiny in Operation Hospital Food
													
 
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							University Tendering
													
 
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							Tips to make your tender presentation stand out
													
 
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							The Tender Process
													
 
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							Tender writing and contract extensions
													
 
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							Successful Tender Writing
													
 
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							Excellence in procurement
													
 
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							Public Sector Tendering
													
 
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							Being prepared to write a tender
													
 
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							Top Reasons for not being Awarded a Contract
													
 
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							PQQ writing for domiciliary care
													
 
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							Effective Tender Writing
													
 
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							How social media is changing procurement
													
 
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							Scottish procurement portal boosting the local economy
													
 
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							New financial year anticipates influx of new opportunities and PQQs
													
 
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							What to expect in a PQQ
													
 
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							The importance of good policies and procedures
													
 
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							Clearly Citing and Labelling Evidence when completing a PQQ
													
 
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							Competitive tender process for pest control services
													
 
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							Tender Writing and the Award Criteria
													
 
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							6 Tips for Completing a PQQ
													
 
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							Too many bid writers spoil the tender
													
 
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							Social Enterprises must tender aggressively
													
 
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							The importance of case studies when completing a PQQ
													
 
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							Bid writers on the west coast
													
 
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							Tender writing for the renewable energy sector
													
 
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							Tendering for contracts: Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012
													
 
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							Constructionline cutting council costs for construction tenders
													
 
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							Avoiding that last minute rush when writing a tender
													
 
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							2013 for Executive Compass
													
 
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							Assistance with a Supplier Questionnaire
													
 
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							The problems with price-based tenders
													
 
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							Bid writing sales staff
													
 
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							What is a framework agreement?
													
 
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							Assistance in the Tendering Process
													
 
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							Why Hire Professional Tender Consultants?
													
 
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							Tendering for Home Care Services
													
 
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							Why Choose Bid Management
													
 
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							Writing a Business Continuity Plan
													
 
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							Writing Company Policies and Procedures
													
 
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							Ensuring You Are Bid Ready
													
 
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							How to Make your Tender Stand Out
													
 
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							Bid Writing Courses across the UK
													
 
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							Increase in Health and Social Care Tender Opportunities
													
 
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							The Importance of Being Accredited When Tendering
													
 
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							KAEFER C&D Secure £380 Million Contract
													
 
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							Tender Writing Services Reach Peak Time
													
 
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							Could Smaller Tender Lists Help Quality Bids?
													
 
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							What Do You Do When You Lose a Tender?
													
 
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							Writing PQQs and Tendering During Busy Periods
													
 
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							How Do you Manage PQQ and Tender Deadlines?
													
 
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							How do you Take Advantage of PQQ and Tender Opportunities?
													
 
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							A Good Year for Executive Compass® Bid Writers
													
 
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							Climate Change and the Tender Process
													
 
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							Guest Blog: Why Proof Reading Matters
													
 
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							What is the Cost of Writing a Tender?
													
 
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							How do you Avoid Last Minute Submissions?
													
 
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							How to Keep Winning Tenders
													
 
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							Matthew Walker – One Month In
													
 
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							Criminal Legal Aid to go to Tender
													
 
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							Win More Contracts with Bid Support
													
 
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							Tom Sheppard – Three Months In
													
 
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							A Brief History of Procurement
													
 
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							How do you get bid ready?
													
 
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							New Procurement Reforms Place Emphasis on Quality
													
 
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							How to Achieve Consistent Quality in Your Bids
													
 
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							Tendering When You Are the Incumbent
													
 
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							How to Become Bid Ready
													
 
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							We Talk Bids and Tenders at The Business Show 2014
													
 
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							Writing a Successful PQQ
													
 
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							Effective Tender Management
													
 
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							Bid Writing Firm is Five Years Old
													
 
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							PQQ and Tender Training for Bid Teams
													
 
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							Managing a Large Tender
													
 
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							Writing an International Bid
													
 
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							5 Tips to Improve Your Bid Writing
													
 
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							Bid Writing Consultant’s Guide to Bid Training
													
 
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							Writing a Rail Tender
													
 
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							Amy Forshaw – One Month In
													
 
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							How to Win More Tenders
													
 
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							Tendering Courses for Bid Teams
													
 
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							Tender Writing Consultants’ Top Four Tips
													
 
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							Tendering for Legal Services
													
 
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							Cutting Through the Specification
													
 
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							Preparing for a Must-Win Bid
													
 
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							Policies, Procedures and Tender Writing
													
 
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							What does a bid writer do?
													
 
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							5 Reasons to Hire a Bid Writer
													
 
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							Writing a Tender with a Short Deadline
													
 
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							Responding to Health and Safety Sections of an SSQ
													
 
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							Writing a Tender for Grounds Maintenance
													
 
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							Tips for Construction Tendering
													
 
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							Tendering – Deciding Whether to Bid
													
 
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							Writing a Gas Servicing Tender
													
 
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							The Most Common Problems when Writing a Bid
													
 
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							Competitive Tendering
													
 
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							8 Ways to Improve your Tender Success Rate
													
 
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							7 Reasons you need Bid Writing Training
													
 
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							Outsourcing Bid Management
													
 
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							PQQ Training for Beginners
													
 
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							Bid Management and Team Building
													
 
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							How to Write a Winning Tender
													
 
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							7 Common Proposal Writing Mistakes
													
 
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							Relying on Generic Material When Writing a Tender
													
 
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							How to use Information in a Tender
													
 
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							Bid Writers on the “Run Bike Run”
													
 
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							Writing a Public Sector PQQ
													
 
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							How to Manage your Bid Process Effectively
													
 
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							Using an Interim Tender Writer
													
 
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							How Can an ISO Certification Strengthen Your Bid?
													
 
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							How to Write a Tender Case Study
													
 
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							Tender Writing Tips
													
 
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							Contract and Tender Process
													
 
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							The Bid Management Process
													
 
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							Tender Training Courses UK
													
 
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							Executive Compass 2014 Review
													
 
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							Bid Writing Best Practice
													
 
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							Executive Compass Exhibits at The Business Show 2014
													
 
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							Advice for First Time Bidders
													
 
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							Increase in Public Sector Contracts Post-Election
													
 
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							Funding Available to Grow Your Business
													
 
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							Five Best Ways to Secure New Contracts
													
 
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							Merry Christmas from Executive Compass®
													
 
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							New Year, New Contracts
													
 
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							Executive Compass® 2015 Review
													
 
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							Grow Your Business by Winning Contracts
													
 
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							2015 Updates to the ISO 9001 Standard
													
 
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							The European Single Procurement Document (ESPD)
													
 
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							Writing a Tender on a Portal
													
 
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							Improving your PQQ and Tender Process
													
 
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							Is it Time to Tender for Contracts?
													
 
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							Producing a Creative Bid
													
 
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							How to Tender for Network Rail Contracts and Other Opportunities Within the Rail Sector
													
 
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							Taking Part in Tenders
													
 
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							Three Tips for Writing Primary Care Tenders
													
 
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							Writing Public Sector Bids and Tenders
													
 
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							Why plugging the construction skills gap can boost your tender bid
													
 
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							SMEs Encouraged to Bid
													
 
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							Care Contracts Will be ‘Hit Hard’ by the National Living Wage Increase
													
 
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							Modern Slavery Act 2015: what it means for your organisation
													
 
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							Finding Opportunities to Tender for Primary Care
													
 
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							Public Procurement “Corruption” Can Cost the EU Billions
													
 
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							Meeting the Tender Specification
													
 
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							How Can a Business Win More Contracts?
													
 
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							Social Care Sector to Receive Less Funding
													
 
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							3 Reasons to Monitor your Bidding Success Rate
													
 
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							7 Top Tips for Tendering
													
 
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							33% of Local Authorities Consider Social Value in Procurement
													
 
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							A Day in the Life of the Executive Compass Office
													
 
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							5 Top Tips for a Successful PQQ
													
 
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							Brexit: the Possible Implications for Public Sector Procurement
													
 
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							SMEs and the Bribery Act
													
 
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							£34.2 Billion Worth of Contracts Awarded in June 2016
													
 
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							How to be a Successful Bid Writer
													
 
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							Tendering for Construction Contracts
													
 
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							Writing a Bid: Compliance Versus Quality
													
 
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							Recent Client Contract Wins
													
 
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							Bid Writer Christian: One Month In
													
 
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							3 Ways to Improve Your Bid Writing
													
 
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							Contract Notices Increase Post-Brexit
													
 
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							The Differences Between Social Value and Added Value in Tendering
													
 
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							Bid Writing: Don’t Sell Yourself Short
													
 
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							Procurement Strategy Underway as Heathrow Expansion is Confirmed
													
 
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							Managing Multiple Bids and Multiple Stakeholders
													
 
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							Selection Questionnaire Replaces Standard PQQ
													
 
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							Top Tips for Submitting E-Tenders
													
 
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							Apprenticeship Funding
													
 
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							3.8 Million Words
													
 
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							2016 Year Review
													
 
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							Improve Your Bidding Success Rates for 2017
													
 
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							Using Attachments with Your PQQ or Tender Submission
													
 
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							In Touch with Industry: Health and Social Care Visits
													
 
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							70/30 price-to-quality split: what does this mean for your tender?
													
 
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							Social Value Responses in Your Tender
													
 
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							Writing a Tender: The Small Print
													
 
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							How to really sell your company in a tender– an evidence based approach
													
 
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							NEBOSH General Certificate in Health and Safety
													
 
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							Getting the most out of supplier engagement events
													
 
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							What is TUPE, and what does it mean when tendering?
													
 
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							What is a Variant Bid?
													
 
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							Public Sector Procurement News
													
 
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							Can your previous performance mean you can be officially excluded from bidding?
													
 
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							Brexit: How has it impacted contracts being extended and re-tendered?
													
 
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							The Benefits of UKAS ISO 9001:2015 Certification
													
 
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							General Election 2017: Purdah and the Effects on Procurement
													
 
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							How to Make Sure Your Tender Shows Value for Money
													
 
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							Late Payment Debt Owed to SMEs
													
 
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							What happens when procurement rules are breached?
													
 
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							Cyber Essentials: What is it, and why do you need it?
													
 
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							Electronic call monitoring: is it worth the investment, or should you just improve your pricing?
													
 
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							Why the right staffing is crucial in bidding
													
 
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							How to tailor your tender submission appropriately
													
 
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							Brexit: Firms get creative with their strategies to overcome uncertainty
													
 
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							Public Sector Bids vs Private Sector Bids
													
 
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							An insight into bid writing and the not-so-average tender submission
													
 
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							Three Reasons to Have Bid Writing Training
													
 
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							The big winners from the first HS2 procurement phase
													
 
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							Procurement: Reducing Risk in the Supply Chain
													
 
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							What to consider when writing your first bid
													
 
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							How can a bid writing firm help you?
													
 
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							Fines for poor cyber security could be introduced
													
 
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							Securing a place on a public sector framework agreement
													
 
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							SMEs encouraged to bid for public sector contracts
													
 
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							Multiple People Writing a Bid
													
 
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							The General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR)
													
 
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							Case Study: Mechanical and Electrical Services Framework
													
 
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							Tendering: how to deal with short deadlines
													
 
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							The “chicken scandal”: issues in supply chains
													
 
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							2022 Commonwealth Games Bids
													
 
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							How can you improve your social value offering?
													
 
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							Training for bid and proposals teams
													
 
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							How Crown Commercial Service Frameworks Can Grow Your Business
													
 
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							Case study: home care and supported living services
													
 
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							How to Learn from Unsuccessful Tender Feedback
													
 
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							The importance of the Equality Act 2010 when tendering
													
 
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							Transporting growth: making the most of the budget’s expansion opportunities
													
 
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							How to apply for grants successfully
													
 
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							2017: our year in review
													
 
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							Bidding in the new year – achieving growth targets through tender wins
													
 
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							Framework agreements: increase your chance of success
													
 
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							All in a day’s work
													
 
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							Approaching Sustainability Questions in Public Sector Tendering
													
 
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							Right on time: HS2 launches tenders for over £1.55bn track works
													
 
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							Transitioning from ISO 9001:2008 to 9001:2015
													
 
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							Three tips to make your tender stand out
													
 
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							Common mistakes when writing a bid – and how to avoid them!
													
 
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							Dirt cheap: why KFC’s cost-cutting measures did not pay off
													
 
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							The world of the evaluator: less is more
													
 
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							Proofreading a tender in 7 steps
													
 
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							Your brand: using your identity in the public sector
													
 
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							Passport print contract awarded to European firm Gemalto
													
 
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							Tendering to Win
													
 
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							Cyber attacks targeting supply chains
													
 
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							G-Cloud 10: an insight into the framework
													
 
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							Social value: what changes are being made in procurement
													
 
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							Five reasons to have bid writing training
													
 
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							£1.3bn of contracts are due to expire before September: how to pre-engage with a buyer
													
 
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							Managing the stress of bids
													
 
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							Bid Team Holiday Cover
													
 
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							How to determine if you are bidding for the right contract
													
 
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							Why are we not winning tenders?
													
 
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							Nine out of ten public sector suppliers hit by late payments
													
 
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							MPs vote to back Heathrow Airport £14bn plan
													
 
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							Winning bids: a ‘race to the bottom?’
													
 
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							Benefit from social value?
													
 
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							Five reasons a review can improve your tender submission
													
 
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							Northumbrian Water Training Workshop
													
 
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							Writing a bid: on time delivery
													
 
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							A rise in tender opportunities
													
 
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							Crown Commercial Services Workplace Services (FM Marketplace Phase 2)
													
 
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							Tendering: a one- or two-stage process?
													
 
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							What does it take to be successful when tendering?
													
 
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							E-Tendering process: how to bid for contracts online
													
 
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							Case study: tender submission for London highways contract
													
 
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							Crown Commercial Services – Health Sector Resourcing Framework (RM3833)
													
 
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							Q&A: How can an external bid writer work with my company?
													
 
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							Executive Compass in Scotland
													
 
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							Lead up to Christmas
													
 
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							Fusion21 Construction Works and Improvements Framework
													
 
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							2018 review
													
 
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							Bid writing strategy for the New Year
													
 
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							Tender writing training for 2019
													
 
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							Executive Compass celebrates ten-year anniversary!
													
 
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							Q&A: How do you guarantee that a bid will be completed on time?
													
 
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							OJEU alternative in no-deal Brexit
													
 
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							Top tips for tendering in 2019
													
 
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							Public sector frameworks in 2019
													
 
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							£33m pay out over Brexit ferry contract
													
 
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							Trends in tendering in the public sector
													
 
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							In the news: Executive Compass graduate programme
													
 
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							Price vs quality in a tender
													
 
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							Executive Compass: what we’re working on this month
													
 
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							Social value in government procurement
													
 
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							Tips for SMEs bidding for government contracts
													
 
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							How to e-tender
													
 
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							Competitive tendering for government contracts
													
 
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							How to win a tender contract?
													
 
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							Prompt Payment Code: the impact on government tenders
													
 
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							Completing a tender document
													
 
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							Four top tips for becoming a successful bid writer
													
 
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							How to find relevant contract notices for your organisation
													
 
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							Ten years of Executive Compass
													
 
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							What does the climate crisis mean for UK businesses?
													
 
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							Government tenders: where, why and how
													
 
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							The Future of Care
													
 
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							The Standard Selection Questionnaire: FAQ
													
 
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							Rianna: six weeks in
													
 
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							2019: 10 years of bids, expansion and plans for the coming year
													
 
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							Types of tendering in procurement
													
 
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							ESPD: what does it stand for and what does it include?
													
 
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							OJEU Procurement
													
 
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							What does a bid manager do?
													
 
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							Cabinet Office Procurement Policy Note – Supplier Relief due to COVID-19
													
 
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							Bidding during and after the COVID-19 crisis
													
 
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							Accelerated public procurement procedures
													
 
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							Resilience, continuity and COVID-19
													
 
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							Green shoots of recovery or a glimpse of the new normal?
													
 
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							Bid management: managing a collaborative bid during lockdown
													
 
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							Case study: Framework for architectural services
													
 
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							What are creative tenders?
													
 
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							Public sector procurement following Brexit: UK e-notification service
													
 
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							New social value in procurement model
													
 
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							Social value in tendering training
													
 
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							2020 contract win: Sellafield Industrial Services Framework
													
 
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							2020: a look back at our year
													
 
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							Tendering trends in 2021
													
 
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							Matthew Walker Appointed Technical Director
													
 
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							Case Study: Fusion21 Workplace and Facilities Framework
													
 
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							The bidding process in procurement
													
 
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							How do public tenders work?
													
 
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							Our Top Tips On How To Tender For Contracts
													
 
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							How to tender for construction work
													
 
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							Inside the bid writing process: supported living case study
													
 
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							The Sourcing Playbook and The Consultancy Playbook
													
 
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							Risk management in the tendering process
													
 
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							Procurement Policy Note 05/21 – National Procurement Policy Statement
													
 
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							Taking Account of Carbon Reduction Plans in the procurement of major government contracts
													
 
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							Reform in the health and social care sector
													
 
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							How to tender for security contracts
													
 
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							How to reply to a tender invitation
													
 
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							The social impact toolkit – unlocking social value in the supply chain
													
 
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							A deep dive into the bid review process
													
 
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							An Overview of the Social Value Model
													
 
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							Bid writing case study: working with a retained client
													
 
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							Measuring Social Value and Community Benefits Impact
													
 
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							Tender management
													
 
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							What criteria do different buyers use to evaluate tenders?
													
 
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							Tendering in construction
													
 
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							The incumbent: bidding to retain a contract
													
 
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							Case study: Central government social value model in a recent tender
													
 
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							Reform in practice, tendering for change: ICS training hubs case study
													
 
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							The potential impact to tendering following the introduction of The Health and Social Care Levy
													
 
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							PPN 08/21 Prompt Payment: what does it mean for suppliers?
													
 
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							Dan: Six months at Executive Compass
													
 
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							A guide to Crown Commercial Service Frameworks
													
 
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							2021 Year in Review
													
 
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							The importance of presentation in a tender submission
													
 
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							Interim bid writing support for a large project: how does it work?
													
 
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							Tendering trends for 2022
													
 
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							The NHS roadmap: social value and carbon reduction expectations for suppliers
													
 
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							Using pre-existing material when bid writing
													
 
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							Certifications, accreditations and memberships when tendering
													
 
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							The increasing focus on carbon net zero in tendering
													
 
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							Answering scenario-based questions in a tender
													
 
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							What can we learn from Camelot losing the National Lottery Contractual Licence?
													
 
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							How economic uncertainty may impact public sector tendering
													
 
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							Eight steps for delivering social value across the built environment
													
 
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							How to write a case study for tendering
													
 
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							The importance of attending market engagement events and site visits
													
 
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							Starting the journey towards zero-emission fleets
													
 
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							Building Safety Act 2022, and how this could affect tendering
													
 
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							Applying social value to NHS
													
 
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							Collaborative bid writing
													
 
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							The importance of precision in tender responses
													
 
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							How To Prepare for an Interview Following a Tender Submission
													
 
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							Personalising proposals to ensure they are customer-focused
													
 
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							Responding to tender questions that could reflect badly on the bidder
													
 
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							Answering Equality And Diversity-Based Questions In Tenders
													
 
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							Introduction of the Procurement Bill: What This Means for Public Sector Tendering
													
 
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							Can a Bidder Withdraw a Bid?
													
 
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							Managing Director Christian Rowe: Six Years in
													
 
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							Short Notice Writing Support
													
 
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							Introduction of national standards for supported accommodation – and what this means from a tendering perspective
													
 
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							My Experience of Becoming a Professional Bid Writer
													
 
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							What it means to be a senior bid writer
													
 
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							Data Reform Bill
													
 
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							How are tenders evaluated?
													
 
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							Post-submission tender feedback
													
 
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							How artificial intelligence can be used in bid writing
													
 
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							Answering resource-based questions
													
 
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							Submitting a Tender Challenge for An Unsuccessful Outcome
													
 
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							Updates to the National TOMS 2022
													
 
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							Answering quality-based questions
													
 
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							Why do tenders include a quality element?
													
 
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							Why is it Important to Research the Buyer When Tendering?
													
 
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							How to bid successfully for health and social care tenders
													
 
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							The importance of submitting high-quality contract examples as part of the selection questionnaire when tendering
													
 
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							Social value: Pre-tender preparation
													
 
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							Executive Compass’s 2022 – a year in review
													
 
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							Bid Writing Cover over The Holiday Period
													
 
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							Reasons why tender submissions are rejected or fail
													
 
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							Tendering trends for 2023
													
 
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							Responding to business continuity questions in a tender
													
 
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							Carbon emissions in tendering
													
 
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							Social value: monitoring and reporting
													
 
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							How do data protection requirements affect the tendering process?
													
 
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							Tips for Implementing Social Value Following a Successful Tender
													
 
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							Common Misconceptions around the Tender Process
													
 
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							Responding to supplementary questions in a Standard Selection Questionnaire
													
 
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							Responding to supply chain questions in a tender
													
 
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							What makes bid writing unique from other professional writing services?
													
 
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							A Day in the Life of a Professional Bid Writer
													
 
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							Explaining the differences to the tendering process for Scottish contracts
													
 
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							How can construction SMEs navigate an unfavourable tendering climate?
													
 
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							A Day in the Life of a Quality Reviewer
													
 
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							PPN 03/23: Examining the Newest Update to the Selection Questionnaire
													
 
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							How to Approach Post-Tender Clarification Questions
													
 
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							Working with Executive Compass: How to Prepare for Our Client Interview
													
 
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							Different approaches to answering mobilisation questions in a tender
													
 
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							How the Cost of Living Crisis is Continuing to Impact Public Sector Tendering and Procurement
													
 
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							New CIOB report reveals SMEs must embrace social value within tendering
													
 
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							Managing Stress in Bid and Tender Writing
													
 
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							How does Learning at Work Week Relate to Bid and Tender Writing?
													
 
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							The Role of Risk Management in Bid and Tender Opportunities
													
 
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							Responding to an Increased Focus on Equality and Diversity in Bids and Tenders
													
 
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							The Benefits of a Bid Review
													
 
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							Artificial Intelligence in Bid Writing: Opportunities, Risks and Challenges
													
 
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							Managing Word Limits in Tender Responses
													
 
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							How to Integrate Changes to Legislation into Bid and Tender Responses
													
 
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							Personalising or Adding Graphics to Your Tender Submission
													
 
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							What Does a Framework Agreement Mean for SMEs?
													
 
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							Update On the Procurement Bill – What We Know So Far
													
 
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							Executive Compass’s 2023 – Our Year So Far
													
 
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							Biodiversity Net Gain – How Will It Impact Public Sector Tendering?
													
 
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							Bidding for Public Sector IT and Data Management Tenders
													
 
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							Common Misconceptions Around Social Value in Bid Writing
													
 
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							PPN 08/23 – How Will It Impact Public Sector Procurement?
													
 
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							How To Maintain and Improve Your Bid Library
													
 
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							The Importance of Bid Planning for Quality Responses
													
 
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							What Reduced Central Government Spend with SMEs Means for Public Sector Tendering
													
 
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							LHC Retrofit and Decarbonisation Framework – What You Need to Know
													
 
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							How to Bid Successfully for Public Sector Catering Tenders
													
 
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							Top Tips – Appendices and Additional Documents in Tender Submissions
													
 
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							What The Building Safety Act Means for Tendering
													
 
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							Meet The Team: Q&A with Ewan, Grace and Jemma
													
 
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							The Importance of Health and Safety in Bid and Tender Writing
													
 
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							How to Integrate Research into Bid and Tender Responses
													
 
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							Common Quality Topics in Health and Social Care Bids and Tenders
													
 
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							Spooky Procurement Practices and Terrifying Tenders
													
 
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							Our Top Tips for Submitting Clarification Questions in Tendering
													
 
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							The Procurement Act 2023 – An Initial Analysis
													
 
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							Top Tips – Managing a Large Tender Submission
													
 
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							Executive Compass’s 2023 – Our Year in Review
													
 
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							PPN 10/23 – How Will It Change Payment Approaches During The Tender Process?
													
 
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							Back to Basics – Explaining the Tender Submission Process
													
 
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							Tendering Trends for 2024
													
 
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							Common Questions About Tendering for Contracts
													
 
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							The Procurement Act 2023 – The Public Debarment List
													
 
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							Top Tips – Reasons Why Tenders Are Disqualified
													
 
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							Public Sector Contract Awards Quarterly Review – A Bidder’s Insight
													
 
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							Directors Matthew Walker and Amy Lawson: 10 Years in
													
 
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							How to Approach Working with Subcontractors in Tendering
													
 
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							Procurement Act 2023 – Where Does Social Value Fit In?
													
 
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							From Bid Writer to Quality Reviewer – Mary Marshall
													
 
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							How To Win Cleaning Contracts Through Tendering
													
 
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							Outsourcing Your Bid Writing – Why Choose a Consultancy?
													
 
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							PPN 02/24 – AI in Public Sector Procurement
													
 
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							Health and Social Care Tenders – Writing about Person-Centred Care
													
 
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							How Bid Writing Courses Support You To Win Contracts
													
 
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							Celebrating 15 Years at Executive Compass
													
 
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							Mental Health Awareness Week – ‘Movement’
													
 
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							The Procurement Act 2023 – Setting and Publishing KPIs
													
 
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							Two Years As A Bid Writer – Jay Duffy and Matthew Long
													
 
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							Top Tips – Time Management Within A Tender Submission
													
 
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							Tendering Definition and How The Tender Process Works
													
 
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							Developing Your Bidding Strategy for Public Sector Tenders
													
 
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							Bid Writer Spotlight –Ewan Weston
													
 
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							How a ‘Critical Friend’ Review Strengthens Your Bid Submission
													
 
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							Top Tips – How Bid Formatting Impacts Tender Responses
													
 
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							Procurement Act 2023 – Establishing a Bid Pipeline
													
 
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							Bidding for Housing Association Tenders
													
 
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							Responding to Scenario-Based Questions in Health and Social Care Tenders
													
 
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							Executive Compass 2024 – Our Year To Date
													
 
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							Consortium Bidding – How Does It Work?
													
 
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							Working With Bid Writing Agencies To Win More Contracts
													
 
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							Winning Government Bids – Helping You Win Contracts
													
 
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							The Procurement Act 2023 – Explaining Dynamic Markets
													
 
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							Top Tips – Writing Your Social Value Delivery Plan
													
 
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							How Bid Win Themes Help You Write a Winning Tender
													
 
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							Local Government Tenders – Writing a Bid To Win
													
 
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							Writing Your Organisation’s Carbon Reduction Plan
													
 
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							Stephen Murray: Journey from Bid Writer to Training Services Manager
													
 
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							Behind the Scenes: A Q&A with Six Bid Writers
													
 
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							Frequently Asked Questions – Bidding for NHS Tenders
													
 
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							Top Tips – Tender Preparation  for an Important Submission
													
 
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							The Procurement Act 2023 – Explaining the Delay to Implementation
													
 
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							What is the Common Assessment Standard?
													
 
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							The Bid Writing Process Explained
													
 
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							How to Navigate Tender Portals Like An Expert
													
 
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							Autumn Budget: How Will Funding Affect Public Sector Tenders in 2025?
													
 
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							Key Bid Writing Skills to Win Tenders
													
 
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							Executive Compass – 2024 Year in Review
													
 
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							Bidding for Beginners  – How The Tender Process Works
													
 
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							Decoding the Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ)
													
 
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							How The Bid Evaluation Process Works
													
 
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							Top Tips – Explaining Social Value TOMs in Bidding
													
 
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							What Does a Good Tender Response Look Like?
													
 
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							Explaining the National Procurement Policy Statement
													
 
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							Procurement Act 2023 – Date of Implementation
													
 
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							NEPO Supplier Partnership Programme: Our Workshops
													
 
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							How to Find Tender Opportunities for Your Organisation
													
 
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							PPN 002 – The Social Value Model Explained
													
 
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							What Is a Mini Competition in Tendering?
													
 
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							Procurement Act 2023 – Two Months After Implementation
													
 
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							Improving Your Tender Results for Public Sector Bids
													
 
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							How To Use Bid Tracking for Your Tender Submission
													
 
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							How Will The English Devolution White Paper Affect Local Government Tenders?
													
 
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							Interpreting the Central Digital Platform (CDP) in Bidding
													
 
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							How The 2025 Spending Review Will Impact Public Sector Bids
													
 
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							The Cabinet Office Public Procurement Consultation – What You Need to Know
													
 
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							Mid-Year Review: Progress, Challenges and Next Steps at Executive Compass
													
 
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							Ofwat Abolished and Replaced – How Will This Impact Public Procurement?
													
 
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							Pagabo Decarbonisation White Paper – Public Sector Attitudes to Decarbonisation and Retrofit
													
 
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							Tussell 2025 Local Government Report – Behind the Numbers
													
 
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							The Importance of Bid Compliance in Your Tender Submission
													
 
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							A Guide to How The Public Procurement Process Works
													
 
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							Responding to Tender Questions on the Bribery Act 2010
													
 
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							How Awaab’s Law Will Impact Tenders in the Social Housing Sector
													
 
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							National Highways Scheme Delivery Framework (SDF2) – What You Need To Know