Contractors have warned clients to reduce the number of firms invited to tender as the excessive levels of competition mean the chances of winning work is low.
The past couple of months have seen a great increase in the number of health and social care tenders being released, leading to increased tender writing and contract opportunities.
A Scottish procurement portal is showing great success after thousands of companies in Scotland have started securing more public sector contracts.
As we enter the new financial year, and immerge from a relatively quiet spell in terms of public sector contract opportunities and PQQs, it could be said that this lull is the calm before the storm.
Changes in public sector procurement are advancing at an alarming rate. An increasing number of PQQs and Tenders now require electronic upload onto portals.
There wasn’t much new in the Conservative Party Conference last week. The usual rhetoric about public debt, being in it together and lots of ‘fighting’ talk.
Tender writing and food are two things close to my heart and so it was with interest that I watched with interest someone trying to plat fog on Saturday morning TV.
PAS 91 friend or foe? Well the idea is a sound one. However, now that I have seen it the only good thing I can see…