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9th June, 2015 How SMEs can Benefit from Public Contracts Regulations 2015 – Part 2

In Part 1 we looked at how new procurement regulations will affect SMEs and provided some background on the changes. Part 2 will look at this in more detail as well as highlighting how companies will benefit from the ...

8th May, 2015 Encouraging SMEs in Public Procurement

The Small Business, Enterprise and Employments Act (SBEE Act) came into effect recently and has seen the Government try to preserve as much flexibility as possible in public procurement whilst implementing EU Directiv...

13th January, 2015 Executive Compass Hires Two New Bid Writers

The New Year has seen the addition of two new bid writers to the Executive Compass team to help manage the increasing demand for our services.

31st March, 2014 Criminal Legal Aid to go to Tender

The Ministry of Justice has announced the introduction of criminal legal aid funding cuts, which comes as bad news for legal aid practitioners. Minister for Justice, Chris Grayling, intends to…

10th March, 2014 New Procurement Reforms Place Emphasis on Quality

Recent changes to the public sector procurement process are aiming to place even more emphasis on the quality sections of tenders. The move will see lower scores allocated to the…

15th October, 2013 KAEFER C&D Secure £380 Million Contract

Following a two year tender process run by Magnox Ltd, Executive Compass® are pleased to announce that KAEFER C&D Ltd (a subsidiary company of KAEFER) have been successful in their bid for framework contracts potenti...

1st October, 2013 Could Smaller Tender Lists Help Quality Bids?

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.

24th September, 2013 Increase in Health and Social Care Tender Opportunities

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.

22nd January, 2013 Constructionline cutting council costs for construction tenders

The UK government certification service, Constructionline, has released claims that it has saved a minimum of £165 million over the past year across both the public and private sectors through reducing duplication of...

7th August, 2012 Competitive tender process for pest control services

Just under 30 local authorities and councils have ceased to put pest control services out to tender over the past two years as part of an initiative to cut down on spending and ultimately to save money in the public p...

22nd May, 2012 Scottish procurement portal boosting the local economy

A Scottish procurement portal is showing great success after thousands of companies in Scotland have started securing more public sector contracts.

15th May, 2012 New financial year anticipates influx of new opportunities and PQQs

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.

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