News & Insight 20th January, 2021 Matthew Walker Appointed Technical Director We are delighted to announce Matthew Walker’s appointment to the role of technical director. Read More
News & Insight 15th January, 2021 Tendering trends in 2021 The public procurement landscape is constantly shifting and changing. Procurement cycles and seasonality can mean a different profile of opportunities presents itself at different points in time, while innovation, cha... Read More
News & Insight 23rd December, 2020 2020: a look back at our year 2020 has been a challenging year for most businesses across the UK, with various lockdowns, uncertainty, furloughs and of course the pandemic itself to deal with. Read More
News & Insight 30th November, 2020 2020 contract win: Sellafield Industrial Services Framework We recently announced that we supported long-term client, KAEFER UK, to secure the renewal of their multi-million-pound contract with Sellafield Ltd. In this blog post, we take a look at what was involved in the bid s... Read More
News & Insight 23rd October, 2020 Social value in tendering training Earlier this year we launched our sister company, The Social Value Practice, and we are pleased to announce that we are now taking bookings for social value training. Read More
News & Insight 28th September, 2020 New social value in procurement model The government has announced that organisations seeking to secure public sector work must set out how they will also deliver social value priorities. The new measure was announced on 24 September 2020, and comes into ... Read More
News & Insight 17th August, 2020 Public sector procurement following Brexit: UK e-notification service From 1 January 2021, the UK will need to access a new portal to receive all public sector procurement information and e-notifications. Read More
News & Insight 5th May, 2020 Green shoots of recovery or a glimpse of the new normal? An update from our MD Read More
News & Insight 14th April, 2020 Resilience, continuity and COVID-19 Any experienced bidder will be well-versed in describing their business continuity measures to public-sector buyers. With the COVID-19 pandemic, concepts that were previously hypothetical ‘worst-case scenarios’ â€... Read More
News & Insight 6th April, 2020 Accelerated public procurement procedures A trawl through Contracts Finder shows that COVID-19 is, unsurprisingly, impacting public sector tendering activity. However, with tenders not yet dropping off a cliff, and only a 30% fall in published notices in the ... Read More
News & Insight 30th March, 2020 Bidding during and after the COVID-19 crisis Don’t be fooled by the marketing hype of our competitors; tendering opportunities have dried up. COVID-19 has hit at the traditionally quiet time of Easter and, combined with the… Read More
News & Insight 26th March, 2020 Cabinet Office Procurement Policy Note – Supplier Relief due to COVID-19 The Cabinet Office has recently issued a policy note which may be relevant to you and your business, as a supplier into the public sector. It is directed at public bodies, however we wanted to ensure our clients were ... Read More