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Social value is going to be a permanent fixture within the procurement world. The introduction of the Social Value Act in 2012 confirmed this by ensuring that every organisation procuring services had to take account ...

Last week, the BBC reported that the deadline for bids to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games has been extended after Birmingham's application was judged to be not fully compliant. Apparently, further assurances are requ...

Undercover footage obtained by The Guardian and ITV News recently shed light on the hygiene breaches and tampered food safety records of the 2 Sisters Food Group. This prompted the knee-jerk reaction of household name...

In an ideal world, you will receive all the tender documents for a project far in advance, giving you enough time to plan and complete your submission. However, sometimes the hectic nature of tenders means that you ma...

A diverse range of tender documents of differing sizes and complexities pass across our desks each month at Executive Compass. This latest case study gives you an insight into the requirements made by commissioning au...

The General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) will come into force in May 2018. The Regulations will become part of the growing legislative framework for data protection and security, and will have an impact for ever...

It is not uncommon for businesses to have multiple specialists from various divisions or teams within the organisation who are all working on a PQQ or tender document simultaneously. The main challenge that arises fro...

The public sector are actively encouraging SMEs to bid for contracts. Self-certification, framework agreements, value bands and lower thresholds are all steps that have been introduced by the government to extend cont...

When starting to bid for public sector contracts, or indeed when looking to increase your portfolio as a supplier, framework agreements can be a good place to start.

As we have discussed in a recent blog post, the Government’s Cyber Essentials initiative is a fundamental strategy to tackle poor cyber security, and one in which the UK Government has invested millions of pounds.

In early July, we posted a blog giving an insight into bid writing and the not-so-average tender submission. The blog was based on our experiences of reading more than 10,000 unique ITTs, PQQs, and selection questionn...

Writing a bid for the first time can seem like a daunting task, however following a few simple rules can increase your chances of success and keep your stress levels in check.