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Procurement is neither science nor an art, instead opting to present itself as a hybrid of the two, combining compliance and innovation in equal measure. Mix that with a hint of quality management, a smattering of env...

The winning contractors for the first phase of building works for the HS2 highspeed railway between London and Birmingham have been announced by the Government this week. Balfour Beatty, Kier and Carillion are the big...

Bid writing can be a time consuming and complex process which takes a certain skill set. We can help you acquire those skills: we provide training for all competency levels and industry sectors to provide your bid tea...

Here at Executive Compass, as you would expect from one of the UK’s leading bid writing specialists, we get to see many different tender documents from a wide variety of industries and sectors. At the time of writin...

Toblerones are smaller in size, Walker and Nescafé have increased their prices, and a third of UK businesses are drawing up plans to avoid post-Brexit tariffs. Brexit is a common concern in the procurement market, an...

Very rarely are two invitations to tender exactly the same. That is why you, the bidder, need to respond to the specification in front of you, and not one you would like to see, or one you have seen before.

Many commissioning authorities place significant value on the benefits that electronic call monitoring can bring to efficiency and accountability in the domiciliary care sector.

Cyber Essentials is a certification scheme backed by the Government in an attempt to reduce cyber vulnerability throughout the supply chain. When implemented correctly, the security controls outlined should prevent 80...

Public sectors buyers in the UK must follow the EU rules for public procurement when issuing invitations to tender. The rules are designed to ensure equal treatment, transparency and proportionality; suppliers going i...

In 2016, BACS Payment Schemes Limited found that the average late payment debt owed to SMEs in the UK stood at £32,185. This equates to a staggering total of £26.3 billion owed to SMEs across the country.

As a consumer, we all want to know that we are getting the very best value for money.

Purdah translates as curtain in Persian, and is a term often used to describe a rolling back of civil servant activities in the period running up to an election.