The decommissioning programme for the Sellafield nuclear complex in Cumbria will run for the next 100 years. To maximise opportunities for unlocking social value and meaningful change, four organisations who will help...
Currently, there are 1,095 security tenders and over 500 security firms within the UK. As a result, tendering for security contracts is highly competitive. Having completed hundreds of tenders for multiple security cl...
The health and social care sector is perennially subject to proposals for reform, revamp, overhaul, and rethink. This boundless appetite for change in the sector is explained by four key factors:
Well, why measure anything? There is an oft-quoted phrase from Peter Drucker’s book “The Practice of Management” which is “what gets measured gets managed”. The quote has a number of variants; “if you cann...
As she departed office in 2019, one of Theresa May’s last acts as prime minister was to legislate an amendment to the Climate Change Act 2008 which committed to reducing the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions to ‘net...
The policy note provides guidance to public sector authorities on implementing the National Procurement Policy Statement, which will require authorities to consider national strategic priorities when procuring, with t...
Many organisations view the tendering process as a ‘necessary evil’ that enables them to win contracts and deliver services on behalf of public sector organisations and private companies. In practice, it is a high...
The UK government has published new guidance outlining how public bodies and suppliers can better work together to deliver value for money and improved outcomes when procuring services.
Posted on 09-06-2021
This week’s blog post is from one of our specialist health and social care bid writers. We look at the bid writing process and how it works in practice, using a current supported living tender as a case study.
Beginning the tendering process can seem like a daunting prospect and may leave you wondering ‘where do I start?’ The process of considering the pros and cons of bidding, registering your interest, navigating the ...
There are thousands of construction contracts put out to tender in the UK each year. To award a contract, buyers typically use a tender process to evaluate the most suitable company to deliver the work. In the public ...