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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 ...

For most organisations there will come a time where you need to tender for a contract, especially when working with the public sector. The process can seem daunting, but we break it down into simple steps and our top ...

A framework agreement is an agreement which sets out the terms on which future contracts under the agreement will be based. Framework agreements are used when there is no defined quantity of goods or services to be pu...

The term ‘public tender’ refers to the tender process for contracts procured by the public sector. For contracts over a certain monetary threshold, authorities must advertise this need and follow a specific proces...

The bidding process is used to select the most suitable company to deliver a contract for goods or services. Within the public sector, the tender process is mandatory for most contracts, and aims to establish a transp...