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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€...

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 ...

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…

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 ...

An Invitation to Tender or ITT is a formal document issued by a procurement authority which outlines the scope of a project and invites organisations to submit a formal tender to bid for the work.

As commercially focused individuals, a bid manager holds the capability to understand all requirements in relation to the purchasing process. Their core role is to manage and lead the writing of a bid.

The Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) is the online journal or web portal that publishes all public sector contract opportunities over a certain threshold.

The European Single Procurement Document (ESPD) is a standardised form which acts as a self-declaration form at the initial selection stage, for firms tendering for contracts. It is for use by all European Union membe...

In public-sector procurement (and a lot of the private sector), tendering is used as a fair and transparent way to select a suitable supplier to deliver a certain contract based on a set criteria that do not favour on...

As we approach the end of the year, we reflect on 2019. It has been a busy year as we have celebrated our 10th year trading, experienced record turnover and gradually expanded to meet continued demand for our bid writ...

Bidding for a contract for the first time can be a daunting process for any company. When working with an organisation that is new to the tendering process we often discover basic mistakes that could have been avoided...

This week we hear from one of our new bid writers, Rianna Margione, to find out what she has been working on and how she is settling in to the team so far.