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Executive Compass attended a procurement exhibition this week (Procurex North) and one topic that was highlighted across the board was social value: specifically, what is being done by commissioners and many local aut...

The Crown Commercial Services G-Cloud 10 framework is currently out to tender, inviting suitable suppliers to bid for a place on the framework.

The National Cyber Security Centre and the National Crime Agency have reported that cyber attacks have increasingly targeted vulnerabilities in full supply chains.

Our latest blog post is from our MD Neil Capstick: I am often asked, ‘What is the biggest mistake that companies make when completing a tender?’

British firm De La Rue was undercut by Gemalto for the contract to print the new post-Brexit British passports. Since losing the contract, shares in De La Rue have dropped by 6%.

Many organisations do not have an internal resource dedicated to bid and tender writing and instead have one of their staff, such as a ...

Executive Compass were featured in the North East Times in the latest issue of the magazine, which focused on the topic of ‘brand’. We discuss how to reflect your brand and identity when bidding for public sector ...

A guest blog post from our proofreader, Jane Badger, looks at why you should proof your tender submission and how to check your own work.

Imagine being told that you had to read a 30,000-word novel over the next two weeks. Not too bad? Okay, imagine being told that you had to read six, 30,000-word novels over the next two weeks. Imagine also, that we’...

Thousands of KFC customers took to social media platforms last week to express their shock and dismay upon finding that KFC was unable to deliver their signature chicken products. #KFCcrisis began trending on Twitter ...

It is widely thought that writing a tender submission is time consuming, complicated and includes a lot of documentation – and this is mostly true! However, to make your bid writing process a much simpler one, we di...

Bidding for contracts is a competitive market, and ultimately you will be judged on your written proposal. We discuss how you can make your tender submission stand out against your competitors and how to make it attra...