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One of our most popular bid and tender management services includes reviewing responses to quality questions written by our clients’ in-house bid team or subject matter experts. Clients find our services to be benef...

To mark the start of Pride, we explore the increased attention given to equality, diversity and inclusion within public and private sector tenders and how to formulate effective responses and working processes.

With the holiday season approaching and the weather taking a sunnier turn, your company’s holiday calendar may be filling up more quickly than anticipated. This may have an unintended impact on resources and capacit...

For buyers and purchasing authorities, minimising risk is one of the most crucial aspects in the supplier selection process, and will be duly reflected in the evaluation criteria. To allay any potential concerns, suit...

In the second of this week’s themed posts, the UK’s Learning at Work Week (15–21 May) has given us time to reflect on how learning opportunities and continuous professional development figure into bid and tender...

We reflect on effective methods of managing stress and taking care of mental wellbeing within the bid and tender writing industry and public sector procurement.

Released on 2 May, a new report from the Chartered Institute of Builders (CIOB) details the increased emphasis on social value from purchasing authorities and how SMEs are struggling to adapt to a changing procurement...

Driven by soaring energy prices due to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, sustained inflation of food prices and consumer goods and wages struggling to keep pace, the UK has experienced a 6% drop in household income and...

As mobilisation questions and corresponding mobilisation plans are one of the most commonly encountered quality topics within a bid or tender opportunity, it can be tempting to submit a generic response for every subm...

As a bid and tender writing organisation, when working with a client to write a bid, one of the first steps for our team is information gathering. Your lead bid writer will schedule an information-gathering call with ...

Prior to award and following the official tender window, post-clarification questions offer an opportunity for purchasing authorities to seek further understanding of your working processes, specific procedures and st...

The most recent Procurement Policy Note has outlined the most extensive and wide-ranging changes to public procurement since the introduction of the updated Standard Selection Questionnaire (SQ) in September 2016, whi...