Capturing your business continuity plans in action
Events that require a business to invoke its Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery plans are thankfully few and far between – but in bids you’re often asked to provide examples of when you’ve done just that. A typical question asked in a tender is: ‘Please explain how you have ensured business and operational continuity and resilience throughout the life of similar contracts, in...
Gaining stability through public sector tenders
In these uncertain times, we’ve had several contacts ask us how they can win more public sector work. Public sector contracts generally offer more contract and payment security than the private sector especially since new government initiatives to ensure on-time payments to suppliers continue (see Action Note PPN 02/20). The government have also updated procurement policy, to allow key goods,...
New Year’s resolutions for bidders
New Year’s resolutions for bidders Yes, it’s a bit of a dry topic – January and tendering – however, the public sector spends £200bn via procurement every year (25% of this is awarded to SMEs) and billions are spent on private sector contracts through formal tender processes, so it’s a subject that’s well worth thinking about. Here are some resolutions you can make that will help you...