Advice on Bidding for UK Public Sector Contracts – Insight from the Experts
Feb 4, 2019
Thornton & Lowe has been training organisations to bid for public sector (and private) contracts across the UK for 10 years. It supports over 400 tenders every year and boasts a 75% win rate, with 90% of those in the Public Sector. Founder, Dave Thornton, has a background in EU procurement,...
SPP Resource Centre
Jan 3, 2019
The Sustainable Procurement Platform, managed by ICLEI – local governments for sustainability, has updated its Resource Centre. It has more than 850 online resources on public procurement, including reports, tools, guidance, and case studies and projects. It is organised by specific topics and...
Recap & Recording: Smarter Procurement in the Public Sector
Jul 17, 2018
Public Spend Forum runs a series of best practice public procurement webinars which explore how procurement professionals can and are using technology, leaner processes and smarter ways of working to deliver more value to their customers. This one focused on two case studies from New York City and...
Scotland – Workshop on How To Bid For Public Contracts
May 4, 2018
A joint initiative between Scotland’s Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Councils is supporting local businesses in developing their capability to bid successfully for public procurement contracts. The Positive Procurement Programme (PPP) takes attendees through what a good tender looks like. It’s...
What Do You Want!? Thoughts on Evaluation Criteria
Dec 4, 2018
When was the last time you read an inspiring response to a Federal Request for Proposal (RFP)? How about merely informative? Tolerable?
Yeah me neither. Even the ones I write are pretty horrid.
And yet we’ve created a federal acquisitions and sales process that in large part revolves around...
GSA Develops Pilot Program, Offers Range of Advantages to Start-ups
Nov 7, 2018
The GSA Procurement Innovation Resource Center (PIRC) is an internal resource center that provides guidance and tools to assist the GSA acquisition teams with incorporating innovation into procurements. PIRC was created to implement the new commercial solutions opening procedure detailed below as...
Government Voluntary Code of Conduct for Tech Partnerships with the Public Sector
Oct 19, 2018
Simplifying regulation, reducing the fragmented nature of public sector purchasing and allowing for more flexibility in NHS payment systems to allow for the introduction of new technology are all essential for better adoption of new technology, writes Lexology. The UK Government has published a...
Guide for Overseas Companies On How To Access NHS Procurement Channels
Oct 4, 2018
The UK government has issued guidance for overseas companies on how to access NHS (the country’s National Health Service) procurement channels in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. It also outlines the aims of the new NHS Supply Chain operating model put in place to improve...
New Consolidated SDVOSB Eligibility Requirements: the Good, the Bad, and the Downright Ugly
Oct 3, 2018
New, consolidated SDVOSB eligibility regulations kicked in on October 1. The new regulations replace the old VA and SBA rules, which provided separate eligibility standards for SDVOSBs.
Veterans have long been confused by the fact that the Government operated two separate SDVOSB programs, each...
No Deal Brexit Pledge of a New Online Procurement Portal to Replace OJEU
Sep 26, 2018
“It’s our duty as a responsible government to prepare for all eventualities, including ‘no deal’, until we can be certain of the outcome of those (UK/EU) negotiations,” says Gov.uk. This refers to, in the event of a ‘no deal’ EU exit, what the government is putting in place around...
Finding the Best Cyber Security Solutions with GovShop
Sep 24, 2018
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As public sector organizations continue to modernize technology and bring citizen services online, cyber hackers and bad actors are designing new techniques to exploit every weakness they find. It’s a cat and mouse game that will never stop, and...
New Laws To Help Small Businesses Raise Finance From Unpaid Invoices
Sep 20, 2018
UK government is considering introduction new laws to give small businesses more access to the finance they need to succeed. The laws are aimed at helping secure small businesses against unfair contracts that stop them raising money from unpaid invoices. Currently a small supplier’s contract with...
