Business Development - UK Bid Writer

PQQ – NHS Patient Transport Services

This taxi service's long term contract was up for renewal. Over the years, they had helped the trust develop and strengthen its own policies and processes to ensure safer and more efficient transport for their patients and they were determined not to lose this vital part of their revenue.

Are your policies ‘tender ready’?

You can be pretty sure that most PQQs will require you to provide copies of your policies and overviews of your working practices. Having your policies and procedures up to date and ready to go can save you a lot of time when you're busy working to a tender deadline. If you'd like a review of your current policies and a quote for bringing them up to date, get in touch.

Download Business Link’s entire guide to public sector tendering in one handy PDF!

More useful stuff related to public sector tendering, in the form of a handy PDF, which contains all the relevant guidance and advice Business Link provide relating to tendering in one document. Download it here.

Review of free e-course ‘Winning the Contract’ (LearnDirect course)

Many of my clients despair of the tendering process, particularly the seemingly endless hoops to be jumped through when tendering for public sector contracts. While researching what other resources are available ‘out there’ for my upcoming book (available in autumn 2012), I stumbled across a free e-course ‘Winning the Contract’ from LearnDirect. Before I recommend anything, I like to make sure it does what it says on the tin, so here is my review and a few comments:

Links to Government sites re SME procurement

A brief overview of those links from my previous post.

ITT – Construction, Renovation & Refurbishment Framework

Having already passed the PQQ, this well-established company needed a little extra help to fully demonstrate their experience and the policies and practices they work to.

Top Tips – Responding to Tenders

Tenders can seem daunting and sometimes incomprehensible. Never fear: These tips – gathered from my own experience on both sides of the tender minefield – will help you make sense of the jargon, understand the lengthy list of ‘rules’ and give you the confidence to bid for contracts.

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