Recruiting staff from a diverse range of backgrounds through inclusive recruitment creates a strong, skilled and loyal workforce, and has a proven track record of delivering results. Why consider inclusive recruitment as an employer? Finding talent outside the perceived ‘best fit’ enables employers to reach those who have all the right skills, but do not have the usual access to
In December 2021, the UK Government published its response to the consultation process that followed its 2020 Green Paper on transforming public procurement in the UK. The consultation received over six hundred submissions, demonstrating strong interest and engagement from bidding and procurement stakeholders alike. The subsequent government response shows broad support for a number of key proposals which will change the way
The UK public sector tenders out more than £290 billion annually on buying goods and services, and in 2022 aims to increase the SME share by 21%, from £76 billion to more than £96 billion. However, research shows that less than half (46%) of UK SMEs are currently successfully bidding for public sector contracts. With this in mind, Andrew Morrison,
Managing internal operations is critical in keeping synergy within a team involved in the bidding process. How can a bidding team improve its process? Have you relied purely on the subject matter experts and ignored a period of time for feedback and learning opportunities? It is crucial that time for feedback is scheduled, as neglecting this may result in repetition
Reflections on 2020 in the Public Sector, Procurement and the Bidding World 2020 – only once in every century do the first two digits in the year match the second two and this has certainly been a marked year, although not special in the way we would have perhaps hoped. Like 1919, which saw the 1918 Spanish flu continue to
Prestigious Double for UK Bid Specialist Scotland’s largest bid and tender specialists, AM Bid (active across the UK and Ireland), is celebrating a prestigious double for managing director David Gray. The Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP) UK has recognised David as one of the profession’s top leaders with the 2020 APMP UK Outstanding Leadership Award. He has also gained
Crown Commercial Service are planning on procuring a variety of UK-wide frameworks including energy services, food supply to cloud computing in the coming months. What is Crown Commercial Service responsible for? managing the procurement of common goods and services, so public sector organisations with similar needs achieve value by buying as a single customer improving the quality of service delivery
South East Consortium is procuring a framework for the provision of New Build works to include, but not be restricted to, affordable housing schemes predominately in the South East of England. The contract notice will be published on 20 July. The Prior Information Notice is available at the link below. https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:287875-2020:TEXT:EN:HTML The estimated value of the framework is £250 million
AM Bid Directors Share Expertise David Gray Delivers ‘Million Dollar Questions: How, when, and why to ask a buyer questions during the bid process – and why it can potentially be worth millions to your organisation’ Join David on Tuesday 23rd June 12.30pm – 1.30pm. Registration here What You’ll Learn The critical importance of asking the buyer questions during the
The private sector has experienced a marked decline in the release of contracts and initiation of projects due to the uncertainty caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Contractors feeling these effects must identify more consistent and guaranteed sources of revenue if they are to operate and grow in the Covid-19 era. Pivoting to deliver public sector contracts will support organisations of
