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The Procurement Bill’s journey into law began on 11 May 2022, with the first reading taking place in the House of Lords. Following the UK’s exit from the European Union in January 2020, it became necessary to crea...

For new businesses or organisations looking to break into the public procurement market for the first time, SMEs are often advised to search and bid for frameworks within their industry and geographic area. However, t...

As artificial intelligence becomes more prominent, we explore the opportunities, risks and challenges in bid writing.

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...

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...

Starting her career as a bid writer, Victoria Hughes transitioned to a bid reviewer last year, and, using comprehensive experience of reviewing and assessing written materials from her previous role as a university le...

With the industry reeling from insolvencies of small and large firms alike, we examine how SMEs can effectively mitigate risk while remaining competitive in public procurement and the tendering process.

Public procurement in England and Wales is governed by the Public Contract Regulations 2015. However, Scottish public procurement is subject to statutes from the devolved government and, therefore, includes difference...

In recognition of International Women's Day, we asked a member of our bid writing team, Rachel Wright, to provide some insights into the role of a bid writer, from her perspective.

28 January marks the 42nd celebration of Data Protection Day, a worldwide initiative to promote awareness of privacy measures and best practices for safeguarding data. With GDPR an ever-increasing theme present in pub...

As 2022 draws to an end, it’s time to turn our attention forward, and anticipate what 2023 will bring to the procurement industry. Over the past year, we have continued to feel the impact of Brexit and COVID-19 on t...