Qualify a Tender
…response possible. Otherwise it might be wasted effort. Do You Have the Resource to Complete it Properly? If you are short of resource, as well as not winning the tender…
…response possible. Otherwise it might be wasted effort. Do You Have the Resource to Complete it Properly? If you are short of resource, as well as not winning the tender…
Tender Plan I help a lot of people submit tenders, and my experience is that many people come to me when time is tight … they simply do not have…
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When I work with businesses, providing help with tenders, people often ask me how the tendering process works. There are, of course, two ways of addressing this. Firstly, how organisations…
The short answer is that there aren’t any Informal tender rules. Whereas a formal tender will observe certain protocols, an informal tender will not. This means that the buyer is…
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…All tendering companies meeting the criteria get through. Only the top scoring companies are invited through to the next stage. Invitation to Tender The Invitation to tender (or ITT) is…
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The Competitive Tendering Process – what it means to be competitive The competitive tendering process is, by definition, competitive. A competitive tender is, by definition, one with a competitive price….
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Tender advice, it is very tempting, when faced with a question in a tender for which you have much good material, to dive in and put together a comprehensive response….
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Is the acronym MEAT – Most Economically Advantageous Tender – code for cheapest? Many ITTs (Invitations to Tender) state that the tender will be awarded on this basis. They will…
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Sometimes, when I provide help with a tender, I am called upon to be working to a tight tender deadline. Although this is not ideal, very quick turnarounds can be…
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Interesting discussion on LinkedIn between bid writers. They always try to work out if a tender is “wired”. In other words – has one bidder managed to get the tender…
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