Tenders Direct Blog

Comment from the experts at Tenders Direct.

Archive for January, 2010

eTendering – The Final Frontier or Just the Beginning…?

Posted by Hailey Thomson on January 26, 2010

Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don’t think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without talking about the other.
Bill Gates

Today’s technology is high-speed and merciless; if you miss even one of the latest trends, you’ve practically fallen off the face of the earth. As purchasers move more and more into eProcurement and eTendering, are the suppliers, particularly SME’s feeling left behind?

Do not let eTendering pass you by! Keep reading and have a quick look at my checklist to help you with future eTenders… MORE

Posted in Tender Tips | Tagged: , , , , , , , , | Leave a Comment »

How to score with PQQs

Posted by Diane Callaghan on January 20, 2010

PQQs (Pre-Qualification Questionnaires) are issued by awarding authorities, as part of a restricted procedure, in order to short-list suitable suppliers before inviting them to tender.  Suppliers are assessed according to pre-set criteria based around financial position, ability to deliver, quality standards, and the company’s policies on health and safety, sustainability and equal opportunities.

Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in General Procurement, Tender Tips | Tagged: , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments »

Gordon’s EU Compact for Jobs & Growth

Posted by Tim Williams on January 19, 2010

Gordon Brown & Herman van Rompuy

In yet another sign of the growing political significance of public procurement the UK Government today published a compact designed to reinvigorate EU economies and build “strong, sustainable and balanced” growth. Gordon Brown met EU President Herman van Rompuy at Downing Street this morning to discuss the economic strategy, as well as climate change, security and the situation in Haiti.  

Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in Politics of Procurement | Leave a Comment »

Financial thresholds for contracts published in the Official Journal (OJEU)

Posted by Tim Williams on January 8, 2010

Euro notesI’m a bit late with this blog post, what with Christmas and New Year and then all the snow, but better late than never.

On January 1st 2010  new financial thresholds, which govern whether or not a contract must be published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU), came into force. There’s often a lot of confusion about these thresholds, so I’ll try and explain a bit of the background as well as the actual values of the new thresholds.

Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in General Procurement, Procurement Law | Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a Comment »

 
Follow

Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.

Join 66 other followers