What is a Carbon Reduction Plan, and do I need one?
Suppliers bidding for major government contracts may have to demonstrate their commitment to achieving ‘Net Zero’ by including a Carbon Reduction Plan within their bids.
How does the National Procurement Policy Statement (NPPS) affect suppliers?
A greater focus is being put on how public spending can better support economic growth, Covid-19 recovery and net zero carbon emissions. We recommend suppliers familiarise themselves with these priorities to support future bids.
The Sourcing and Consultancy Playbooks
The UK Government has published guidance for how contracting authorities should manage relationships with suppliers. We recommend suppliers familiarise themselves with the guidance referenced, and use it to support future bids.
How are our Reviewers getting on?
In this post we speak to one of our Reviewers, Cameron, to find out if he has noticed a difference in the tenders being published since lockdown started.
Our team of Reviewers read, analyse and categorise every English-language OJEU contract as well as every below-threshold notice from across the UK and ROI.
How is our Development Team getting on?
For this post wanted to catch up with our development team and find out how they have been getting on during lockdown.
Funding available: Can you help find new ways to ease global disruption?
To ease the impact of COVID-19, and any other possible global disruptions, the UK is investing up to £20 million to develop innovative and ambitious ideas to address the needs of society or industry – deadline 17 April 2020
A Closer Look: The Challenge
All businesses exist to overcome some sort of challenge on behalf of their clients. At Tenders Direct, we specialise in helping suppliers find – and win – public sector contracts. But aren’t public contract notices in the public domain? Surely this information is easy to find? Well, much like a needle in a haystack, relevant tenders […]