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New Framework? Implement Your Way To Profit!
Congratulations – you’ve just won a place on a new public sector framework…..what do you need to do next to turn this business win into £££…..but how? There are a number of areas that you need to think about in order to prepare your business and staff to start supplying under the framework and achieve…
I Need a Carbon Reduction Plan, Get Me Out of Here!
Have you been asked to provide a ‘Carbon Reduction Plan’ as part of a recent tender process and aren’t sure where to start? Brunton Bid Writing has partnered with Litmus Sustainability to produce a significantly discounted package and help you through the process. In this blog, Litmus’ Director of Sustainability, Laurence Adams, breaks down what…
The Procurement Act 2023 Explained
THIS BLOG HAS BEEN UPDATED ON 13.09.24 AFTER ANNOUNCEMENT BY NEW LABOUR GOVERNMENT THAT A NEW NATIONAL PROCUREMENT POLICY STATEMENT (NPPS) WILL BE PRODUCED. The NPPS is a statotyr statement that allows the Government to set and communicate the wider policy objectives to which it expects public procurement to contribute (e.g. economic growth and opening…
HTE – Temporary Staffing Tender Overview
Critical Timescales Stage 1 – Selection Questionnaire – Submission Deadline 1pm, Friday 15th December 2024. Stage 2 – Award Questionnaire – ITT due to be published 8th March 2024 with a submission deadline of 1pm, Monday 15th April 2024. Contract Award date – Monday 2nd September 2024. Lotting Structure & Services This tender will cover…
HTE – National & International Permanent Recruitment Framework Overview
Critical Timescales Stage 1 – Selection Questionnaire – Submission Deadline 1pm, Friday 15th December 2024. Stage 2 – Award Questionnaire – ITT due to be published 2nd February 2024 with a submission deadline of 1pm, Tuesday 5th March 2024. Contract Award date – Monday 8th April 2024. Lotting Structure & Services This tender will cover…
Workforce Alliance Clinical & Healthcare Staffing Tender Overview
GENERAL (NB LOTS 1-4 ONLY) Critical Timescales Deadline for receipt of clarification questions – 5pm, 6th March 2023. Deadline for Workforce Alliance responses to clarification questions – 8th March 2023. Deadline for submission of the bid – 11.59pm, 17th March 2023 – now extended to 14th April 2023. Intention to award letters published to all…
Workforce Alliance – Clinical & Healthcare Staffing Framework Financial Evaluation Overview
The following information was obtained from the webinar run by Workforce Alliance on 27th January 2023. This webinar was designed to provide prospective bidders with information about some elements of the bid, particularly in relation to economic and financial standing and social value. The following is an overview of the information provided in this webinar…
CCS Non Clinical Staffing Tender Overview
Critical Timescales Contract notice and ITT pack published – Friday, 21st October 2022. Deadline for asking clarification questions – 5pm, Monday 7th November 2022. Deadline for CCS to provide responses to clarifications – 5pm, Wednesday 16th November 2022. Bid submission deadline – 3pm, Monday 21st November 2022. Issue of intention to award notices to bidders…
Workforce Alliance RM6333 International Bid Overview
The Workforce Alliance has now published its tender documents for framework RM6333 for international healthcare professional recruitment and associated services. The following document provides a short overview for this bid to aid bid/no bid decisions. It also provides details on our pricing and services. Critical Timescales ITT Issued – 15th August 2022 Deadline for Receipt…
How to Write Impactful Proposals
When I’m asked to review proposals written by my clients, the biggest mistakes I see are: They’ve created a marketing document! It’s all about the agency, and focuses purely on what they want to tell the customer (rather than what the customer actually wants to know)! It’s too generic and isn’t aligned to the specific…
PPN 06/21 New Requirements for Carbon Reduction Plans in Public Sector Tenders
PPN 06/21 Carbon Reduction Plan The UK Government amended the Climate Change Act 2008 in 2019 by introducing a target of at least a 100% reduction in the net UK carbon account (i.e. reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, compared to 1990 levels) by 2050. This is otherwise known as the ‘Net Zero’ target. This has…
CCS Supply Teachers Tender Summary
General Information about the Framework This is a multi-supplier framework for recruitment of temporary and fixed term teachers and non-teaching staff for UK schools, colleges and educational establishments including nurseries, pupil referral units and children’s centres. Roles include head teachers, senior leaders and qualified/non-qualified teachers and education support staff (including supervisors and teaching assistants for…
