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Hints & Tips for Answering HTE Tender Questions
Having recently completed the HTE National & International Permanent Recruitment ITT, we developed a great model for answering HTE’s qualitative tender questions. This model will help you to secure maximum points on the recently published HTE Total Workforce Solutions II ITT. HTE has been very helpful on this tender by telling us EXACTLY what they…
Just Answer the Question!
In this blog I share my top tip for writing a winning bid – and that is to answer the question……no more and no less. Sounds pretty simple doesn’t it? Yet, when analysing client bids, I constantly see copy and pasted answers that comprise reams of text from a bid library that somebody wrote in…
HTE Total Workforce Solutions II Tender Overview
PQQ (SQ) – GENERAL Critical Timescales Deadline for receipt of clarification questions – 20th January 2020. Deadline for HTE to provide responses to clarification questions – 23rd January 2020. Deadline for submission of the PQQ (SQ) – 2pm, 29th January 2020. Please note that HTE uses both PQQ and SQ in their terminology in this…
HealthTrust Europe (HTE) Perm & International Perm Tender Overview
PQQ (SQ) – GENERAL Critical Timescales Deadline for receipt of clarification questions – 1pm, 11th December 2019 Deadline for HTE to provide responses to clarification questions – 16th December 2019 Deadline for submission of the PQQ (SQ) – 1pm, 23rd December 2019 Please note that HTE uses both PQQ and SQ in their terminology in…
NHS Clinical Tender Checklist & Observations
Well – here we are, 11 weeks into surely the longest and most confusing tender of all time! There have been 8 tranches of clarifications with over 850 questions and answers, so it’ll be easy to miss something on this NHS Clinical Tender. We’ve put together the following information/checklist to try and help you to…
Overview of the Workforce Alliance Tender – CCS / CPP / LPP Clinical & Healthcare Staffing Tender for the NHS
PLEASE NOTE: This blog has been updated on 20th August after reviewing the clarification questions and answers provided by Workforce Alliance. Additional information has been inserted in green! So the long awaited Workforce Alliance tender for supplying staff to the NHS is finally LIVE! This framework is combines the CCS, CPP, LPP and NHS Procurement…
CCS Non Clinical Tender Overview & Checklist RM6160
General Critical Timescales Deadline for questions – 5pm, 9th May 2019. Deadline for CCS responses to clarifications – 5pm, 13th May 2019. Deadline for submission of the bid – 3pm, 23rd May 2019. Clarification Questions Questions, clarification and queries must be asked using the facility on the “eSourcing Suite” or portal. Try to ensure the…
CCS & CPP Health Sector Frameworks Update
We have all been waiting with bated breath for the CCS Health Sector Resourcing Framework to land for several months, and now we have received some clarification regarding their plans for the provision of healthcare workforce services (including temporary clinical and non-clinical agency workers). It appears that there will be a coming together of the…
Why Evidence Wins Tenders!
Ever wondered how your competitors get those elusive last few marks on a tender? The answer is probably that they provide really solid proof and evidence in their answers. Theoretical answers are fine – by all means tell the Evaluator how you do it…..but make it more compelling by providing specific examples of where you…
How Tenders are Scored (and How to Get Maximum Points!)
One good thing about public sector tenders is the depth and quality of the feedback that you receive – and detailed feedback such as that provided by the CCS is a great (and sometimes painful) way of learning how tenders are scored. The CCS’s marking scheme on their recent Permanent Recruitment Framework really showcases the…
How to Cut Word Counts!
Word and character counts are the procurement professional’s way of saying “get to the point”. When we write proposals and tenders, we tend to become verbose – waxing lyrical and using lots and lots of big words to try to impress the evaluator. What actually happens is that you unintentionally bore the evaluator, leaving them…
CCS Supply Teachers Framework Overview
CCS Supply Teachers Framework General Information Critical Timescales Deadline for questions – 5pm, 16th May 2018. Deadline for CCS responses to clarifications – 5pm, 23rd May 2018. Deadline for submission of the bid – 3pm, 30th May 2018. Clarification Questions Questions, clarification and queries for the CCS Supply Teachers framework must be asked using the…
