How to make outsourcing work for you Many companies are learning that outsourcing key specialist responsibilities can be a good idea. Is it a good idea for you? Here, we talk about some of the points to ponder before you consider outsourcing Why outsource? It is already common...
How to prepare a comprehensive Bid Library Patience is power. Patience is not an absence of action; rather it is ‘timing’ - judging the right time to act, for the right principles and in the right way. And so it is with creating your bid and tender...
Leverage any templates provided by the client Some tender specification documents include a response template for you to fill in. These sections may require certain file formats or word limits. By carefully following every requirement in the response template, it becomes easier for the tender review...
A gap in skills and abilities reveal a golden opportunity for your business We are taught that mastery lies on an infinite continuum. As a result, we will never ‘reach the end’. But we can, though, see to it that we are as far along that...
How to understand criteria and use it to your advantage Any bid or tender you submit will be judged. No amount of planning, embellishment or seductive offers will get past the first hurdle if you don’t or can’t offer what the ‘Judge’ is looking for. You...
Do nothing, and nothing happens. Life is about decisions. You either make them or they're made for you, but you can't avoid them. It’s not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are – and here, we take a cool-headed look at the...
Asking the right kinds of questions can be more important than receiving the answers – where the solutions for a set of challenges often lies in the understanding of the situation. Here, we get straight to the point by encouraging you to ask the ‘what,...
Time. It's the subject pondered by many wise men and women through the ages. Some teach us to harness it, shape it and conquer it. We measure it – how many apps on our digital devices help us to track it? Most of us are...
“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the...
By Louise Lewis, 2nd October 2017 It is important before tendering that your business is ready as the tender submission deadlines can often be tight and the documents themselves can be long and time consuming to complete. There’s some helpful advice that could save you time...
