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ESPD – WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW – European single procurement document ESPD & Procurement policy – not the most known or thrilling of topics. We know that reviewing changes does not exactly make for riveting reading, so we have condensed this information into what you actually need to know. Due...

TENDER PORTAL TIPS – MAXIMISE YOUR MEMBERSHIP WITH OUR ACCOUNT MANAGERS! – Tender portal tips Wham, bam, thanks for your money – goodbye! Does this sound familiar? After signing up to some online portals it is easy to feel forgotten about and quickly become disgruntled with the whole tendering debacle. We...

CREATIVE TENDERING OPPORTUNITIES – THE SOURCING PROCESS MADE EASY So, you have decided to venture down the tendering route. You wish to grow your business and deliver new creative projects. Tendering opportunities can be difficult to source and even more difficult to filter. How can we eliminate the confusion and...

WE’RE MOVING! RAPID EXPANSION AND LARGER PREMISES – DURHAM BASED JOBS Durham based jobs become available due to our significantly rapid growth and our move into our larger premise. In the first two years of business, we have doubled our turnover and are close to doing the same with our...

TENDERS & BUYER PRESENTATIONS – TOP 3 BENEFITS OF ATTENDING A SITE VISIT It’s an obvious analogy: The bigger tenders are – the more effort that is required from both the supplier and buyer! We’ve been to hundreds of site visits and buyer presentations to know that this is a...

ECONOMIC FINANCIAL STANDING – WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW Economic financial standing is primarily established through annual turnover, financial ratios and their level of insurances. This is typically assessed on a PQQ but can easily translate to more formal tender procedures. CLICK HERE for an overview of the basics to a...

PQQ BASICS – WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW PQQ is something you’ll hear most often in the tendering and procurement world. The term can take many forms including SQ (Selection Questionnaire), Stage 1 Tender and the recently established ESPD (European Single Procurement Document). PQQ stands for Pre-qualification questionnaire and it does exactly...

CREATIVE TENDERING OPPORTUNITIES – THAT’S WHAT WE DO! WHETHER YOU AGREE OR DISAGREE, HERE IS YOUR CHANCE TO HAVE YOUR SAY!  If you are a customer on one of our platforms, please help us by having your say. Highlight what does work for you and what doesn’t, when it comes to your subscription...

WHEN WRITING BIDS, TIME IS A PRECIOUS THING! Not only is there an imminent deadline, but if you don’t give it your all and put everything you have into the bid, then it’s not only time you’re wasting – it’s money! We’ve provided a few best practice principles to make...

Bid Support – Breaking down the question If you do not know what the question is asking – this is your first hurdle. In order to jump that hurdle, carefully examine what kind of question it is. Although there are hundreds of question variations out there, our bid support allows you...

BEST NEW BUSINESS – HUDSON PROCUREMENT GROUP RECEIVES 3 NOMINATIONS We are over the moon to announce that we have been shortlisted for not one, not two, but three awards at this year’s National Best New Business Awards! The awards will be held at Kensington, London, this coming June! Hudson Procurement Group...

TUPE – WHAT IS IT & HOW DOES IT AFFECT YOU? I know what some of you are thinking – what on earth is TUPE? One thing we are not here to do, is provide you a whole lot of legal jargon surrounding compliance and adherence to specific laws. This blog focuses on the...

FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT – TOP 4 THINGS TO ASK YOURSELF You’re most likely to see the term ‘Framework Agreement’ scattered across our tendering portals, asking for multiple suppliers to deliver/supply either one or more services/goods across various locations. Sounds pretty broad, right? Well, through utilising a Framework Agreement, this is a...