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Tender help? Top 5 Tips – March 2018.  I’ve learnt a lot over the last 15 years of tendering. I’ve made all the mistakes you’re likely to have made and I’ve read hundreds if not thousands of pieces of feedback, both good and bad. I’ve also sat on both sides...

BBC launches the third phase of their ‘Drama Directors Scheme’ with the Scottish soap opera ‘River City’. Do you want the chance to be behind one of the UK’s biggest drama series? Well now, you can. Pitches and CVs are being sought nationwide to find the next best director[s] to...

What are CPV Codes? The Pains of Procurement CPV Codes – the abbreviation most people assume is Complex, Problematic, Valueless. In actual fact, the term stands for Common Procurement Vocabulary – although the prior may still apply.  What are they? CPV codes are used to categorise tenders into a ‘subject...

HAVE YOUR SAY – TENDER VLE – How can our specialist tender training benefit YOU? CLICK HERE TO TAKE PART! With the impending launch of Tender VLE, our FREE virtual learning environment, fast approaching, we would like to hear from you regarding the beneficiaries of the platform. Our vision has remained...

WHAT IS A DYNAMIC PURCHASING SYSTEM? The DPS in Tendering! Here we go again – another term which is not well known in all industry sectors across the UK – a Dynamic Purchasing System. As always, we are here to help you understand all these ‘niggly’ bits to tendering, to...

WE HAD TO GOOGLE THE VISION OF OUR OWN COMPANY! – Making sure you have consistent marketing messages! Businesses can often feel like they’re losing their way, especially when producing tender documents and relaying their ‘spirit’ and clear marketing messages across on paper. Competition is growing with the increase in entrepreneurial mindsets and...

WHY CHOOSE CREATIVE TENDERS? Helping you discover Creative Bids! Creative bids can be difficult to find, so we have put together a short guide to demonstrate how Creative Tenders can help you! Creative Tenders is an online platform which ensures all UK-wide contracts and tender opportunities (both private and public) are...

I’M IN COMPETITION WITH MYSELF AND I’M LOSING! – Tender Basics! Tender Basics are the foundation of your bid writing success. Our Growth Director, Jill Hudson, has over 16 years’ experience with Tender Writing, so she knows how lonely it can get when you see rejection in the early days....

“THEY ALREADY KNOW WHO THEY WANT TO USE!” – The Tendering Process We’ve all heard stories about backhanded business deals and brown paper envelopes passed under the table for the decision making to go in favour of a specific business on a particular contract/opportunity. This is drastically changing for the better, having analysed...

DON’T WORRY ABOUT DISTANCE: We live in a Digital World! – International Tendering! This is an age-old debate here at Hudson Procurement Group. We’re constantly telling our customers to spread their wings when it comes to bidding for new business and succumb to International Tendering. Historically, we used to take as...

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN MARCH 2018? Our Plans! Another month down, another month approaching which is full of endless potential. March 2018 will see the end of our first financial quarter and BOY … are we ecstatic of how this year has started. The past two months have seen our biggest turnover to date,...

DIGITAL MARKET PLACE – Creative Tenders Support So, the government launched Digital Market Place to support digital companies with sourcing government contracts and government buyers to source digital suppliers.  Seems simple, right? Not exactly. In theory, we totally love Digital Market Place, I mean who wouldn’t as a tender writer...

Common Trends in Public Sector Tendering! We think it’s safe to say that every year, something new happens in the world of procurement. This is due to the ever-changing landscape that buyers and suppliers constantly find themselves in. Here are, in our opinion, a small collection of common trends across...