Latest news on our public sector strategy
Since the announcement of our successful accreditation by BSI under ISO 9001, we’ve made an important move into securing public sector work. The potential for us in this sector was a major strategic reason for ensuring our compliance to this key quality standard. We’re now going through the process of finding contract opportunities that suit our skills and putting together tenders. There are lots of opportunities out there but public sector procurement procedures are quite a minefield.
So, to help us navigate our way through the complexities of the tendering process, I’m pleased to announce that we have engaged the services of Steve Emmett at CIP4B&IT Ltd. As an expert in the field of public sector buying, Steve has been helping us with the task of identifying suitable opportunities and creating relevant tenders. Earlier this month, he helped us work on our first major tender, for a contract to supply an online information portal to a major local government body. Following a pre-qualification process, we were successfully shortlisted and given the opportunity to tender. In what was an extremely short timeframe, Steve provided some vital input into our tender document, and we were all delighted with the quality of both the final proposal we produced as a result, and the subsequent presentation we were required to make to the awarding authority’s assessment panel.
Unfortunately, we heard this week that we haven’t won that particular contract. Obviously, the whole team is disappointed. However, it was always unlikely that we would win our first tender. Nevertheless, it was a great learning experience for the team and, with the feedback we’ll get from this bid, Steve can help us go on to put a better proposal together for the next tender, and so on. I’m very optimistic that, with Steve’s help, we’ll have a great chance of winning contracts in the near future. Like many things, this process will take effort and it won’t be easy. But, with such a high percentage of all buying coming from this sector, it’s something we can’t afford to ignore.
Watch this space for more news as our campaign progresses.
Steve can be contacted at steveemmett@icfba.biz for further information on the services he provides, including how he helps businesses to secure suitable public sector contracts.
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