by Nyree McKenzie | Aug 21, 2019 | Trends
Governments and commercial procurement departments around the world are introducing thresholds and policies to achieve non-discrimination in their supply chain contracting. Many are still are not meeting those targets. There’s a complex set of factors at play to...
by Nyree McKenzie | Jul 2, 2020 | Legislation, Trends
These are not normal times in procurement when there’s no competitive bidding or vetting process. Governments have acted quickly with an unprecedented outlay of fiscal spending to respond to the immediate effects of the COVID-19 crisis. But it hasn’t all gone to...
by Nyree McKenzie | Mar 16, 2020 | Trends
If bid teams are on the brink of a bidding surge, how quick will companies be able to adapt to such a climate where social distancing is enforced, unified digital collaboration is vital, and risk of burnout needs to be managed and monitored? The Coronavirus (COVID-19)...
by Nyree McKenzie | Mar 5, 2020 | Best Practice
Why reusing and repurposing content can reduce your submission efforts by half. Preparing a tender, bid or proposal response is a time consuming, often high-pressure task involving numerous content contributors – from the core proposal team to subject matter experts...
by Nyree McKenzie | Jan 15, 2020 | Trends
The need to win work through the formal bidding and tendering process has become essential to corporate survival. It’s now the most preferred method to procure public goods and services globally, making up 12 per cent of GDP (USD 9.5 trillion). The private sector is...
by Nyree McKenzie | Jul 5, 2019 | Trends
If you’re confused by the various terms used by bid, proposal and tender professionals, and the equally confusing list of acronyms related to procurement process you’re not alone. The various acronyms used in the procurement process has a lot to do around the buyer’s...
by Nyree McKenzie | Jun 28, 2019 | Trends
There’s a trend rippling across the procurement world that has been touted as being the better process for encouraging innovative ideas for the delivery of public infrastructure and services. With disruption and innovation moving faster than procurement documents can...
by Nyree McKenzie | Jun 4, 2019 | Trends
Ever wished you could gain a better understanding of government procurements rules, processes and programs to help you do business with them? While the tender and bidding process itself might still be complicated to the newcomer, the government has taken steps to also...
by Nyree McKenzie | Apr 26, 2019 | Trends
There’s no doubt about it, Lime Scooters are taken over Brisbane. Since their trial launch in November 2018, more than 131,000 Brisbane riders have taken over 800,000 trips Recently it has been announced that the Brisbane City Council are extending Lime’s trial permit...
by Nyree McKenzie | Feb 15, 2019 | Legislation, Trends
Every year, public and private organisations spend massive amounts of money through contracting, on everything from stationery to major infrastructure projects to improve our hospitals, rail, road and electricity systems. This taxpayer-funded spending for public...
