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 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...
by Nyree McKenzie | Jan 25, 2019 | Trends
Grant application and tender processes share many similarities: they’re competitive, they rely on a high quality submission where claims must be backed by evidence, and they’re evaluated against weighted merit criteria. The grants and funding space is experiencing...
by Nyree McKenzie | Dec 20, 2018 | Trends
Planning a bid to bring everyone together in a very short deadline is one of the biggest challenges facing Bid Managers today. Good Bid Managers are, in fact, VERY STRATEGIC CAT HERDERS. Bringing technical, commercial, sales, legal and business experts, managers and...
by Nyree McKenzie | Nov 30, 2018 | Best Practice
As governments and other major public companies continue to outsource their service delivery through open competitive tender, it is the role of the Bid Manager to lead the submission that has the potential to win the contract. Many organisations rely heavily on supply...
by Nyree McKenzie | Oct 19, 2018 | Trends
Bidding and tendering is a critical activity across many industries, with companies spending up to 2% of the total contract value on the bidding process. It’s an ultra-competitive function that is critical to winning new work and keeping existing contracts. But what...
