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TED Tenders Electronic Daily – Website Updated

May 21st, 2010 by Tony Zemaitis | 2 Comments | Filed in PQQ, Public Sector Tenders, Tenders

TED is the Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union – the website that shows all the high value public sector tenders that by law must be advertised.

The great thing is that you can search TED to see if there are any suitable high-value tenders in your market / area and it’s completely free!

The interface has recently changed slightly so we’ve published some new instructions for a simple / quick search along with some other hints and tips on finding public sector tenders for free.

Happy searching!

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UK Public Sector to Flag Contract Opportunities that are Suitable for SMEs

April 12th, 2010 by Tony Zemaitis | No Comments | Filed in PQQ, Public Sector Tenders, Tenders

“Tendering opportunities thought especially suitable for SMEs or consortia of SMEs should be flagged by the procurer during the advertising process.”

This was a key recommendation in “Accelerating the SME Economic Engine” (The Glover Report).

The OGC has now published Small Supplier Big Opportunity / Flagging your Contracts to SMEs which asks public sector procurement to follow this by flagging opportunities deemed suitable for SMEs.

Reasons for SME flagging will include:

  • Strong SME market presence
  • Low contract value / volume
  • Innovative solutions
  • Tailored product / service
  • Local delivery
  • Limited scales economies
  • Unregulated market

It’ll be interesting to see how it works.

Please post any thoughts or experience of this.

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Free Access to supply2.gov.uk Tenders Website

September 7th, 2009 by Tony Zemaitis | 1 Comment | Filed in PQQ, Public Sector Tenders, Tenders

The Government has announced that it will scrap the subscription fee for small businesses to view public sector procurement contracts on its www.supply2.gov.uk website.

BIS said that firms will now be able to access tenders advertised on the website without having to pay a £180 annual charge. The free service would be “an interim step” toward introducing a single website for all public sector contracts in 2010.

Full story:
http://www.bis.gov.uk/businesses-given-free-access-to-thousands-of-new-opportunities

My personal experience of using this has not been great and feedback from clients is not very positive. However, I understand that the supply2 team are helpful if you phone them and so I always recommend to clients to make contact to see if they can make the service work better for them.

I’d love to hear about your experiences – good or bad…

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How to Find Public Sector Tenders for Free

July 7th, 2009 by Tony Zemaitis | No Comments | Filed in PQQ, Public Sector Tenders, Tenders

UK private sector companies are not obliged to say when they are tendering. So the only way to find out is by good old fashioned sales methods.

However, pubic sector organisations (eg councils, government and their agencies), public funded bodies (eg housing associations, NHS and quangos) and utilities (ex public) all have to advertise their larger tender contract opportunities.

You can pay a service that will check for suitable opportunities and will alert you. This isn’t too expensive and is a boon for companies that are tendering frequently.

However, our website shows you How to Find Pubic Sector Tenders for Free using TED and supply2.gov

If you are new to tendering and want to assess what’s out there, or if you are tendering less frequently, it’s not hard to do your own searching – and it’s free.

There are many other portals like:

www.london2012.com for 2012
www.businessportal.southeastiep.gov.uk for SE councils

If you know other please add them.

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