UK Public Procurement Blog 2021 - Public Procurement Consultants Birmingham UK

How can Universities save money on ICT?

21/4/2020

As many British Universities face a potential loss of tens of thousands of overseas students, some Universities have send they could go bust unless they receive Government support.

With this in mind I was asked to join a panel of ICT experts to discuss how Universities can save money in other key areas of spend such as ICT.

Key questions put to the panel were -

What are some of the costliest mistakes HEIs make when buying ICT?
In your experience, how much should HEIs outsource?

Read on to find out my response.

Universities ICT

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

21/12/2019

Merry Christmas

As the year draws to a close and we reflect on 2019, the year has been one of learning and growth. We have learnt that we deliver excellent bid writing training courses that actually help people win bids. We have helped our long time customers and our new customers grow their business, through winning bids and tenders. We have grown our business too. We have moved into our new home in Newcastle and made lots of new friends. So at a time of peace and goodwill what are we most looking forward to in 2020?

What are the 5 Procurement Rights?

1/10/2019

The 5 Rights of procurement are: the Right Quality, the Right Quantity, the Right Place, the Right Time and the Right Price. Purchasing & Supply Chain expert Naomi Clews provides a practical guide of how to use the five rights of procurement to Get Procurement Right! © Naomi Clews Consultancy Limited 2019

Procurement - What will happen after Brexit?

7/6/2019

If you are hoping for a radical change in procurement law and tendering processes after Brexit, a move away from tendering towards simple bid proposals and handshakes, you may be disappointed.

Buying Tips - How to buy consultancy

29/10/2018

Consultancy services, expert knowledge and resources are becoming easier to access. A quick web search provides access to over 4.8 million independent consultants, freelancers, contractors and interims, at a fraction of a cost of a whole time equivalent. I have provided my top three tips for buying management consultancy services, read on to find out how to buy management consulting services better.

Is your supply chain breaking the law?

19/9/2018

The Home Office delivered an ultimatum to 17,000 chief executives: open up on modern slavery or risk being named as being in breach of the law. This is an updated blog post, first published in October 2017. One year on, I track progress made. Read on to find out how procurement can play its part in making supply chains more transparent and ridding them of modern slavery.

Tender process acronyms explained part 2

5/9/2018

This is a follow up blog post to my original blog post 'tender process acronyms explained' in part 2. I will cover more advanced tender process acronyms to help you through the tender process.

tender process acronyms explained

4/3/2018

RFI, RFP, ITT, SQ, PIN, what is this strange language? We demystify some of the most common tender process acronyms for you.

2018 March Business Tendering NEWS

2/3/2018

All the latest government tender news and upcoming public bid opportunities delivered to you by public tendering experts - Naomi Clews Consultancy.

Contract Review Meetings - Survival Strategies 2020

17/2/2018

Contract Review Meetings

What is a contract review meeting? A contract review meeting is a formal meeting between a supplier and a buyer. The meeting is used to review and discuss how a supplier has performed in terms of what was required of them under the contract.

There is no 'official' definition of a contract review meeting as they are not a requirement under procurement law. Contract review meetings are instead 'best practice' and fall under contract management.

As a procurement professional, I've over 25 years procurement experience in contract management meetings and managing contract performance. I know how stressful the whole contractual review process can be so I wanted to share my tips and experience with you on how to prepare for a review of contract performance, what contact review questions will be asked and what might be included in a contract management meeting agenda.

Read on to uncover my tried and tested survival strategy and my top 5 contract review tips - how to make a great first impression, prepare for and hopefully thrive at your first contract review meeting.

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