Business owners often ask us are public tenders a waste of time.? In this post, we are going to tease out this assertion and look into the reasons behind this…
Ross McCarthy20th February 2019
Public contracts are a great way of achieving growth for a business. If you want to win more public work, then writing great tenders is key. But just as important…
Donnacha Phelan11th February 2019
Across the developed world, there is an apparent crisis in high profile procurement contests like outsourcing contracts. From Berlin's zombie airport to prisons contracts to capital works programmes in the…
Ross McCarthy29th January 2019
Green procurement is an emerging area in procurement that is taking off as a discipline. This is a result of its codification in social and legal/regulatory procurement principles that focus…
Ross McCarthy14th December 2018
A frequent topic that comes up when we discuss commercial strategy and tactics with business owners is how they can maximise procurement strategy outcomes or general strategic outcomes in their…
Ross McCarthy2nd November 2018
A common procurement sourcing challenge is to evaluate how financially healthy a potential supplier is. On the supplier side, there is a similar strategic issue for companies when evaluating their…
Ross McCarthy9th October 2018
In this post, we examine a report on public procurement in the National Health Service in the UK. It focuses on bed occupancy and how contract management techniques can be…
Ross McCarthy19th September 2018
