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Abandoning a Tender Process: Practical Guidance for Schools, Academies and Trusts

For maintained schools, academies, and MATs, running an effective and compliant procurement process is essential — but sometimes the best decision is to abandon a tender and start again. Whether your procurement falls under the Procurement Act 2023 (PA2023) or is a below-threshold exercise, understanding when and how you can abandon a process helps protect the you from risk and ensures fairness to bidders.

What Tender Documents Do I Need to be Compliant With the Procurement Act 2023?

With the Procurement Act 2023 now in force, understanding how to run a compliant and transparent procurement process does need a little more work on the basis of getting your head around the new regulations.

Understanding the Procurement Act 2023: A Practical Guide to a Selection of Key Changes for Schools and Academy Trusts

The introduction of the Procurement Act 2023 has brought with it a new wave of changes for public sector procurement. For schools and academy trusts,…

Navigating the Stages of a Competitive Flexible Procedure Tender Process Under The Procurement Act 2023

Navigating the complexities of The Procurement Act 2023 (TPA2023) can be daunting for schools and other public sector organisations. Understanding the various stages of the…

Does My Tender Need To Be Compliant With The Procurement Act 2023?

If you understand how to value a contract under the old Public Contracts Regulations 2015 then (good news!) you understand how to value it under…

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs): what are they, why are they important and where do they come from?

KPIs are measurable values that demonstrate how well a service is performing. They may be high level, focussing on overall performance, or low-level, focussing on…

Advice on Writing ICT Managed Service Tender Specifications

 In the last of our blogs on writing tender specifications, we are focusing on the dark art of ICT Managed Service and they key things you need to include.

Advice on Writing Cleaning Tender Specifications

In the third of our series of blogs on writing tender specifications, we focus on detailed issues around cleaning and the key areas you need to include - which might not always be as clear as you think.....

Advice On Writing Catering Tender Specifications

Catering is one of the contracts that Minerva deals with most frequently. So, we know what you need to include in your specification so that you get the best outcome. Read on to get the benefit of our wisdom....

General Advice On Writing A ‘Fit For Purpose’ Specification

With procurement support and training for schools, academies and Trusts diminishing, I have decided to try and plug the gap in this blog and related webinar by looking at how you can write a fit for purpose specification to help you run your tender processes more efficiently and effectively.

What are the new updates to the Selection Questionnaire?

As of April 2023, the Selection Questionnaire (SQ) has undergone several updates . These changes will affect the documentation that schools use to procure goods and services from suppliers when running a process compliant with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR2015).

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Have You Actually Read The Question?

I can certainly remember from my time at school, especially around exam time, one of the key mantras from the teachers was “make sure you…

Attention To Detail

This is a tough one all round, given that we all miss important details from time to time and no doubt regret some of those misses. However, I just wanted to let you see some of the bloopers we see as part of the tender submissions from a whole variety of bidders. Naturally I am not going to give away any names of specific bidders or schools as that would be totally unfair, but you may recognise some of these and hopefully they will give you a bit of a smirk – even if that is down to recognising you have done that yourself…….

Tender documentation

Abandoning a Tender Process: Practical Guidance for Schools, Academies and Trusts

What Tender Documents Do I Need to be Compliant With the Procurement Act 2023?

Understanding the Procurement Act 2023: A Practical Guide to a Selection of Key Changes for Schools and Academy Trusts

Navigating the Stages of a Competitive Flexible Procedure Tender Process Under The Procurement Act 2023

Does My Tender Need To Be Compliant With The Procurement Act 2023?

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs): what are they, why are they important and where do they come from?

Advice on Writing ICT Managed Service Tender Specifications

Advice on Writing Cleaning Tender Specifications

Advice On Writing Catering Tender Specifications

General Advice On Writing A ‘Fit For Purpose’ Specification

What are the new updates to the Selection Questionnaire?

Have You Actually Read The Question?

Attention To Detail

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