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City of Liverpool Business Award Nomination!
Posted by Rachael Smith on 17th May 2012 at 14:05
All of us at Tender Management are delighted to have been shortlisted for a City of Liverpool Business Award!
Hosted by Downtown Liverpool, the awards are presented on 26th July at Sefton Park Palm House. We are nominated for the 'Innovation Award' for our video marketing, and mobile app!
Click here to vote for Tender Management. Thank You!
Support Our Coast to Coast Cycle Challenge!
Posted by Rachael Smith on 16th May 2012 at 13:58
To raise funds for Liverpool Sunflowers, Malcolm Sutton and Peter Cumings are cycling coast to coast across the country this weekend. Starting from Whitehaven on Friday, they will follow the route of Hadrians Wall ending in Tynemouth - an extremely tiring - 3 days later!
Sunflowers provides a unique support service to individuals and families affected by a cancer diagnosis in the Merseyside region.
To show your support for the ride and for Sunflowers, please visit our fundraising page www.justgiving.com/tendermanagement
Keep checking our Blog page, for updates on their progress!
Thank You.
How to Win More Business in the Public and Private Sectors
Posted by Rachael Smith on 14th May 2012 at 11:53
On 22nd May, we are delivering a seminar at St Helens Chamber on 'How to Win more Business in the Public and Private Sectors'.
This half-day workshop will teach you a proven technique for writing high scoring tenders and provide you with some invaluable hints and tips on the do’s and don’ts of writing, to win you more business in the Public and Private sectors. By the end of the seminar, delegates will understand the theory of information mapping and be able to apply it to writing high scoring tenders.
Benefits:
- Improve your tender writing technique – information mapping
- Learn the ‘Hot’ and ‘Cold’ words to persuade
- Understand positive and negative automatic thoughts
- Learn how to structure your presentation - label, chunk, list and draw
- Know the 7 golden rules and 7 deadly sins of writing
- Be able to put the theory into practice
Lunch and refreshments will be provided.
For more information, and to book, visit the St Helens Chamber website.
Getting to grips with the Public Services Social Value Act 2012
Posted by Rachael Smith on 10th May 2012 at 8:58
The Public Services Social Value Act was passed in February 2012 and the Government has promised more guidance on its implementation later this year. In the meantime Tender Management Community Services have put together this briefing to help you get to grips with the basics and to start thinking about how you can begin to plan your response to the opportunities and challenges of demonstrating your Social Value.
Under the Act, for the first time, all public bodies in England and Wales are required to consider how the services they commission and procure might improve the economic, social and environmental well-being of the area. All English and some Welsh bodies will have to comply with PSVA including local authorities, government departments, NHS Trusts, PCTs, emergency services and RSLs. (RPs)
PSVA applies to all public services contracts and also to those public services contracts with an element of goods or works. Whilst it doesn’t apply to public work or public supply goods contracts Government expects all Authorities to embed social value in all forms of contracts.
PSVA has been heralded as an important measure in enabling not for profit providers to compete on a more equal footing with private sector providers. The Act enshrines the principle that contracts should not be awarded simply on price but on the broader social and economic benefits.
Social Value involves looking beyond price and evaluating the cumulative benefit to communities arising for an award a contract. For every £1 is spent on services delivery that same £1 should also be generating wider community benefit. At first sight then it looks tailor made for social enterprise.
However it’s important to remember that PSVA does not apply solely to Social Enterprises and Charities; private providers will also be able to compete on the basis of the Social value that they generate and one thing is for sure they will rapidly become highly adept at doing so.
Helping you to evidence your Social Value Impact
Tender Management’s team has tracked the evolution of the PSVA and undertaken research into practical implementation. We are confident we can guide you in maximising you Social Value offer.
Tender Management’s PSVA relevant expertise includes:
- Social Return on Investment.
- Social Accounting and Auditing.
- Social Impact Measurement.
- Outcomes Measurement and Evaluation.
- Social Value Commissioning Training.
- Social Enterprise Capacity Building.
If you would like to know more about PSVA and how we can help you in evaluating and evidencing your Social Value impact please call or email us and we will be happy to help.