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If you’re on G-Cloud 15, you’re in genuinely good company: 4,233 suppliers secured a place across the framework’s 5 lots , and around 90% of them are SMEs . That’s a competitive field, and now that buyers can find you…
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Getting listed on a framework is a significant milestone. After the effort of a compliant application, it’s tempting to treat Social Value as a box ticked. For most frameworks, that’s not how it works. Your Social Value…
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Ever submitted a bid you were genuinely proud of, only to get a score back that didn’t match the effort? It happens to good suppliers more often than you’d think, and it’s rarely down to the quality of what you’re…
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If you’re new to TePAS 3, our overview guide covers the basics: scope, timeline and who can apply. This followed an earlier round of market engagement held in person at TechUK London on 29th April 2026. Together, the…
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Social Value is now a scored, weighted criterion in most public sector tenders, and for many suppliers, it’s where marks are being lost that should have been won. The challenge isn’t usually a lack of genuine…
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Technology Products & Associated Services 3 (TePAS 3, RM6398) is the next iteration of one of Government Commercial Agency’s (GCA) biggest technology frameworks. It’s currently in the pre-market engagement phase, and…
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RM6399 Consultancy and Professional Services, or CaPS, is the framework taking over from RM6309, the Management Consultancy Framework 4 (MCF4). Applications are open now, closing 9th November 2026. If you’re currently…
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If you supply technology to the emergency services sector, you’d be forgiven for not having followed NS4 particularly closely. It’s always been talked about as a telecoms and network framework - connectivity, WAN, voice…
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If you’ve been following Social Value in public sector procurement, you’ll know the landscape has been shifting quickly. PPN 06/20 was superseded. PPN 002 came in. And now, just days ago, the government published PPN…
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