Specialised Tender Solutions for Potential Suppliers and Service Providers

Are you a business owner or bid manager responsible for submitting tenders and winning the business?

If so, you have probably experienced the frustration of putting weeks and sometimes months of blood, sweat and tears into a tender bid only to have it disqualified at the start line. Your business might have a great product or service at pricing good enough to be successful in a competitive bidding process. However, non-adherence or partial adherence with administrative compliance and the tender functionality criteria will prevent your bid from being considered for the contract.

Tenders for contracts, especially government contracts, are a minefield of minute details that can trip up even the most astute bid manager. It can be the smallest thing that can dash the hopes of your tender making it onto the field of play. This is where Lawsome Consulting comes in. We have a unique and specific skill set to help your bid get a fair shot at competing head-to-head with your competitors. We are experts at compliance and local government law.

Our director, Lireen Human, has more than ten years’ experience as a member of several bid committees in competitive bidding processes. She has been involved in hundreds of tender processes. She has been on the other side of the fence, so to speak and has a unique view from both the customer’s and the supplier’s side.

Activities Lireen was involved in:

Member of Bid Specifications Committees drafting specifications for tenders

Member of Bid Evaluation Committees evaluating tenders for compliance and functionality

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Due diligence reviews and forensic investigations of Supply Chain Management processes and tender objections.

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Providing the municipality with specialist advice on the Municipal Finance Management Act and Supply Chain Management Regulations

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Drafting and Management of Service Level Agreements following tender awards.

We assist businesses in the tender process by offering, amongst others, the following services individually or as part of a package:

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We compile or review your tender response and submission for compliance

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We evaluate adherence with administrative compliance and ensure that your bid meets all the required functionality criteria specified in the tender documents

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Is it worth my while to tender? We advise on whether your bid meets the minimum threshold of the functionality criteria which measures your capacity to deliver on the product or service

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We review and evaluate all supporting documentation to ensure that it is in line with all the relevant conditions specified for administrative and functionality requirements

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We accompany your representative/s to compulsory briefing sessions, site meetings or information sessions and liaise with the relevant supply chain management or procurement officials during the course of the bidding process

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If you do not want to use our services for each and every project, we can provide training for your staff to enable them to compile compliant and successful bidding documentation

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Do you want to know why your business wasn’t awarded a tender or do you want to question the award to a specific bidder? We request the relevant evaluation and adjudication reports to review the tender process and advise on possible review or objection procedures

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When you’re awarded a tender we can assist in negotiating and drafting a service level agreement to protect your interests and manage the awarded contract successfully

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