Guide: securing public sector contracts
Futurebuilders England and NCVO's Sustainable Funding Project have produced a comprehensive guide to help VCOs navigate the rules, procedures and practices that make up the public sector procurement process.
This guide includes case studies highlighting key issues VCOs should be aware of, and provides practical advice, useful checklists, and details of where to go for further information.
To read the case studies please follow the links below:
The report also provides important Information covering:
- how to find a purchaser
- how to influence a potential purchaser
- variations in procurement rules
- the public sector market and how it works
- finding contracts
- what drives public sector organisations
- marketing to a potential purchaser
- analyzing capacity to deliver a contract
- sub-contracting
- the main legal and technical matters
- the principles of public sector buying
- contract regulations and management
- relevant European and national legislation
- types of agreement
- essential features of contract forms
- how to make an effective bid – tendering