Author: <span>lexine</span>
How to Measure Supplier Market Health: Bids, Market Share, Switching Costs and HHI Explained
A plain-English guide to the indicators in the Market Management guidance and why they are prompts for investigation rather than standalone verdicts.
Read article →Designing Procurement to Promote Healthy Markets: Practical Levers for Buyers
What to do when market analysis reveals concentration, barriers to entry, weak contestability or excessive incumbent advantage.
Read article →How a Should Cost Model Should Evolve Through the Procurement Lifecycle
How to evolve an SCM from early option appraisal into a more detailed tool for market engagement, affordability and supplier-proposal analysis.
Read article →Should Cost Models in Public Procurement: How to Build a Useful Whole-Life Cost View
What a Should Cost Model is, how it differs from a simple budget estimate and how to build one proportionately.
Read article →Framework Due Diligence Using Find a Tender Commercial Tools Search
How buyers can use the Commercial Tools view as one part of a broader framework due diligence process.
Read article →OCDS, OCIDs and Compiled Releases: How Find a Tender Builds a Current Procurement View
A plain-English explanation of the data concepts behind Summarised Search and what they mean for procurement research.
Read article →How Public Sector Buyers Can Use Find a Tender Summarised Search for Procurement Intelligence
How the Opportunities, Contracts and Commercial Tools views can support market intelligence before a procurement decision is made.
Read article →Third-Party Frameworks and Centralised Procurement Authorities: Who Carries the Legal Responsibility?
How to identify the legal framework provider and understand responsibility where a commercial tool is run by a centralised procurement authority, another public body or a…
Read article →Framework Fees, Valuation and Notices: Procurement Act 2023 Compliance Points
Three areas that need to be designed together when establishing a framework: estimated value, supplier fees and transparency notices.
Read article →Frameworks and Open Frameworks Under the Procurement Act 2023: A Buyer-Friendly Guide
A practical explanation of standard frameworks, open frameworks and the commercial choices behind each structure.
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