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Title: Tenders-any advice please
Post by: Suffolkcleaners on July 31, 2010, 10:29:55 pm
I am a sole trader and recently filled out a pQQ Questionaire but didn't score high enough to qualify for the tender process. Is this because being a sole trader goes againts you?? I did find that alot of the questions seemed to be aimed at corporate businesses and were difficult to answer or not applicable,so would just answer N/A. For example how do you treat your staff at work??? Sole trader-you have no staff/employees. Any ideas on how i can improve my next PQQ??

Thanks
Title: Re: Tenders-any advice please
Post by: darren clarke on July 31, 2010, 10:44:06 pm
usually for tenders your turn over has to be a certain X the amount of the job u r tendering for
Title: Re: Tenders-any advice please
Post by: Suffolkcleaners on July 31, 2010, 11:01:08 pm
God we are only talking about maybe a 600-700 per year contract. I obviously earn far more than that. So doesn't make sense. I just get the feeling that being a sole trader went againts me and a bigger company would have stood a far better chance.
Title: Re: Tenders-any advice please
Post by: AuRavelling79 on July 31, 2010, 11:05:26 pm
Maybe the way you answered the Q's?

What were the Q's?
Title: Re: Tenders-any advice please
Post by: darren clarke on July 31, 2010, 11:07:55 pm
for 600 -700 a year, some thing that small shouldnt be going out to tender,  should be 3 people out of the phone book, not a tender company
Title: Re: Tenders-any advice please
Post by: Suffolkcleaners on July 31, 2010, 11:45:14 pm
sorry per month i meant. As far as i know i answered the questions fully
Title: Re: Tenders-any advice please
Post by: Suffolkcleaners on July 31, 2010, 11:48:35 pm
PS how can you put a price on it anyway when u don't even make the tender process??
Title: Re: Tenders-any advice please
Post by: newbroom on August 01, 2010, 06:40:21 pm
contact the tendering authoity and ask. 1st tender i done i failed because i wasn't accredited to trade organisations, reason can be varied.

Regards Mark
Title: Re: Tenders-any advice please
Post by: Archer on August 01, 2010, 10:34:09 pm

Where do you look to go for the tenders ???????????
Title: Re: Tenders-any advice please
Post by: mci services on August 01, 2010, 11:33:29 pm
http://www.supply2.gov.uk/

i get one email a day from this site and have done for well over a year but they want you to pay for higher value stuff