[seanc]

do any of you know of a web site that states the guidlines of what should happen when tendering i.e. if there are two people on a tender prossess who have personal feelings against you is there anything you can do
please please help

[DP]

I believe that the official public tender process is designed to stop this type of discrimination, with any unlawful manipulation being viewed as a criminal act. However like many things it doesn’t mean that it never happens.

If you intend to challenge the award of a particular tender then there may well be a process for this, however I would think that you would have to have pretty water tight evidence to bring about an investigation.

Others may well know a lot more then me on this matter but in the absence of any other posts at this time, I would suggest that you try looking on the DTI site or contacting them for further information.

If it was simply a private tender then I am not sure you can do anything.

[seanc]

thank you for your reply it is a goverment tender which i lost having had the contract already i have water tight facts that two of the people were against after bith making complaints about us which both resulted in 2 people  being sacked but they still wernt happy what more can you do we looked at the complaints and fond them both sackable complaints. i feel that as they had thoughts against us they should not be on the tender panel

we were also told in the rejection letter that they would like to thank us for all the good work that we had done in the past and good luck in any tenders in the futre unfortunatly we are now going to go under with out this contract

any other halp would be loved

[CMS]

When you say 'Government' are you talking about Local Government, MOD, what?

[seanc]

pct primary care trust

[CMS]

Can't help you there then I'm afraid. Was hoping it was MOD then I could have offered a way out.