{"id":3099,"date":"2024-09-26T09:50:20","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T09:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autogenai.dsstaging2.com\/uk\/blog\/procurement-act-delay-what-is-a-bid-team-to-do\/"},"modified":"2025-04-02T13:19:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T13:19:41","slug":"procurement-act-delay-what-is-a-bid-team-to-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/autogenai.com\/uk\/blog\/procurement-act-delay-what-is-a-bid-team-to-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Procurement Act Delay: What Is a Bid Team to Do?"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, implementation of the UK Procurement Act (2023) has been delayed until 24th February 2025 – to allow time for a new National Procurement Policy Statement (NPPS) to be produced. \u00a0 An\u00a0NPPS sets out the Government\u2019s strategic policy priorities for public procurement – it is therefore imperative that the new regime commences with a statutory NPPS aligned to its specific priorities.<\/h3>\n

We are now starting to see the impact of this delay on the Commissioning activities of Government Departments: \u00a0 Procurements are being delayed, existing contracts being extended, and in some cases Commissioners are making use of the \u2018Direct Award\u2019 clauses in Frameworks. \u00a0 All of this means that there will inevitably be much less \u2018bidding activity\u2019 than is usual at this time of year (and we all know Christmas is usually a Commercial team’s favourite time to issue an ITT!).<\/p>\n

Here at AutogenAI, we have been putting some thought (some a little tongue in cheek) into what bid professionals might do during this unexpected \u2018lull\u2019. \u00a0We\u2019d love to hear your thoughts in the comments below.<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Go on holiday!<\/h3>\n

Given the storms here in the UK, a bit of winter sun might be just the tonic. \u00a0 You\u2019ll be ready to face the torrent of procurements that get released post 24th February<\/p>\n

2. Enjoy Christmas (for once!).<\/h3>\n

This may never happen again. Your family may well ask who the stranger is at the Christmas Dinner table though\u2026.<\/p>\n

3. Sort out your content library.<\/h3>\n

Seriously. \u00a0Take a long hard look at what you\u2019ve got in there. \u00a0Get rid of anything obsolete, update anything that needs updating (CVs \/ organograms \/ accreditations etc), and identify where you have gaps (case studies, statistics, testimonials etc)<\/p>\n

4. Tighten up your qualification process.<\/h3>\n

It is inevitable that the floodgates will open post 24th Feb and you will have some tricky decisions to make. \u00a0Agree now what your \u2018must wins\u2019 are – and start preparing for those. Know who, how and why you will qualify deals in or out. \u00a0This will save a lot of false starts and heartache next spring.<\/p>\n

5. Equip your teams with the best proposal AI software in the market (hint: that\u2019s AutogenAI).<\/h3>\n

This \u2018downtime\u2019 is the ideal opportunity to procure, embed and optimise your proposal teams’ use of AI. \u00a0 Not only will you not get this chance again (when do bid teams ever have gaps!), you will gain the advantage next Spring of being able to bid more, at a higher quality than ever before. \u00a0The use of AI in proposals is inevitable. \u00a0 Those who go early and go hard will gain competitive advantage over those that don\u2019t.<\/p>\n

To learn more about how AutogenAI can transform your bid and proposal writing process, contact us today.<\/a><\/p>\n

So, implementation of the UK Procurement Act (2023) has been delayed until 24th February 2025 – to allow time for a new National Procurement Policy Statement (NPPS) to be produced. \u00a0 An\u00a0NPPS sets out the Government\u2019s strategic policy priorities for public procurement – it is therefore imperative that the new regime commences with a statutory NPPS aligned to its specific priorities.<\/h3>\n

We are now starting to see the impact of this delay on the Commissioning activities of Government Departments: \u00a0 Procurements are being delayed, existing contracts being extended, and in some cases Commissioners are making use of the \u2018Direct Award\u2019 clauses in Frameworks. \u00a0 All of this means that there will inevitably be much less \u2018bidding activity\u2019 than is usual at this time of year (and we all know Christmas is usually a Commercial team’s favourite time to issue an ITT!).<\/p>\n

Here at AutogenAI, we have been putting some thought (some a little tongue in cheek) into what bid professionals might do during this unexpected \u2018lull\u2019. \u00a0We\u2019d love to hear your thoughts in the comments below.<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Go on holiday!<\/h3>\n

Given the storms here in the UK, a bit of winter sun might be just the tonic. \u00a0 You\u2019ll be ready to face the torrent of procurements that get released post 24th February<\/p>\n

2. Enjoy Christmas (for once!).<\/h3>\n

This may never happen again. Your family may well ask who the stranger is at the Christmas Dinner table though\u2026.<\/p>\n

3. Sort out your content library.<\/h3>\n

Seriously. \u00a0Take a long hard look at what you\u2019ve got in there. \u00a0Get rid of anything obsolete, update anything that needs updating (CVs \/ organograms \/ accreditations etc), and identify where you have gaps (case studies, statistics, testimonials etc)<\/p>\n

4. Tighten up your qualification process.<\/h3>\n

It is inevitable that the floodgates will open post 24th Feb and you will have some tricky decisions to make. \u00a0Agree now what your \u2018must wins\u2019 are – and start preparing for those. Know who, how and why you will qualify deals in or out. \u00a0This will save a lot of false starts and heartache next spring.<\/p>\n

5. Equip your teams with the best proposal AI software in the market (hint: that\u2019s AutogenAI).<\/h3>\n

This \u2018downtime\u2019 is the ideal opportunity to procure, embed and optimise your proposal teams’ use of AI. \u00a0 Not only will you not get this chance again (when do bid teams ever have gaps!), you will gain the advantage next Spring of being able to bid more, at a higher quality than ever before. \u00a0The use of AI in proposals is inevitable. \u00a0 Those who go early and go hard will gain competitive advantage over those that don\u2019t.<\/p>\n

To learn more about how AutogenAI can transform your bid and proposal writing process, contact us today.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So, implementation of the UK Procurement Act (2023) has been delayed until 24th February 2025 – to allow time for a new National Procurement Policy Statement (NPPS) to be produced. \u00a0 An\u00a0NPPS sets out the Government\u2019s strategic policy priorities for public procurement – it is therefore imperative that the new regime commences with a statutory…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3044,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-proposal-management"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nProcurement Act Delay: What Is a Bid Team to Do? - AutogenAI UK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"So, implementation of the UK Procurement Act (2023) has been delayed until 24th February 2025, what should bid teams do?\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/autogenai.com\/uk\/blog\/procurement-act-delay-what-is-a-bid-team-to-do\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Procurement Act Delay: What Is a Bid Team to Do? 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