Having sat on the supplier side of Irish tendering – at BidReview and in companies before it – the barriers that actually stop SMEs bidding are consistent, and they are not the ones the folklore describes. It is rarely a belief that the game is rigged. It...
Ireland’s new National Public Procurement Strategy 2026-2030, published on 5 August, is a serious and largely welcome document. It commits the State to making it easier for SMEs to compete, to publishing corporate procurement plans, and – notably – to...
Ask most teams how their bid review went and you’ll hear an opinion: “it’s looking strong,” “a couple of answers need work,” “I think we’re there.” Useful as reassurance, useless as a plan. A diagnosis is different. It tells you what’s wrong, exactly where, how much...
Generative AI can now write a fluent, compliant tender answer in minutes — which is exactly why writing is no longer where bids are won. When every competitor has the same drafting tools pointed at the same questions, competent prose stops being a differentiator....
