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Winning business 

in Government
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Average working days to complete a tender
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
175
181 178
172 175
72 70 71 70 71
203
215
244 243
265
117 121 121 119
124
1 year
9 months
6 months
3 months
Greece
United Kingdom
Poland
Germany
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Government doesn’t do one-night stands.
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What are you selling?
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How are you approaching targets?
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What preparation are you doing?
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Know your offer.
@ianmakgill @open_opps
Understand your target.
(Know, personnel, strategy, suppliers, targets, partners)
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Remember the three ‘P’s:
(policy, policy and policy)
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Find a hook.
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Prepare proof that you can deliver.
(Case studies, standards, references, research)
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Make a relevant public statement.
(blog)
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When you’re ready…
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Ask them, are we relevant?
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Yes: meeting, no: find out more.
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When you’re ready…
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Prep specific handouts for the meeting.
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Have a clear ‘next-step’ for them.
(not a contract)
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Solve a problem.
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Look for a quick way to prove yourself.
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Step by step, move towards spec & tender.
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Never, ever, ever lose sight of the hook.
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Spend: med/large vs small cos by age
0bn
1.3bn
2.5bn
3.8bn
5bn
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 52 54 56 58 60 62 64 66 68 70 72 74 76 78 80 82 84 86 88 90 92 94 96 98 100
Medium / Large Small
Age at date of transaction
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Small company spend by sector & age
P0bn
GBP .2bn
GBP .5bn
GBP .7bn
GBP .9bn
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 52 54 56 58 60 62 64 66 68 70 72 74 76 78 80 82 84 86 88 90 92 94 96 98 100
Central Government Local Government
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£0M
£25M
£50M
£75M
£100M
J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D
Local Central
2012 2013 2014
Local
Central
Capita spend by sector
Local govt: spend with small companies
Total spend
with small
companies
(2011 -14)

£1.1bn
Total spend
with 20
largest
companies
(2011 -14)
£990m
Published Council spend with companies
2011 - 2014
Number of small suppliers serving Councils
2011-2014
£89.1bn
78,128@ianmakgill @open_opps
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Small company spend by month - all Govt.
£0M
£125M
£250M
£375M
£500M
J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D
Companies 5yrs or younger Companies older than 5 years
2012 2013 2014
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Competitiveness in public purchasing
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Competitiveness in public purchasing
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Making sense of the world’s spending data

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