Overview

  Keep up competitive tension - Competition need not just happen at the start - sustaining competitive tension throughout adds value

We believe that competition can be taken further than just focusing on ensuring that there are sufficient, credible bidders during procurement. Competition is critical at the bid stage but this alone will not provide value for money. It is also desirable to keep-up competitive tension throughout the contract. Organisations can also learn from others, such as defence, where single-source suppliers are common.