Comments on: The Week Ender: Government Contracts for Small Business? http://www.sme-blog.com/comments/the-week-ender-government-contracts-for-small-business Let's talk business, ....SMALL BUSINESS! Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:38:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Nick http://www.sme-blog.com/comments/the-week-ender-government-contracts-for-small-business#comment-46271 Nick Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:53:32 +0000 http://www.sme-blog.com/comments/the-week-ender-government-contracts-for-small-business#comment-46271 How very true the above is. I am involved in delivering business services into a wide range of businesses and am often presented with opportunities to respond to local or central government contracts. Now I am not in the habit of wasting my (or other peoples ) time, so I would only respond if I REALLY thought I could deliver an excellent, relevant and cost effective service. Time after time we get rejected becuase we cannot provide evidence of delivering into the public sector. This is DESPITE empty promises that small businesses will be enabled to compete. PLEASE don't treat us as idiots - it is the small entrepreneurial business owner that contributes so much to the coffers of central goverment - but still we get treated like we are an irritation and a thing to be patronised. Take note - you need to do something genuine to assist smaller businesses to deliver into the public sector, because only then will you get innovate, passionate service at a comeptitive price - rather than the turgid delivery that costs 10's or even 100's of times it should. If you do not the small business will seek engagements elsewhere to the benefit of other coutries. How very true the above is.
I am involved in delivering business services into a wide range of businesses and am often presented with opportunities to respond to local or central government contracts.
Now I am not in the habit of wasting my (or other peoples ) time, so I would only respond if I REALLY thought I could deliver an excellent, relevant and cost effective service.

Time after time we get rejected becuase we cannot provide evidence of delivering into the public sector. This is DESPITE empty promises that small businesses will be enabled to compete.

PLEASE don’t treat us as idiots - it is the small entrepreneurial business owner that contributes so much to the coffers of central goverment - but still we get treated like we are an irritation and a thing to be patronised.

Take note - you need to do something genuine to assist smaller businesses to deliver into the public sector, because only then will you get innovate, passionate service at a comeptitive price - rather than the turgid delivery that costs 10’s or even 100’s of times it should.
If you do not the small business will seek engagements elsewhere to the benefit of other coutries.

]]> By: Awards website http://www.sme-blog.com/comments/the-week-ender-government-contracts-for-small-business#comment-46252 Awards website Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:21:51 +0000 http://www.sme-blog.com/comments/the-week-ender-government-contracts-for-small-business#comment-46252 Very interesting. Very interesting.

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