Ensuring your business fulfills the requirements of government procurement requests can help put you on the front foot of the response process.
Whether you are seeking opportunities or have identified a government procurement request you are interested in responding to, assessing how ‘fit’ your business is to supply to government can help reveal gaps you need to fill to ensure you are in the best position to win bids.
Following we have provided some useful tools to help you determine your business readiness.
Business-Ready Checklist
A good place to start is to consider the following business-ready points when assessing tender opportunities:
- Do you have the resources to commit to the work, including:
- Enough employees and administration staff
- Access to subcontractors (if required)
- Ensuring your broader supply chain is ready to support the work
- The technology requirements
- Do you have the appropriate business registrations, licences and an ABN?
- Do you have all the appropriate insurances, compliance and membership certificates?
- Have you registered with:
- Have you familiarised yourself with the government buying process?
- Have you identified the time and cost involved to prepare the tender and coordinate the information required for the response?
- Can you complete the tender response in time?
- Do you have all the key documents in place, including required policies and/or plans (e.g. Environmental Plans, Health & Safety Policies).
