Tender process, process, process

We're enjoying some great success and are lucky enough to be working on some really exciting projects. Projects that are both challenging and interesting - which is what we like.

But are we still missing out on opportunities to do great things?

One thing that has driven the decision to do what we are doing at CA3 is the freedom to partner with whoever we chose in order to form the perfect team to deliver the best possible solutions to our client's challenges.

Throughout our collective years in the industry (which is quite a few), we have been fortunate enough to meet some great and talented individuals along the way, some of whom work independently and some who enjoy careers at specialist organisations, some large, some small and some very boutique indeed.

In addition to this, we have and are continuing to form relationships with people and organisations new to us, partners who again produce some absolutely amazingly insightful and top quality work. Week on week our network grows, increasing our capability to form the best possible team for all manner of communication challenges - the model is working!

But what has driven us to put "pen to paper" in this brief article, is to question whether some larger organisations are limiting themselves to being exposed to such talent and opportunity through over engineered tender and procurement processes?

As mentioned above, between us all at CA3 we have a fair few years on the clock in terms of experience in the recruitment marketing and communications industry - and we have seen an awful lot of change throughout that time; the firm establishment of job-boards, ever increasing digital products and services, the exponential growth of digital innovation, capability and creativity to highlight just a little. But perhaps one thing that hasn't changed is the opportunity for a smaller or newer entrant into the market place to be taken seriously at tender stage?

The way of working is changing at enormous pace and there are many articles that lend themselves to highlighting the future of the working world and what it will look like. One thing is for sure - global connectivity and the network based delivery model is front of mind for nearly every client.

With this is mind, perhaps there is room for a more bespoke and less laborious partner selection process in some instances? Maybe a different solution to the rigid, somewhat templated framework approach currently employed by the many - perhaps an approach that begins to allow an organisation to benefit from the vast array of capabilities and amazing ideas and solutions we are forever seeing more and more of?

Just a thought....