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Govt amends CSR rules: Corporates can undertake multi-year projects

The government Friday amended various rules pertaining to the corporate social responsibility (CSR) regime, including allowing corporates to undertake multi-year projects and making registration compulsory for agencies implementing CSR activities on behalf of companies. Besides, companies have been allowed to set the excess amount spent under CSR up to three succeeding financial years. Non-compliance with CSR provisions has been decriminalised by shifting such offences to penalty regime, as per the Corporate Affairs Ministry.

Global cues, selling pressure pull Sensex down by 746 pts

After hitting the 50,000-level on Thursday, stock markets on Friday came under selling pressure amid weak global markets and persistent worries over Covid pandemic and economic recovery. The benchmark Sensex fell 746 points, or 1.50 per cent, to 48,878.54 and the Nifty50 plummeted 218 points, or 1.50 per cent, to 14,371.90 on across-the-board selling. The benchmark equity indices ended lower for the second straight day, correcting further after making a record high on Thursday. This was the biggest single-day drop for the benchmarks in a month. Friday’s correction marked the end of…

Fuel prices surge once more. Check what people will have to pay in major cities

Prices of petrol and diesel were raised across the country on Saturday for the fourth time this week as state-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) continued the upward price revision. Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOC), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) had resumed daily price revisions on January 6 after nearly a month-long hiatus. This came on the back of international oil prices firming up on hopes of demand returning from the rollout of coronavirus vaccines in different countries, including India.

Bid Management and Task Order Writing

We can provide a full Bid Management and Task Order service. This can include: Deconstructing the client specification to help inform your Bid / No Bid decision Identifying the tasks / deliverables involved to ensure a timely, well-crafted submission Project managing the tender writing process including chairing the Bid Kick-Off meeting Helping you get really clear on Win Themes, USPs and Differentiators Managing the Clarification Process including providing recommendations on how, when and what questions to ask the client Chairing regular Progress Meetings / Calls to ensure that the project…

Writing Award Submissions and Funding Applications

Both Award Submissions and Funding Applications require specific writing approaches. Our service includes: Researching the background to the award or funding opportunity e.g. who are the sponsors; who are evaluators; what is being looked for; why some applications succeed and others fail Interviewing your staff (and clients, where needed) to obtain the necessary evidence to craft a winning submission Helping you get really clear on Win Themes, USPs and Differentiators Facilitating Blue (initial draft) and Red (final draft) Reviews as required Handling the final submission (hard copy or electronic submission)…

Bid Health Check

We can provide a full Bid Health Check Report compiled by our bid specialists and tender specialists that can answer the following questions: What view will clients likely have of your bids? Do you have all the necessary elements in place to ensure winning bids? What are your USPs / Differentiators and how can you maximise these within your bids? What is currently missing from your bids? and how / who will address these gaps? How can you position your business to significantly increase your chances of submitting winning bids? Is…

Production of Client and Competitor Intelligence Reports

Understanding both your Client and your Competitors is key to delivering winning bids. The service from our bid specialists and tender specialists here can include: Compiling a Client Intelligence Report that provides insights on your client e.g. what their strategy and objectives are; what are the internal / external forces at work; what their Hot Buttons are likely to be; who their current contractors are and how these are performing; how you can address their approach to risk Compiling a Competitor Intelligence Report that provides insights on your likely competitors e.g.…

Market Strategy and Execution

Our Market Strategy and Execution offerings provide clients with proven, tailored, and actionable plans, practices, and methodologies. We follow APMP and Shipley Proposal Development best practices to ensure and maintain the highest proposal management standards. Why to focus on US Federal Procurement? Successful business and successful marketing strategy and execution go hand-in-hand, and that is never truer than in the U.S. Federal Government marketplace, which spends more than $3.6T annually—nearly one quarter of the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP)—on products and services procurements.In terms of pure purchasing power, the U.S.…

Capture & Proposal Process Optimization

Employing the right capture and proposal process can increase your win probability, grow your business revenue, and decrease your cost of new business acquisition. We can help you achieve this with our proven capture and proposal process support based on in-depth corporate and customer research and analysis. In the most effective companies, processes are designed and optimized for the markets they target. These processes consider the company’s management structure, work culture, customers, and market competitiveness. They are fully integrated from new business opportunity identification to contract award. Whether your company is…

Capture Management

A considerable time, skill and resource required to write a high quality, high scoring proposal in government marketplace.Capture management is the key to raising win probability during the critical time between deciding to pursue a government procurement and proposal submission—and beyond. The most important action you can take to win a contract is engage in a rigorous capture process; your ability to successfully implement strategic proposal development techniques depends on the quality of the intelligence you’ve gathered and how well you’ve been able to influence the proposal in your favor.…