The Best Show in Public Works

More proof that the procurement community is interested in ditching the RFP...

Beyond Referrals has been invited to speak at "The Best Show in Public Works" - the 2009 APWA (American Public Works Association) Congress and Exposition September 13-16 in Columbus, Ohio. We'll be presenting an updated version of the session we delivered at the PMAC National Conference in May 2008 - A Decent Proposal: How to Buy Professional Services.

I look forward to seeing you there.

UK RFP Advances?

While in Barbados at the Conference of the Americas in November I spoke with Dr. Brian Ing the head of the International Council of Management Consulting Institutes. At that time he mentioned that the UK consulting industry has made significant headway working with the purchasing community to alleviate the less functional and more onerous components of the RFP process when selecting management consulting firms.

More on this in future posts as I explore the processes in the UK industry.