One personal impact of this ridiculous stop start Duty Contract procurement process has been to mangle our holiday diary. We even missed out of a “free” trip to Portugal!
So as the cheering subsided on the stay of the current bid round, a cartoon light bulb went on over my head. Why not use the intervening period for a bit of cheap, winter sun? “What a good idea” seems to be the consensus.
That said whilst we are locked out of the e-portal get ahead clients have continued to prepare their tie-break and award criteria questions. They have then bumped them to us for a bit of feedback. Consequently I am not idle as anticipated, and a week on a beach seems to be receding as a realistic prospect.
The sensible advice seems to be to utilise this additional couple of weeks better to prepare your undergraduate dissertation.
