10/06/2026
If you supply goods and services to Government buyers, youโll often see calls for feedback on new policy frameworks or service delivery models. Senior Consultant Shelley Spiker recommends this as ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป โ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐โ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ.
If thereโs an opportunity for consultation and you have something meaningful to contribute โ take it. But how do you ensure your feedbackโs is more than just noise?
๐ฏ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ฐ, ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ
Donโt respond to everything just to boost brand recognition. Choose the topics where your expertise truly moves the needle.
๐ก ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐
Demonstrate quickly why the issue matters to your organisation and your customers. Articulating why builds immediate credibility with policy makers.
๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐, ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐
Your input should focus on the Department's desired outcomes. It's about solving their problems, not pitching your services.
๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ
If you believe a policy should operate in a certain way, prove it. Use statistics, case studies and real-world examples to translate your opinion into evidence-based feedback.
By engaging early to help shape policy, you aren't waiting for a tender to arrive โ you're helping define the requirements you'll eventually be responding to. This gives you a significant head start when the formal bidding process begins.
๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ช๐ฑ๐ด, ๐ด๐ถ๐ฃ๐ด๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ช๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ด๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ: https://ap1.hubs.ly/y0YSFQ0