Hi there David, I assess a lot of vendors that come to the Portsmouth Naval Base and i look at the SHE pack that gets sent to them and depending on the score depends if they can come on site or not. in some cases its inbetween and so gets sent back for them to improve what they have submitted. Then you have the quality team that goes through the insurance and other things. The packs can be assessed pretty quickly as long as its a good pack and sometimes the contractors are needed for the next day so it all depends how they are assessed, but i would say min of 24 hours.

Depends upon the complexity or otherwise of the project/tender and how intelligently the RFQ etc has been compiled for effective vetting, shortlisting, appointment so that work can be started at the earliest.