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Looks like just another 3rd party promising the world for a fee where you can access everything they can give you yourself for free. I never trust a company that uses 4u in the name! - I forgot we have a decent one on this forum, the exception to this rule I would say!
I always look at their website, these people claim to be a family firm but there is no mention of who they are & where they are or telephone no.
A whois look reveals Geraldine Lore from Brighton being the registrar of the site.
All a bit iffy, methinks.
If you are interested in council contracts, its fairly straightforward to become an 'approved supplier' bit of form filling and you have to show your insured but not to bad. This one sounds rather like the firm offering to fill in your waste carriers licence for £35 imho ?
another affiliate riding off the back of hard workers..
Pity they dont get out, get a real job and get their hands dirty! Preying on the gulllible and desparate is no way to earn a living.....................................and yes I was one of the gullible many years ago to a similar scheme!
In my mind this is similar to "EA Waste Carriers License online application" thread raised somewhile ago on LJN.
It relies on people "taking/accepting" / "falling for" / "being sucked into" these easy access routes .
A little bit of detective work (especially with the web) means you can achieve access to most things directly rather than going thru a '3rd party' who charges for a "aggregating" service.
Most LA / Council / Parish work contracts are advertised, along with previous contract details in online minutes etc
Some councils use a group business portal such as this
https://www.businessportal.southeastiep.gov.uk
or
http://www.espo.org/
You sign up and may go through some kind of pre approval to become an approved contractor then get invited to tender for works (I was on the otherside so don't know what it is like from the supplier side!). These are two examples that I have used when working as a client side officer/ manager for councills. In theory this should save contractors/ suppliers going through pre tender approvals. But there is always a lot of paper work when applying for public works.
Ive had them ring me about offering me free work but what they dont tell you is when they find you a job you still have to pay to see the tendering forms oviously depending on the setup of the tender of contract ?
Phone the local authority direct. I doubt they would approve of this 'service'. You can probably work this out if you can find out where the job is. The procurement team will issue contract documents directly.
www.oneill-landscapers-group.com said:
Not desperate to work for councils, it's is more hard work getting the work than doing it. The work I have done for councils more recently is purely on a supply only basis and on a here is my price basis than competitive tendering.