Yep and they are not saying anything about what tenders were fully complete or what were acceptable. I would suggest most have not come within their requirements. As such they are using a blanket number for you to think they already have their 3,000 when in fact they might only have a few 100. That is a scare tactic.

As said above you should stick to your guns, or even pull your tender. They have tried to divide and conquer, now they will tackle individuals. Let's just say by their wording they DO NOT have their network and they are now trying to work on plugging the gaps. In terms of negotiation that means anyone they contact is in the driving seat.

Of course I am still firmly behind the status of NOT tendering as it is both to the detriment of the public and the profession. Those that have, have indeed weakened the professions autonomy and have weakened any legal complaints we have to make. Stand firm!