With all of this po-faced talk about bid-rigging over the past couple of weeks, I see it as my duty to provide you with the lighter perspective. So I thought I would furnish you with a tendering-themed joke by the late Humphrey Littelton, presenter of Radio 4's I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, and "purveyor of blue chip filth to Middle England"....
Talking about his fictional score keeper Samantha's encounter with a builder, Littelton once said: "She was pleased to see his tender won, but was startled when it suddenly grew to twice its size."
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