About this Event
Successful Tendering Workshop
A practical workshop session, aimed specifically at business owners who want to successfully complete tenders. With insights on how to evaluate tenders, so you only bid for tenders you have the best chance of winning, this workshop aims to demystify the procedures around pitching for, and ultimately winning, tenders in a market worth €90 billion annually.
Participant Numbers: 15 participants.
The workshop will cover:
1. The basic rules of procurement
2. Sources of information
3. Evaluating Tenders
3. From requests to tender and low-value contracts to bidding as a consortium
4. The key features of the tender for design services
5. How best to respond to the tender for design services
6. How your bids will be evaluated
7. Contract management
8. Pricing strategy
9. Top Ten Tender Tips
About the Trainer
Peter Brennan will deliver the training and mentoring. Peter specialises in bid management and public procurement, and has significant international bid management experience, having worked on projects in Ireland, and internationally. He is CEO of Bid Management Services, the only company in Europe in this sector to hold the ISO9001:2008 certification, and author of Public Procurement, Rules of the Road, navigating public tendering in Ireland & Northern Ireland.
Proposed Practical Outcomes from the Workshop
You will gain valuable tips on proposal writing and responding to simple requests for quotations from the public sector
Registering on the LA Quotes website (Local Authority Quotes)
Registering on eTenders (www.etenders.gov.ie)
Programme Duration: 9am – 12pm
Date: April 28th 2021
Cost: IDI Members €45 Non-Members €95
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