Knowing how to find the right contracting opportunities can make all the difference for small businesses looking for new work to grow their business. This workshop will provide you with the tools and knowledge you need to efficiently search for and identify tenders that are right for you.
Through this session, you’ll learn the best tender portals, government websites, and private-sector procurement platforms and how to navigate them to find relevant tender opportunities, ensuring that you never miss out on lucrative opportunities. Whether you’re new to tendering or looking to enhance your search methods, this workshop will show you how to streamline the process and focus on tenders that fit your capabilities.
Key Takeaways:
- How to access a grant of up to £8000 to help you win new contracts
- Where to Find Relevant Tenders: An overview of key platforms, websites, and databases where tenders are advertised.
- Tailoring Your Search: How to identify tenders that align with your business’s strengths and capacity.
- Setting Up Alerts: Automating your tender search with notifications and tracking tools.
- Evaluating Tender Opportunities: Deciding which tenders are worth pursuing and which to avoid.
- Building Relationships: How networking and market engagement can lead to tender opportunities.
- Understanding Pre-Qualification Requirements: The documentation and certifications needed to be considered for tenders.
Who Should Attend?
- Business owners, managers, and business development professionals looking to streamline their tender search process.
- Businesses wanting to understand how to access public and private-sector tenders.
- Anyone responsible for identifying and pursuing contract opportunities for their business.
Don’t miss this opportunity to enhance your tendering strategy by learning where to find the right opportunities understand they are right for you and prepare a compelling application. This session will equip you with the tools to build a proactive, efficient tender search process, helping you secure more contracts and grow your business.
Speaker: TBC
This event is part of the Get Ready 2 Supply programme, delivered by the Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce in partnership with Newable. This programme is funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UK SPF). As a result, a range of data must be collected from all applicants to assess your eligibility to attend/participate in in Get Ready 2 Supply activities.
Please note: By applying to attend this event you are consenting to your information being shared by the GBCC with Newable, Birmingham City Council and Solihull Council for the purposes of the Get Ready 2 Supply programme.
About Get Ready 2 Supply
Get Ready 2 Supply builds on ongoing work to enable more small and medium-sized local businesses and social enterprises to access key procurement opportunities with members of the Birmingham Anchor Network and other large local businesses.
The programme is joint funded by both Birmingham City Council and Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and will directly connect East Birmingham and North Solihull businesses to customers and contracts.
Get Ready 2 Supply offers eligible firms in East Birmingham and North Solihull:
- One-to-one tailored supply chain readiness support from experienced business advisors
- Expert-led workshops, designed to ensure firms are ready to access supply chain opportunities
- Match-making ‘Meet the Buyer’ opportunities, where they will have the opportunity to discuss the provision of specific products and services
Get Ready 2 Supply will also award up to 10 eligible firms with capacity-building grants of up to £8,000 per business, to remove logistical obstacles to their contracting competitiveness.
For more information about GR2S click here
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