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Understanding Public Procurement Seminar 2010

Description

Date - 16.09.10 - Crowne Plaza Birmingham City

Overview

The Supply 2010  roadshow is a must for SMEs new to public sector tendering or looking to improve their chances of success in selling to this market.

This one-day seminar provides an explanation of tendering documentation, exploring its essential aspects, and introduces basic procedures that suppliers need to understand to tender successfully in the public sector marketplace.

With up to 3000 new contract opportunities published in the UK every month across all business sectors, a sufficient understanding of documentation and tendering procedures is paramount for any business investing valuable time, resource and expense in responding to government contract opportunities.

Who should attend?

This roadshow has been designed to provide guidance on a variety of issues central to public procurement.

It will be of special interest to:

  • Suppliers new to the public sector marketplace
  • Suppliers who already engage with the public sector but wish to improve or refresh their knowledge of current procurement processes
  • Organisations which find the procedures difficult to understand
  • Organisations which feel they need to develop their skillset to improve their tendering success rate with the public sector

Agenda

09.00

Registration

09.45

Understanding the Advert

  • Contracting Authority
  • Object of Contract
  • Scope
  • Duration
  • Division into Lots
  • Economic Standing
  • Variants
  • Limitations
  • Award Criteria
  • Additional Information

11.00

Coffee

11.30

Understanding the PQQ

  • Partnering or Subcontracting?
  • Financial Information
  • Qualifications
  • References
  • Technical Capability
  • Quality Standards
  • Policies

12.30

Lunch

13.15

Framework Contracts

13.45

Reverse eAuctions

14.05

Debriefing

14.25

Access to Information

15.00

Close

Speakers

Eddie Regan

Eddie Regan

Eddie is BiP Solutions' Senior Procurement Consultant and frequently assists public sector organisations with clarification and interpretation of EU Directives and a wide variety of legislative issues. He is also lead consultant on BiP's PASS Mark Health Check, an evaluation technique that helps identify how organisations in both the public and private sectors can develop more effective processes in all aspects of public sector contracting, including the tendering process. Eddie also provides in-house training on the tendering process – law and practice – to personnel in both the public and private sectors, including several multinational organisations.

Venue Information

Crowne Plaza Birmingham City