0900 –

0945 –

Background to the legislative framework

• Providing a high-level summary of the framework

• Explaining the main influences on public sector procurement
• Looking at what sources are available to provide information on tendering organisations
• Identifying sources for pre-contract notification

1115 –

1140 –

Understanding the advertisement

• Providing a breakdown of an OJEU advertisement
• Showing where buyers most frequently get it wrong

The procurement process

• Considering specifically the selective procedures where shortlisting is the first hurdle to success

Lunch

Expressions of Interest and shortlisting

• Do you want to win it – can you afford to win it?
• Expressions of Interest – how and when to make them
• Shortlisting – answering the questions that inform the shortlist

Do’s and don’ts of being accepted onto a shortlist

• Handy hints on what to do and what not to do based on the day’s progamme

Q&A