Public Procurement Workshop for Sole Traders

Venue:
Local Enterprise Office, Civic Offices, Wood Quay, Dublin 8
 
Date:
03/06/2015
 
Time:
09:30 - 13:00
 
Category:
Workshop
 

The workshop is part of the Local Government Strategic Procurement Office’s work to actively encourage small businesses to engage in public procurement. It is a joint initiative of InterTrade Ireland and LEO Dublin City. Also includes mentoring sessions.

This event is no longer available
 

Participant Profile

‘Go2Tender Lite’ is designed to be a practical workshop with a mentoring session, aimed specifically at small business owners that have never completed a tender before. It aims to demystify the procedures around pitching for, and ultimately winning some of the ‘below threshold’ (i.e. below €25k) work that Local Authorities and other Government Bodies/Agencies contract out. The workshop is also suitable for new start-ups that are looking into public procurement as a possible future option, and for those looking to pick up some of the very small contracts (e.g. work to the value of a few hundred euro from a County Council etc).
Participant Numbers: This pilot workshop is restricted to 12 participants.

Background of Trainer

Joanne Gillen will deliver the training and mentoring. Joanne specialises in bid management and public procurement, and has significant international bid management experience, having worked on projects in Ireland, the UK, Belgium, Poland, Switzerland, Bermuda, the Netherlands and Australia. She is CEO of Bid Management Services, the only company in Europe in this sector to hold the ISO9001:2008 certification.
Joanne is both Project Management Institute PMP™ and PRINCE 2™ certified for project management and is an accredited member of the Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP - the global industry body for proposal professionals). She is registered on both the FÁS/Enterprise Ireland National Register of Trainers, as well as registered as a FETAC Registered Training Provider. She is a Fellow of the Irish Institute of Training and Development and is the founding Chairperson of the Irish Chapter of APMP. Joanne is the only person in Ireland, and one of 55 worldwide, to hold the Professional level accreditation of APMP.

Course Outline & Proposed Practical Outcomes

  • Advice on Proposal Writing (‘proposals’ as opposed to lengthy ‘tenders’)
  • Responding to ‘below threshold’ work (i.e. below €25k) required by public bodies
  • Specifically, proposals for work below the €5K threshold will be covered
  • How to simply and easily respond to a ‘mini competition’ by email
  • Documents that may be required to attach to the email proposal
  • Finding tender opportunities – registering with the 3 main sources of relevant tender opportunities for SMEs, namely:
  • The ‘LA Quotes’ website (Local Authority Quotes) www.laquotes.ie
  • The eTenders website (www.etenders.gov.ie)
  • Tax clearance certificates and insurance certificates – are they required?
  • Case study examples of simple success stories

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 (particularly the below €5k threshold work)
  • Registered on the LA Quotes website (Local Authority Quotes)
  • Registered on eTenders (www.etenders.gov.ie) 


Learning tools used will include

  • Powerpoint presentation
  • Participants will be given a hand-out of the slides and encouraged to take notes during the programme.
  • Facilitated group discussion on specific questions from participants
  • Case studies
Participants should bring their smartphones/tablets to download the Go2Tender app, if they wish to do so.

The morning session will cover training and in the afternoon particiapnts can avail of a 45 minute mentoring session. There will be 3 mentors available and the time slots are listed below. Please email aisling.doyle@leo.dublincity.ie to chose your time slot. Your time slot will only be booked after you have first registered for the training. 

Wednesday 3rd June

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14:00 - 14:45
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15:30 - 16:15 
16:15 - 17:00
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