Tendering Programme

Why Tender For Public Contracts?:

InterTradeIreland have reported that the estimated worth of public contracts on the island of Ireland is €13billion. As such public contracts should be seen as an extremely lucrative and an area of potential growth for SMEs. As part of the Dublin Reginal Enterprise Plan 2022 - 2024, the Local Enterprise Office have partnered with InterTradeIreland, Dublin Chamber of Commerce, South Dublin Chamber of Commerce, LGMA, Office of Government Procurement and IBEC - to deliver a Programme aimed at demystifying the public contract tendering process.

The Local Enterprise Office Tenders Training Programme:

The Local Enterprise Office has created a programme which will provide both training and 1 to 1 business support to small businesses in the Dublin region.

The programme will consist of the following:

A half day Winning Business Through Tenders training course
4 hours mentoring for each business who attends the training to help with their first tender application

Upcoming Tender Training:

Please find below both sector specific and general tender training for public contracts:

Date	Host	Target Sector	Training/Activity Type	Link & Information
21/06/2022	Inter Trade Ireland	General	Go2Tender – Supplies & Services	HERE
22/06/2022	Inter Trade Ireland	General	Meet the Buyer Event on partnership with Translink	HERE
23/06/2022	Dublin Chamber	General	Bid Services Tender Training	HERE
07/07/2022	LEO South Dublin	General	Winning Business Through Tenders	HERE
13/07/2022	Inter Trade Ireland	Construction	Go2Tender – Tendering for Public Sector Contracts in Construction	HERE
30/08/2022	Inter Trade Ireland	Health Sector	Go2Tender – Tendering for Public Sector Contracts in the Health Sector	HERE
06/09/2022	Inter Trade Ireland	General	Go2Tender – Supplies & Services	HERE
13/10/2022	LEO South Dublin	General	Winning Business Through Tenders
19/10/2022	Inter Trade Ireland	Construction	Go2Tender – Tendering for Public Sector Contracts in Construction	HERE
08/11/2022	Inter Trade Ireland	General	Go2Tender – Supplies & Services	HERE
22/11/2022	Inter Trade Ireland	Health Sector	Go2Tender – Tendering for Public Sector Contracts in the Health Sector	HERE
23/11/2022	Dublin Chamber	General	Bid Services Tender Training	HERE
06/12/2022	Inter Trade Ireland	General	Successful Collaboration in Tendering – for Public Sector Contracts	HERE
Ongoing	LEO South Dublin	General	Tendering - Mentor Support	HERE