Topic:                 “Public Procurement for SMEs”:

                             How your small business can compete and win

Guest Speakers:

• Grant Gilmore, InterTradeIreland The Go2Tender Programme - Ten Top Tips in Submitting Winning Tenders’
• Helen Milligan, Gem Oils  - ‘Regional Case Study of Tendering Process’

The public sector procurement market is a significant one for SMEs, with the value of such contracts on the island of Ireland estimated at €16 billion per annum (approximately 10% of GDP). At this workshop, experts in the area of government procurement will:

• describe the structure of public bodies in Ireland (North and South)
• explain how RFTs (requests for tenders) work and how to find relevant tenders 
• give advice on selecting tenders that are relevant to your business
• recommend actions to help you win tenders.

Every business can tender for government contracts of some sort – from smaller, local opportunities, to pitching as part of a collaborative/consortium bid for a larger project.

This seminar is designed to be of particular relevance to Local Enterprise Office clients –SMEs with one to ten employees.

Date: Tuesday 14th June

Venue: Creighton Hotel, Clones, Co Monaghan

Time: 9.30am – 1pm

Cost: €15

BOOK ONLINE AT: www.localenterprise.ie/monaghan - OR EMAIL/PHONE: info@leo.monaghancoco.ie / 047-71818

A full workshop outline is available here.