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Winning Business from the Public Sector

14 April 2010
Marriott Maida Vale, London, UK

Organiser:
BIP Solutions

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How To Win Tenders provides you with an insight into the procurement processes and procedures undertaken by UK public bodies when letting contracts.

This seminar will increase your potential to win business with the public sector.

Public procurement in the UK is worth around £175 billion a year
Local government spends £27 billion on bought-in goods and services
Regional spend in the NHS is estimated to be around £12 billion
Central civil government spend is estimated to be around £15 billion
Up to 600 new contract opportunities are published every week

Who should attend?
This seminar is designed to provide guidance on a variety of issues central to public procurement.

It will be of special interest to:

Contractors new to the public sector marketplace
Contractors who already engage with the public sector but wish to improve or refresh their knowledge of current procurement processes
Organisations who find the procedures difficult to understand
Organisations who feel they need to develop their skill-set to improve their tendering success rate within the public sector

Why attend?
By attending you will gain a greater understanding of:
Processes and procedures
How suppliers are selected and evaluated
The scale of the market
Timescales in tendering
Different purchasing techniques
Your rights as a supplier
Requirements to tender

Cost to attend is £295.