Tendering to Win - Supplying Goods and Services to the Public Sector

1/2 day conference - Thursday 22nd October 2009, Radisson SAS Royal Hotel, Golden Lane, Dublin 8.

Seminar Focus

Ireland’s public procurement market offers enormous opportunities for suppliers and service providers. There are over 600 individual organisations in the public sector market awarding contracts of all sizes worth approximately €12 billion annually, of which approximately €6 billion is spent on everyday supplies and services.

This seminar is designed to assist companies targeting the Irish public sector market with their Tendering by demystifying the Tender Process.

Agenda

This ½ day Workshop will include the following programme:-

9:00	Registration and Coffee
9:30	Jeane Copeland, FPP Introduction and Welcome
9:45	The Structure of the Public Sector The Scale of the Opportunity The Procurement Rules - thresholds and procedures
10.05	Notices explained - Open and Restricted
10:25	Responding to Restricted Procedures – the pre-qualification process. Financial/Technical information – what's generally required
11:00	Coffee
11:15	Responding to Tenders – Open and Restricted Procedures How to structure a tender response What do the award criteria mean – how are they assessed
12:05	Completing the “Should I Tender Scorecard?"
12:15	What to do if you're unsuccessful
12:30	Demonstration of www.etenders.gov.ie
12.50	Question and Answers Session
13.15	Lunch

Please note that the Programme is subject to change without notice.

Speakers

Jeanne Copeland, Forum on Public Procurement
Sean Creaney (Former Purchasing Manager, Enterprise Ireland)

Who should attend?

Suppliers and Service Providers interested in public sector business
Managing Directors
Sales & Marketing Managers
Bid Managers

Payment Details

The fee per delegate, including lunch, is as follows:

FPP members: €150 (plus VAT @ 21.5% = €182.25) Additional delegates ½ price = (€91.13)
Non-members: €250 (plus VAT @ 21.5% = €303.75) Additional delegates ½ price = (€151.88)

Booking Form

Once you book we will be in contact regarding payment.

If you'd prefer, you can book by fax. See this brochure and booking form.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 07 October 2009 11:36