Learn about tendering at Wicklow Campus
LOCAL Enterprise Office Wicklow will host a workshop aimed at small business that have never completed a tender before.
The ‘Public Procurement for
SMEs: Introduction to Tendering’ workshop will take place on Thursday, April 12, at Wicklow County Campus in Rathnew. It runs from
9.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. with mentoring afterwards from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. when there will be 20 minutes spent with each participant.
The workshop is designed to be a practical and aimed specifically at small business owners/ sole traders that have never completed a tender before. The idea is to demystify the procedures around pitching for, and ultimately winning, some of the ‘ below threshold’ (i.e. below €25,000) work that Local Authorities and other government bodies and agencies contract out. The workshop is also suitable for new start-ups that are looking into public procurement as a possible future option.
It is part of the Local Government Strategic Procurement Office’s work to actively encourage small businesses across Ireland to engage in public procurement.
The course costs €15 and the trainer is Keystone Procurement, representing InterTradeIreland’s ‘Go-2-Tender’ programme.
Those interested in taking part should visit www.localenterprise.ie/Wicklow to book a place.