Upcoming Tender Training Opportunities for Local Suppliers
Do you know local businesses or social enterprises that could fulfil some of the contract opportunities below or would benefit from our free tender training? Please share these upcoming tender training webinars with your network, supply chain, and local suppliers:
Wednesday 2 April 2025, 9:00am-4:00pm
Edinburgh • External Event
We are partnering with P4H Scotland 2025 to support Scotland’s leading healthcare procurement event! Join us at Murrayfield Stadium on 2 April 2025.
Thursday 17 April 2025, 10:30am-12:00pm
Webinar
New to bidding, tendering and procurement? Join this introductory course to gain a comprehensive overview of the public sector marketplace in Scotland and beyond.
Meet the Real Buyer Glasgow
Tuesday 22 April 2025, 10:00am-2:00pm
Glasgow • Partner Event
New for 2025 Meet the Real Buyer Glasgow event, on Tuesday 22 April 2025 at the Glasgow City Chambers. Meet Glasgow based procurement teams, buyers and supply chains to learn about upcoming projects and tender opportunities, and introduce your business to your next customer!
Wednesday 23 April 2025, 9:30am-12:30pm
Dumfries • Partner Event
Register now! Dumfries and Galloway Council, in partnership with the Supplier Development Programme, is hosting a Meet the Buyer roadshow series.
Wednesday 23 April 2025, 2:30-4:00pm
Webinar • SDP Event
Please join us as our SDP expert trainer demonstrates how to find and bid for this Police Scotland - Framework, using both Public Contract Scotland (PCS) and Public Contract Scotland -Tender(PCS-T) live online.
Thursday 24 April 2025, 10:30am-12:00pm
Webinar
Join this webinar to learn everything you need to know about Public Contracts Scotland, the national public sector tender portal for Scotland.
Tuesday 29 April 2025, 10:30am-12:00pm
Webinar
Knowing what your business needs to have in place before you start tendering is the foundation to success. This webinar will provide you with an easy to use checklist and description of all the policies, processes and evidence you need to have ready before you bid on an opportunity.
Aligned Tender Training- how to use PCS & PCS-t to bid for this NLC contract
Tuesday 29 April 2025, 2:00-3:30pm
Webinar
Are you an asset and property management agent that is interested in working with North Lanarkshire Council, if yes, please join us as we walk through the bidding process using Public Contracts Scotland & Public Contracts Scotland-tender to deliver this services.
Wednesday 30 April 2025, 9:30am-12:30pm
Newton Stewart • Partner Event
Register now! Dumfries and Galloway Council, in partnership with the Supplier Development Programme, is hosting a Meet the Buyer roadshow series.
Framework Agreement for the Provision of Trades Contractors
Wednesday 30 April 2025, 2:00-3:30pm
Webinar • Partner Event
Renfrewshire Council is looking to engage with local trades contractors to supplement the in-house teams, when demand exceeds capacity. Are you a local tradesperson interested in this opportunity, please join us to hear directly from colleagues within Renfrewshire Council discuss the details and next steps.
What is a Meet the Buyer event?
Meet the Buyer events are an opportunity for suppliers to introduce themselves to public sector buyers and private sector primary contractors to learn about new projects, contracts, framework opportunities and supply chain opportunities. For buyers, these events enable them to increase their pool of potential suppliers and widen their supply chains. Overall, Meet the Buyer events offer suppliers a great opportunity to network.
Whatever the size of a business, Meet the Buyer events are useful to attend when considering bidding for future contracting opportunities, as they are specifically designed to help suppliers with the tendering process. Meet the Buyer events can help suppliers understand what the buyers are looking for, introduce them to innovative goods, works and services, and can give suppliers insight on how bids are and will be evaluated from a procurement perspective. Meet the Buyer events also offer the opportunity to engage with business support initiatives, such as the Supplier Development Programme, local authority economic development representatives and Business Gateway representatives.
