Transcript Identifying Tender Opportunities

Identifying Tender
Opportunities
Jenny Lawson
Emma Petre
Enterprise Europe Network Bradford MDC
Outline of the Workshop
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Different types of contract opportunities
Invitations to tender from “Official Journal”
Other sources of tenders information
Supplier & Contract Management System
Questions
Enterprise Europe Yorkshire
• Launched 2008 (replacing Euro Info
Centres and Innovation Relay Centres)
• Offer information & advice on European
rules & regulations and doing business in
Europe (including innovation)
• Information service based here in
Bradford
Contract Opportunities
• Public sector buys everything from baked
beans to bridges!
• Services, supplies and works
(construction)
• Two main kinds of contracts:
– Those covered by the EU Directive on public
contracts (over certain values)
– Those covered by other rules on best value
and fair treatment (below the values in the
Directive)
Current EU Contract Values
• Full EU rules apply to contracts above:
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£3.49m (works)
£90.3k / 139.8k (services / supplies)
• If above these values, most contracts must be
advertised EU-wide in the Official Journal
• Some exceptions for certain types of service
contracts
• Note: it may be possible to bid for parts of the
larger contract (“lots”)
• It’s also possible to submit bids in consortia
Contract Opportunities in the
Official Journal of the EU
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Often known as OJEU or OJ
Available online at http://ted.europa.eu
Tenders Electronic Daily (TED)
Updated 5 days a week (Tues-Sat)
Covers UK and all other EU countries
Average of 600 – 800 notices per day!
Other Sources of Tenders
Information (1)
• Bad news: no one source to turn to!
• .....but there are lots of ways to identify
tender opportunities:
• Personal contacts (especially for very low
value contracts)
• Meet the Buyer / Exhibitions
• Approved lists
Other Sources of Tenders
Information (2)
• Local and regional press
– E.g. Bradford Council uses T&A (or Yorkshire
Post if wider coverage needed)
• Trade press / specialist press
– Examples used by Bradford Council include:
• “Caterer & Hotelkeeper” (Culture, Tourism & Sport
Services)
• “Arts Professional” (Marketing Services)
• “Motor Transport” (Fleet Services)
• “Regeneration & Renewal” (Regeneration & Culture,
Tourism & Sport Services)
Other Sources of Tenders
Information (3)
• Contract information services
• Offered by number of commercial
suppliers
• Enterprise Europe Yorkshire’s Tenders
Information Service:
– Daily searches (Monday – Friday) of the OJEU
and other local sources
– Personalised search profile
– Results sent by e-mail (or post if preferred)
– Back-up help and assistance (e.g. enquiry
service, training, guides etc)
Other Sources of Tenders
Information (4)
Websites:
• Websites of the individual organisations
(often have a “Procurement” or “Doing
Business with XX Council” section)
• http://www.supply2.gov.uk/
• http://www.competefor.com (Olympics)
• http://scms.alito.co.uk
Supplier & Contract Management System
(SCMS)
SCMS is a website designed to give
suppliers & contractors information to be
able to trade more easily with the
Councils in the Yorkshire & Humber
Region.
In addition it also gives direct access to a
wide variety of procurement
opportunities.
Bradford Council advertises all its contracts
valued over £75,000 on the system.
Supplier & Contract Management System
(SCMS) Continued…
Anyone can register with the system (and its free!), you will just need
access to the internet. You can then specify which council’s you
are interested in working with and which categories of work your
organisation undertakes – if there are approved lists for these
categories you can apply for them via the system.
You are able to search the system for tenders to apply for, view and
download the tender documents and submit them back
electronically via the system.
We have laptops and internet access available today so you can
have a go at registering and searching for tenders with help from
the staff present from the Councils here and the SCMS helpdesk.
Alternatively there is a helpdesk set up to specifically deal with
questions and problems anyone is having with the system – they
can talk you through registering and searching for tenders over
the phone or respond to questions via emails – contact details on
next slide
For further information
• Enterprise Europe Yorkshire:
– [email protected]
– Tel: 01274 434262
• SCMS Helpdesk:
- 0113 247 4001
- [email protected]
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