the Tender Academy
We are delighted to announce the launch of our first online tendering course covering the basics of public sector tendering in the UK. After many, many hours of work, we have pulled together a series of densely packed lectures walking you through the topic.
As an “introduction to” course, this has been designed with smaller business in mind. Whether you’re brand new to tendering for contracts in the public sector or if you’ve not had much luck and found the whole process cumbersome, confusing or frustrating, this course walks you through everything you will need to know to get started.
We’re all aware that the tendering process in the UK public sector can be a bureaucratic minefield, with each public sector body (local council, NHS trust, university etc) having its own set of rules and procedures it follows. There are, however, some general, governing principles that apply to all competitive tenders and this course dives into these, taking you step by step so you know what to expect when you face your first tender.
What will I Learn?
- What a tender actually is
- Open (1 stage) vs restricted (2 stage tendering procedures)
- Selection questionnaires (SQs)
- OJEU thresholds
- The general structure of most tenders
- How are tenders evaluated
- Scoring mechanisms used in tenders
- What quality questions will be asked and how to approach them
- How does the pricing work in tendering
As mentioned, each lecture is dense, but we’ve written them with you in mind, taking out all of the jargon and explaining the main concepts in a no-nonsense way. We’ve also listened to your feedback and have updated our approach to these video resources by presenting each lecture in narrated video animation format. We hope that this makes wrapping your head around some of the more complex ideas a lot easier and makes the learning process more fun and engaging.
As an added bonus, we’ve included some additional resources in the course that will be invaluable to you when taking that first step towards writing a tender bid response.
- The governments standard selection questionnaire template
- A fabricated but comprehensive example of a typical ITT document (tender instructions / guidance document)
- A handy glossary covering the many acronyms thrown about by public bodies
- A complete list of English local authorities, with direct links to their procurement web pages
After enrolling on our online tendering course, you’ll have lifetime access to the lectures and the additional resources we pulled together. So you can re-watch any bits that might be important as you come across them in your hunt for the next tender.
The course is available for £39.99.
Just follow this link below and check out our FREE preview lecture to get a flavour of what’s in store for the course.
We have a proven track record of winning tenders for our clients. Explore our site to improve your bid writing and learn about government tenders. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask.