Are tenders on your radar?

Information For further information on the Are Tenders on Your Radar Programme please contact: Marion Jammet Enterprise Europe Network Dublin Chamber of Commerce Email: Marion@dublinchamber.ie Phone: 353 1 644 7235

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Are tenders on your radar?

Promoting SME participation in Public Contracts

Best Practice Guide

Acknowledgements Dublin Chamber of Commerce’s Enterprise Europe Network wishes to acknowledge the work undertaken by DCU in the drafting of this report, in particular Dr. Paul Davis, Emma McEvoy and Anthony Flynn.

We would also like to acknowledge the work done by Peter Brennan, Chairman of Bid Management Services, who provided invaluable assistance and guidance in developing the content for the workshops and programme.

We would like to thank Joanne Gillen, CEO of Bid Management, for her participation, input and training in this programme.

We would like to thank Mary O’ Halloran, Senior Procurement Manager at the Office of Public Works, for her input into the programme and workshops. Her insights into public procurement practices were invaluable.

We are obliged to all our speakers Vincent Campbell, Head of the National Procurement Service, Office of Public Works, Alison Riley, Hampshire County Council Procurement, Richard Hall, Managing Director, EISC Ltd, David O’Halloran, Director, Head of Sales & Marketing, Willis, Colin Borland, Director, Bid Management Services, John Swords, Assistant National Director Procurement Head of Portfolio & Category Management, HSE, Declan McDonnell, Head of Procurement, Bord na Móna, Jimmy Chestnutt, CEO, Hampshire Chamber of Commerce, Tim Colman, Partnership Working Limited, Federation of Small Businesses, Bill Foster, EU bid writer and assessor, Paul Stewart, Wessex Translation and Tim Colman, Partnership Working Limited, Federation of Small Businesses We would like to thank the SMEs for their time and contribution to the workshops. This report would not have been possible without their input.

We would like to thank Nicholas Cloake and Alec Drew of DCH Partners for their work on the marketing and design of the programme and report Finally, we would like also to acknowledge the contribution made by our regional partners of the Enterprise Europe Network including Galway, Sligo and Waterford Chambers of Commerce and EISC Southampton.