Aberdeen City Consortium Creation and Planning

During this webinar Aberdeen City will give an introduction and background to the dynamic purchasing system and how Aberdeen City look for training courses within the city to support potential new providers, who may look to offer employability training opportunities with Aberdeen City and discuss the aspects of creating and developing a consortia approach in the hopes it allows for more flexibility and opportunities for partnership working. This will include detailing support available and a Q&A session with members of the supplier development programme, ABZWorks and Procurement colleagues.

Consortium bidding offers numerous benefits for small businesses, including increased access to larger contracts, reduced individual risk, and enhanced market reach. By pooling resources and expertise, small businesses can compete for projects they might not be able to undertake alone.

This free tender training will help you to assess, if you should consider forming a consortium to bid for a contract, and how to go about it.

Agenda:

10:30am - Housekeeping and welcome from SDP 

10:35am - Presentation delivered by colleagues from Aberdeen City

• Angela Taylor – Team Leader Employability and Skills 
• Mel MacKenzie – Strategic Commercial Manager 

11:15am - Presentation delivered by SDP expert trainer explaining 

• What is a ‘Consortium’
• Key features of this business model
• Benefits of a co-operative bid and collaborative working
• How to create an incorporated consortium company
• Learn about the support available for businesses wishing to formally collaborate as a consortium co-operative.

11:45 - Live Q&A supported by colleague from Aberdeen City

• Paul Charlton – Project Officer - supporting the Q&A
• Catherine Georgeson – Project Officer - supporting the Q&A

You can attend the webinar from the comfort of your own desk – the joining instructions and link will be contained within the booking confirmation email received at time of booking.

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