Aligned Tender Training - Scottish Enterprise, Workplace Innovation Leadership Academy.

Scottish Enterprise Workplace Innovation Leadership Academy, supports the development of business leaders at all levels, delivering high-impact programmes through a framework agreement with multiple suppliers across the Scottish Enterprise area. The current framework expires in April 2026.

The Leadership Academy delivers programmes under a framework agreement with multiple suppliers across the Scottish Enterprise area, the programme plays a key role in cultivating leadership capability and innovation within businesses.

The current framework expires early April 2026 and SE anticipate commencing a new procurement process in December 2025.
To inform this process, we are seeking to engage with the market to better understand current capabilities and approaches to delivering high-impact leadership development. We welcome expressions of interest from suppliers who possess specialist knowledge, proven experience, and the capacity to deliver innovative and effective leadership programmes tailored to diverse business needs.

A Prior Information Notice (PIN) has been published on Public Contracts Scotland and the contract will be lotted - more details available via the PIN notice 

The Workplace Innovation Leadership Development Framework will consist of a series of one-day workshops, one-to-one coaching sessions, and topic specific diagnostic tools, delivered over a period of 2 - 6 months, depending on the Lot. Delivery will follow a hybrid model, combining online and face-to-face formats to maximise accessibility and impact.
The Framework will deliver programmes across the Scottish Enterprise area, responding to demand. Where appropriate, programmes may also be delivered in collaboration with other enterprise agencies across Scotland.

During this online webinar, our SDP expert will walk you through the bidding process, using the actual tender documents for this opportunity. We will demo how to register and login to Public Contracts Scotland (PCS) , how to find the contract notice using the search functionality and express interest in this opportunity. We will follow the Scottish Enterprise buyer instructions verbatim, to access the documents and open all envelopes. We will spend time on questions that perhaps tripped bidders up in the past. We also demo the Q&A functionality and how to upload evidence and response documents. Essentially the aim is for you as a bidder, watch our trainer going through the tendering process as a supplier in real-time, to ensure that you know what your next step will be.

This webinar will include:

• Introductions and house keeping from SDP
• Show you how to register and login to Public Contracts Scotland 
• How to search and find this Scottish Enterprise Workplace Innovation Leadership Academy opportunity
• Open the Single Procurement Document and supporting docs for this opportunity
• Explain the best way to communicate with the buyer while preparing your submission

This is a follow on webinar from the Talking Tenders with Scottish Enterprise delivered on 27th November ‘25

How to prepare for this event

You can attend the webinar from the comfort of your own desk – the joining instructions and Cisco WebEx link are contained within the confirmation email received at time of booking, and also within the reminder emails. To prepare, you can access SDP’s top tips on how to join a webinar, or alternatively please email info@sdpscotland.co.uk if you have any further questions about the joining process.

Please feel free to join the webinar a few minutes before the start time.