Talking Tenders with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

As Scotland’s biggest health board and a significant contributor to the local economy, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) has a duty to ensure that its spending power brings greater benefits for all parts of local communities. NHSGGC has engaged with the Supplier Development Programme to support community wealth building initiatives by inviting local businesses in your existing networks to bid for public sector contracts and supply chain opportunities.

NHSGGC is progressing plans towards putting diversity at the core of their supply chains to include businesses led by, for, and with people with protected characteristics through a new, dedicated programme of free tender training webinars for businesses, social enterprises and supported businesses in partnership with the Supplier Development Programme, which can bring your business expert advice and support in all aspects of tendering.

Businesses - especially micro, small and medium sized businesses that may be owned or led by women, minority, disabled and LGBTQ+ individuals - are particularly encouraged to attend this free webinar, which is open to all. 

In return, you will gain useful knowledge, tips and hints on how to do business with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde to supply your goods, works and services and fulfil upcoming requirements in future contracts.  You'll also have the opportunity to ask any questions you may have, and have them answered! 

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde - MS Services Aligned Training

Register for this free webinar to learn about how to bid for the MS Services contract using Public Contracts Scotland Tender (PCS-T). SDP's expert trainer will give a live step-by-step demonstration, including how to find the contract advert and then access the live tender documents. The trainer will also provide hints and tips on how to potentially improve your bid writing skills to achieve a better score. You will also learn how to ask questions of the buyer using the portals Q&A functionality.

This event is open to businesses of all sizes.

NHS GGC have now published the contract notice on PCS. The deadline for asking the questions via the portal is the 28th November with the tender submission deadline of 5th December '22 at 1pm. All suppliers interested in bidding for this contract are welcome to attend this SDP training session.

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.