Talking Tenders with NHS Lanarkshire

NHS Lanarkshire has a duty to ensure that its spending power brings greater benefits for all parts of local communities. NHS Lanarkshire has partnered 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.

NHS Lanarkshire 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 Lanarkshire 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!

Agenda

11.15am welcome/housekeeping from SDP

11:05am Introduction to NHS Lanarkshire

11:25am Tendering with NHS Lanarkshire Procurement

• Processes / Standing Orders
• Quick Quotes
• Top Tips for Tendering, highlighting common mistakes and what a “good response” looks like
• Support available
• Contact Information

11:45am Q&A

12:30am Next Steps/Session Closes

Please note: the agenda is subject to change at any time.

How to prepare for this event

You can attend this session by accessing the 2022 Meet the Buyer event. You must pre-book for this event and can do so either by registering for the virtual Meet the Buyer event or book on this page by logging into your account, but there is no need to register twice. Once you have received your joining instructions to the portal by email a few days in advance of the event, you can login to the online portal and access this session at 11:15am on the day. To prepare, you can preview the online portal. Please email info@sdpscotland.co.uk if you have any further questions about the joining process.

Please feel free to join the webinar before the start time.