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Tender & Bid Management

This programme has been designed to give participants the skills and knowledge to prepare winning tenders for public and private-sector training contracts.

The programme will be delivered by L&DI Fellow and APMP Fellow Joanne Gillen of eTenders Consulting, a bid and tender management specialist who has enjoyed significant client success and won numerous awards for her tender-related work.

This half-day fully online programme covers many aspects of public procurement, ranging from sourcing tender opportunities, making bid/no bid decisions, developing winning bid strategies and understanding how tenders are evaluated. Participants will have the opportunity to consider aspects of a live tender opportunity as a worked example.

Course objective

Upon completion of this training, participants will be confident in their ability to:

•   Source tender opportunities
•   Use the eTenders.gov.ie tendering platform
•   Examine and understand the ‘real’ requirements of a tender document
•   Form a successful tendering strategy;
•   Make an informed bid/no bid decision
•   Utilise the lessons learned from the expert analysis of tender documents in their sector
•   Understand best practice guidance, tips and pointers on how to write the bid document
•   Recognise how tenders are evaluated

Programme structure

1.   Types of procurement
2.   Sourcing tenders
3.   Developing a winning bid strategy
4.   How bids are assessed
5.   Writing styles
6.   The executive summary
7.   Producing and submitting bids

Course Details.

Course Date:

4th Nov 2025

Time:

2.30pm to 5.30pm

Price

€150.00 Participants eligible for Learning & Development Skillnet (L&DS) funding

€195.00 Non-eligible members

Cancelation Fees:

Notice of less than 10 working days: 100% of course fee.

Notice of 10 – 60 working days: 50% of course fee.

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I had a wonderful opportunity to be in the room with the trainer Cliona for two days. I want to sincerely thank her for her rapport and engagement with the group. She led the group with such precision & dexterity, enabling our colleagues to respond comfortably and confidently to the development experience. Thank you so much.

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