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News Release from: Learning Light
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 16 February 2007
Helping to win public sector contracts
Learning Light is running the second of its training workshops programme for 2007 on 6th March.
Learning Light (LL), a non-profit organisation seeking to establish itself as a Centre of Excellence in the use of learning technologies in the workplace, is running the second of its training workshops programme for 2007 on 6th March This time, the subject will be the key business issue of sourcing and winning public sector contracts
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 3 Apr 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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LL's training workshop, 'Sourcing and Winning Public Sector Contracts', which takes place at the Macdonald St Paul's hotel in Sheffield and is being delivered on behalf of LL by PSL Consulting Solutions and Nimis, provides an overview of European Union procurement rules, an introduction to how government departments and local councils manage their procurement, as well as practical tips on how to empathise with and interpret a prospective public sector client's needs.
Topics covered include:.
* How the public sector buys.
* Finding the business.
* Process and procedures.
* Electronic procurement.
* Public private partnerships.
* EU procurement directives.
* Winning public sector contracts.
* Negotiations.
The seminar also includes an update on Catalist (formerly s-cat/g-cat) and an introduction to the Learning Light tender information service, which provides updated information on the latest EU public sector tenders and a growing range of sub-threshold contracts.
This service also provides a database of over 1.5 million placed opportunities, giving a unique and unrivalled view of activity in the public sector market place, which is provided by Nimis.
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