Upcoming Tender Training Opportunities for Local Suppliers
Do you know local businesses or social enterprises that could fulfil some of the contract opportunities below or would benefit from our free tender training? Please share these upcoming tender training webinars with your network, supply chain, and local suppliers:
2.2 How to Write Outstanding Tenders - The Invitation to Tender (ITT) Stage
- Wednesday 25 February 2026, 1:30-3:00pm
- Webinar
Bidding is all about getting the right words on the page and getting a compliant bid submitted on time. This webinar will demonstrate how to use PCS and PCS-T and will also look at how to construct excellent responses to buyers' questions.
Talking Tenders with Crown Commercial Services Construction Works & Associated Services
Construction Works & Associated Services 3 Framework
- Thursday 26 February 2026, 10:00-11:30am
- Webinar
Join us as Crown Commercial Service talk to prospective suppliers about their upcoming Construction Works & Associated Services 3 Framework.
Meet the Buyer Tayside 2026
- Tuesday 3 March 2026, 10:00am-2:00pm
- Dundee
- SDP Event
Talking Tenders with South Lanarkshire Council
Passenger Transport Service Dynamic Purchasing System
- Tuesday 3 March 2026, 2:00-3:30pm
- Webinar
South Lanarkshire Council is keen to attract new providers in the market who may not be aware or unsure how to deliver contracts for the Council. If you are interested in delivering Passenger Transport Service, which includes the transport of children and protected adults with additional support needs including autistic spectrum conditions and / or medical requirements and the transport of children as required by the Council’s Family, Children and Adult Services within Social Work Resources as well as mainstream inter-school transfers where required, please join us to hear all about this upcoming opportunity to bid.
2.3 Understanding and Bidding - Frameworks and Dynamic Purchasing Systems (DPS)
- Thursday 5 March 2026, 2:00-3:30pm
- Webinar
New Frameworks are an integral part of public procurement and can be a lucrative source of business, but it’s essential to understand the Agreement. This workshop explains the types of frameworks available and what you can expect from them.
2.4 Improving Your Bid Score - Increase Your Tender Win Rate
- Tuesday 10 March 2026, 2:30-4:00pm
- Webinar
Getting the highest possible score in your bid is essential to winning a contract, but it can be difficult to know exactly what the buyer is looking for. This webinar provides an insight into the buyers’ needs and expectations to ensure you win points.
Public Contracts Scotland (PCS) Innovation Notices and Guidance
Scotland Innovates - Buyer & Supplier training
- Wednesday 11 March 2026, 2:00-3:00pm
- Webinar • Partner Event
Scottish Government has added new functionality to Public Contracts Scotland (PCS) titled - Preliminary Market Consultation notice, Pre-commercial Procurement notice and Pre-commercial procurement Award notices. In addition to a Supplier Collaboration tool and a Research register
Aligned Tender Training: Scottish Borders Council’s Care at Home Framework
How to use PCS to bid for this opportunity
- Thursday 12 March 2026, 10:30am
- Webinar
Watch our trainer walk you through how to use PCS to bid for this SBC opportunity.
Aligned Tender Training: South Lanarkshire Council's Passenger Transport Service DPS
Aligned Tender Training - how to use PCS & PCS-T to join this DPS
- Thursday 12 March 2026, 4:30-6:00pm
- Webinar
Would you like to work with the council to provide taxi services for children and protected adults, if yes, then please join this online meeting as we walk you through the process to be added to this DPS
2.5 Responding to Tender Policy Requirements - Power of Procurement
- Wednesday 18 March 2026, 1:30-3:00pm
- Webinar
In addition to legal policy requirements like health and safety, this webinar will help your business understand and action social issues that are prioritised in Scotland's public sector such as Net Zero, Community Wealth Building and Fair Work, and provide the most up-to-date policies in your bids.
What is a Meet the Buyer event?
Meet the Buyer events are an opportunity for suppliers to introduce themselves to public sector buyers and private sector primary contractors to learn about new projects, contracts, framework opportunities and supply chain opportunities. For buyers, these events enable them to increase their pool of potential suppliers and widen their supply chains. Overall, Meet the Buyer events offer suppliers a great opportunity to network.
Whatever the size of a business, Meet the Buyer events are useful to attend when considering bidding for future contracting opportunities, as they are specifically designed to help suppliers with the tendering process. Meet the Buyer events can help suppliers understand what the buyers are looking for, introduce them to innovative goods, works and services, and can give suppliers insight on how bids are and will be evaluated from a procurement perspective. Meet the Buyer events also offer the opportunity to engage with business support initiatives, such as the Supplier Development Programme, local authority economic development representatives and Business Gateway representatives.
