Collaborating to Win Tenders-New Guidance Note

This guidance note can help you to understand:

• What is meant by ‘commissioning’ and ‘procurement’
• What the benefits of collaborating to tender can be
• What difficulties might arise when collaborating to tender
• Important aspects to consider for collaborative tendering
• How to prepare for a collaborative tender

Commissioning and Procurement

• The commissioning cycle
• Models of commissioning
• EU Treaty Principles for procurement

Preparing to Collaborate

• Benefits of collaborating to tender
• Common reasons that collaborations fail
• Preparing to collaborate-step by step guidance
• Key issues and questions
• Process of forming a collaboration
• Deciding on partners
• Critical steps for collaboration
• Legal implications

Preparing for the tender

• Review of capacity to deliver
• Tender documentation
• Pre-qualification
• Invitation to tender
• Information to prepare in advance
• Tips for success

 To view the full guidance note document, click here: http://www.collaborationni.org/resources/collaborating-win-tenders.