The PDP central aim is encapsulated in the key expression: 'Tender to Win'. Our free services are geared towards assisting clients win contracts including:

• Where to find out about invitations to tender
• How to bid
• How to win
• Being competitive
• Fulfilling your contract after you have been successful.

We are here from the beginning through to the end, to support your business through various in house activities such as:

Research:

Helping your organisation research lucrative tendering opportunities in your field of business.

Training Programmes:

Our training programmes enable you understand the market requirements for your product/service and how best to become a supplier and in some cases, a Preferred/Approved supplier. Enabling you become privy to negotiated tendering.

A preferred/approved supplier is a pre-vetted company invited to tender for contracts for supplies, services and works by public sector organisations. Being on the approved list does not guarantee the award of contracts, however, for some low value contracts some local authorities prefer to use suppliers from their approved/preferred list.

Tendering Support:

In some cases where your business is not yet established, the PDP through our partners HBDA (Haringey Business Development Agency) can help you set up your business and support you through the process of becoming tender ready. We also provide tendering documentation support, where we vet the tender document you have prepared, to ensure they pass the initial stage.

Mentoring:

This is a handholding service, taking you through the steps towards tendering on a one to one basis. Our ongoing mentoring service is designed to give maximum support and guidance to all businesses in need of a face to face guidance counsellor regarding their business.

Diagnostics Consulting:

We carry out internal diagnostics to help determine the companies capacity and the structure in place to support tendering activities. For more help, our consulting service includes a bid writing service by expert bid writers.

Networking Events:

'The Market Place' is the most fruitful place for suppliers to meet their potential clients. We organise a buyers' and sellers' forum where SMEs can meet their prospective clients in an informal and supportive environment.

All organisations who have registered an interest will automatically be invited to these events as they become publicised.

What to do next:

For established businesses, we can help you identify and bid for tendering opportunities in the capital. For more details, contact Tender to Win.

If you are a pre-start or start up business and you are interested in tendering, contact HBDA in order to set up and register your business. Once this is done, we can then advise you on tendering opportunities in your area of specialisation and equip you for bidding for these contracts.