Collaborating to Win Tenders

This guidance 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 tender

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