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March 17, 2008
Businesses can Save £1000's with Free Tender Feeds and Alerts
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Thanks to everyone you came to the Prepare for 2012 Presentation. If you would like to remind yourself about how to get free access to tenders, how to find potential partners to submit more compelling bids, how to find supply chain opportunities, or even how to build your own business radar using newsfeeds, then here is the link to the presentation. http://preparefor2012.googlepages.com/ One local business women suddenly realised there was another strategy to winning 2012 related business, or indeed any large public sector opportunity.
Neat trick! See how to use news feeds as a source of tenders, or contract awards - have a look at my earlier article. Grant's Rant | Twenti Twelve Tenders 2008 |
17 Mar 2008 11:08
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February 05, 2008
2012 Tender News | Business Radar
Writing about web page http://www.ready-for-business.co.uk
Firstly thanks to everyone who attended the Prepare for 2012 Workshops. If you would like to look over the presentation again, you can download it from http://preparefor2012.googlepages.com/
With the launch of CompeteFor, we do hear the complaint:
Oh no - not another *%$+!!! website ....
Of course http://www.wmccm.co.uk/ and http://www.ready-for-business.co.uk/ have been around for a while providing a fully funded (free) tender alerts service to companies registered there. However, I think it is inevitable that there will be yet more sites springing up all over the place. But I guess that is the reality of prospecting for gold.
Here's one way to help organise and keep control of all those sources of tender opportunities, without overwhelming yourself with email alerts .... Newsfeeds!
Newsfeeds and News Readers !
If you are not familiar with newsfeeds and news readers, then a very good place to start is the BBC. Have a look at http://news.bbc.co.uk/
They have a very good introduction to the subject at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/help/3223484.stm#whatisrss
Any websites which publish newsfeeds, like the BBC, SKY, CNN will have a graphic logo like this, only smaller!
Alternatively you might see a label like RSS or XML. These also indicate a newsfeed. Simply click on the logo or the link next to it, and this will take you to the newsfeed content for that site.
Most Web Browsers have a built in News Reader capability - Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Firefox, Safari (for Apple) and Opera.
So, from the news page of the BBC, select the newsfeed you're interested in and click the link.
So this is me viewing the BBC News front page in the Firefox Web browser. Firefox now gives me the option to subscribe, in this case using the Live Bookmarks in the browser.
There are many different News Readers available, and News sites may offer convenient subscription buttons to simply add your chosen Newsfeed to your favourite News Reader. The other way is to simply copy the URL from your browsers address bar to your news reader.
For example, the above BBC newsfeed url is:
http://newsrss.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_uk_edition/front_page/rss.xml
If I copied this into Google Reader (using 'Add subscription') for example, I would get my news presented like this:
Sources of Tender News
So that's enough about Newfeeds and News Readers. Where can you find sources of tender news?
Here at http://www.ready-for-business.co.uk/ we provide a Newsfeed for live 2012 tenders published in our database.
Here is the news url to subscribe to : www.wmccm.co.uk/wmccm/rss/PrepareFor2012WestMidlands.xml
So instead of receiving tender alerts via email, you can now view the tenders in your News Reader - as and when you want to. Then if you see a tender which looks interesting for your company, just click on the link. This will give a summary of the tender if you are viewing our database as a guest, or you can see the full details if you are registered and log in.
You can subscribe to see all our tenders, not just 2012 related tenders, using the following url: http://www.wmccm.co.uk/wmccm/rss/livetenders.xml
With Google Reader in List view, you can now see all our live tenders like this:
Please note this may take some time to load as there are often hundreds, potentially thousands of tenders.
Next, you can grab the news from London 2012, or get tenders from the Official Journal of the European Union so you can identify business opportunities from all across Europe.
Here is a list of useful Newsfeed URL's you may wish to subscribe to for business news and tenders.
Please let me know if you found these resources useful, and feel free to ask questions or comment.
Good luck with your quest for business opportunities.
Grant's Rant Twenti Twelve Tenders 2008
05 Feb 2008 14:08
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September 13, 2007
London 2012 Olympic Tenders | Live Business Opportunities
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Our Twenti Twelve Tender Detector has been busy recently. Just look at the wide range of live business opportunities currently available.
Wetland Area Bridges | Entertainment Services | Bus Services
Quantity Surveying (in Portland and Weymouth)
Architectural, Engineering, Construction, Legal, Accounting and other Professional Services
Sewage & Refuse Disposal Services
Anti-Counterfeiting Technology
Temporary Utilities
Office & Computing Machinery
Outsourcing of Adminstration and IT Services
Architectural Consulting
Construction Roadshows (througout the Autumn)
Grant's Rant | Twenti Twelve Tenders 2007
13 Sep 2007 14:49
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August 31, 2007
London 2012 Olympic Tenders | Waste Management Services
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Today the ODA also called for:
.... expressions of interest for the procurement of an operator to provide a waste management service for the Olympic Park. The service will comprise detailed design, construction and ongoing maintenance of a waste management service for venues and locations within the Olympic Park boundary.
So currently on the Ready for Business site we have 10 live tenders running. In addition, 74 other Olympic tender notices have been published to date, which is pretty good considering we are still just under five years away from the big event. But just to get it in perspective, compare that to the rest of the tender notices we have managed here at WMCCM (www.wmccm.co.uk). It's a massive 40,000 a year!
Grant' Rant | Twenti Twelve Tenders 2007
31 Aug 2007 16:21
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London 2012 Olympic Tender | Temporary Utilities Package
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After my holidays, its back to the serious business of Twenti Twelve Tenders. The Olympic Delivery Authority has been busy while I was away. Here is the latest tender.
The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) invites expressions of interest for the procurement of temporary utilities during the construction of permanent and temporary venues in the Olympic Park. It will be in accordance with the ODA design schemes and ODA protocol and will include the following: temporary electrical power, temporary potable water, temporary non-potable water, and temporary foul and waste water discharge.
Further details on the Ready for Business site www.ready-for-business.co.uk and on www.london2012.com/business.
Grant's Rant | Twenti Twelve Tenders 2007
31 Aug 2007 15:56
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July 11, 2007
Very Short Deadline on Olympic Tender
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Very Short Deadline on London 2012 Tender
As you can imagine, the pressure is on to award contracts to make sure the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games are delivered on time. But some contract notices have had a very short notice. Just 4 days for a recent "Preliminary Pile Testing" contract! This didn't go un-noticed by the James Watkins, Executive Director at the West Midlands Business Council. If you missed out, please go to www.ready-for-business.co.uk whereyou can contact James, and make sure that your interest is properly registered with the Olympic Delivery Authority.
11 Jul 2007 12:39
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May 25, 2007
London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games
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The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) have been busy inviting expressions of interest
Temporary Venues Industry Day
The Olypmic Delivery Authority Procurement team is holding an industry day on Wednesday 13 June 2007, 9:15am, in London to introduce the ODA's vision for the temporary venues to experienced suppliers and contractors of medium- to long-span fully enclosed lightweight structures. The industry day will focus on the Basketball, Fencing and Hockey venues which are expected to be operational as early as 18 months before the Games.
Velodrome Design & Construction
This venue will be the theatre for all track cycling activities for the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. After the Games the building will be reconfigured to provide a lasting legacy of the Games. The ODA wishes to appoint a Tier 1 main contractor for the design and construction of the Velodrome including the Legacy Conversion. The scope of the contract is to design and construct the Velodrome based on a design prepared by the Design Team that is currently being procured.
HR recruitment and selection
Over the course of 2007 to 2012 the ODA HR team will deliver a recruitment and selection service ensuring the right people with the right skills are recruited in the most effective way. It is vital that the ODA has the capability and expertise needed to ensure the successful delivery of the 2012 project. The scope of the procurement will cover the provision of all recruitment and selection services.
For full details see the pre-qualification questionnaire documentation on the eTendering section of the London 2012 website.
The deadline for the receipt of expressions of interest and completed pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) documentation is 17:00 (BST) on Friday, 22 June 2007.
Ready-mixed concrete supply
The ODA intends to issue an exclusive licence to one supplier to supply ready-mix concrete to all Olympic Park contractors. This will include the erection of the batching plant(s), delivery, off loading, batching and distribution to the various contractors across the Olympic Park site.
For full details see the pre-qualification questionnaire documentation on the eTendering section of the London 2012 website.
The deadline for the receipt of expressions of interest and completed pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) documentation is 17:00 (BST) on Friday, 22 June 2007.
25 May 2007 15:15
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May 18, 2007
Prepare for 2012 – The Aussies are coming
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Prepare for 2012 - The Aussies are comingThe next Ready for Business - Prepare for 2012 WorkshopWill include a presentation from The Australian High CommissionGet the 'nuts and bolts' of bidding and winning work from the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games PLUS - The Australian High Commission will talk at the event Your Free Invitation to the Prepare for 2012 Places are limited, so please contact Val Day on |
18 May 2007 09:00
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