Courses designed for delivery to closed groups such as companies, charities, GP practices and CCGs, Boards of Directors/Trustees, Voluntary Organisations, Groups of Commissioners and others ...

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A Highly Cost-effective solution to the problem of understanding and keeping up with current requirements for tender preparation and other apsect of tendering. Do you want training in aspects of tendering and procurement for you and/or your colleagues, but time pressures mean that you are unable to attend face to face courses? Then the unique webinar style of online courses for health, medical and social care providers which TfC has pioneered over the past two years could help. From the comfort of your desk, ...

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Help, mentoring and support for those involved in the development of a consortium for tendering purposes. The TfC Consortium Development Programme was devised in response to requests for more "hands-on" help than training courses. providers asked for help and faciltiation during the tender formation process. The current trend is for purchasers to tender for "bigger, broader" contracts with ever more extensive contractual requirements set out in the specification. Whereas, in the past, tenders have tended to ...

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Are you faced with a tender specification which includes services which you cannot deliver, or of which you have no experience? Do you want to find out about the processes, advantages and perils of collaborative tendering? Do you need to know how to set up a consortium using methods which are within the law and avoid the risks of legal challenge or the fines which can be imposed on providers who get it wrong? Many purchasers are seeking to reduce their costs by managing fewer contracts. This requires broader ...

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