Tender for Growth programme for Newry, Mourne and Down businesses

Gain the skills and the confidence to identify, target and bid for public and private sector tendering opportunities

If you work on tender submissions and could do with a helping hand, the NMD Tender for Growth programme has a bank of expert mentors who can help.

The programme is free to eligible businesses and will include:

• one-to-one expert mentoring support
• group-based mentoring
• meet the Buyer events

About the programme

The programme can help you:

• identify tendering opportunities in your field
• assess your readiness to successfully exploit these opportunities
• target new tendering opportunities and maximise the prospect of winning new business
• find opportunities to work collaboratively with other local businesses to bid jointly for new tendered contracts

Participants will receive:

• up to 4.5 days free mentoring support that is tailored to your specific needs
• access to workshops and Meet the Buyer events
• networking opportunities with other SMEs
• linkages with other business support initiatives

Eligibility criteria

To be eligible your business must:

• be based in the Newry, Mourne and Down District Council area
• employ less than 50 people
• have the potential to create additional jobs
• have export, innovation or productivity improvement potential

Further details

For further information on the programme you should contact:

• Tel: 0330 137 4000
• Email: business@nmandd.org

Find out more about the Tender for Growth programme.

First published 8 June 2020