Start date: 13 October 2026
Duration: 13th Oct October (10am - 4:00pm)
Location: Creative Spark (Dundalk)
Certificate: N/A
Cost: €149 for members (€199 for non-members)
Course code: N/A
Programme overview
Most suppliers write tenders from their own side of the table — and hope. This one-day programme teaches participants to write and self-assess bids the way evaluation panels actually mark them, drawing on 25 years of procurement practice across 3,500+ competitions, service on real evaluation panels, and the evaluation methodology behind BidReview.ai, whose users achieve an 87% win rate across 450 projects.
Participants work on live and recent tenders during the day and leave with a repeatable framework they can apply to their next submission.
Learning Outcomes
On completion of the training programme, participants will:
· Deconstruct an RFT to extract the buyer’s evaluation framework, weightings and priorities before writing a word
· Score their own draft against the six lenses public sector panels use: Compliance, Delivery, Commercial, Value, Innovation, Strategy
· Identify and fix the describe-to-guarantee gap — replacing capability descriptions with committed, evidenced outcomes
· Eliminate the compliance failures that disqualify bids before quality is ever judged
· Build evidence that scores: case studies, CVs and proof points that meet the standard evaluators mark against
· Apply a structured pre-submission review process — the step that moves average scores from 73% to 90%+
Who Is This Course For?
This course is best suited to anyone involved in tendering for contracts.
Modules
· 1. Inside the evaluation panel — how bids are actually marked: rubrics, weightings, moderation, and where marks are lost
· 2. Deconstructing the RFT — finding the buyer’s real priorities, hot buttons and mandatory requirements
· 3. Compliance first — the disqualifiers: page limits, mandatory documents, declarations and pricing reconciliation
· 4. From describe to guarantee — turning capability statements into committed, evidenced answers
· 5. Evidence that scores — case studies, team CVs, win themes and quantified proof points
· 6. The review step — self-scoring before submission, with a live evaluation demonstration on a participant tender
To Book a Place Contact aidan.callan@dundalkskillnet.ie
Applications Closing on 12/10/2026
