ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARD

How to win their contracts

Measured from ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARD's own published record — no estimates, no generic advice.

• Plan for about 28 days to prepare a bid — that is the median gap between publication and deadline across 21 of their tenders.
• They publish about 4.5 tenders a month, measured over 9 months of history.
• Half of the tenders where they publish a value are estimated at £120k or less.
• Most of their buying falls in education and training services, printed matter and related products, it services: consulting, software development, internet and support.
• Their most frequent suppliers are OpenSesame Inc. (2), Forth Valley College (2), 20/20 BUSINESS INSIGHT LIMITED (2) — expect to bid against incumbents who already know this buyer.