Procurex North - Manchester 24th April 2018

Tomorrow is Procurex North in Manchester at Manchester Central (which is part of the G-Mex complex).  Free to people working in the public sector.  Details here.

In the afternoon I am talking in the Winning Tenders Zone - so you can adapt your plans accordingly (listen or avoid).

There are a lot of good speakers during the day - especially in the Keynote Arena.  

Hope to see you there.

Procurex South - now onto Procurex North in Manchester 24th April 2018

Had a really good time at Procurex South.  Thanks to Twitter posters for the photos. Lots of questions from delegates, which I hope I managed to answer.  Good buzz around the place.  Got to get away from the stand to hear very interesting bit from Professor Sue Arrowsmith on Public Procurement implications of Brexit.  Her paper for the European Parliament last year is still the state of the art.  Current situation is wait and see but don't expect major changes in the near future.

And so onto Procurex North in Manchester on 24th April 2018 - full details here.  I am again running the Winning Tenders training zone.  Hopefully with new insights, or at least new jokes.

Hope to see you there.

Procurex South 15th March 2018 - London Olympia

So, this is only a week away and I am looking forward to this.  My sessions are in the Winning Tenders Training Zone in the afternoon, so I hope to get to see some of the keynote speakers in the morning, in particular Professor Sue Arrowsmith who will be talking about Brexit and Public Procurement, and Malcolm Harrison who is currently CEO of the Crown Commercial Service, but in the summer will take over the role of CEO of CIPS.  And of course the brilliant Eddie Regan.

That's pretty top notch stuff.  Well, maybe not me.

Procurex South 15th March 2018 - London Olympia

I should be presenting at BIP Solutions Procurex South next year, as well as some of their other events.  Always good events, and a good venue too.  Hope to see you there.

Procurex South Thursday 20th April 2017 - London Olympia

BIP solutions have asked me to contribute to their Procurex South event at London Olympia on Thursday 21st April 2017.

Full details are here.

Hope to see you there.

Procurex North - Manchester

A good event - I had a bit more time than usual to wonder the stands and meet up with friends old and new, such as Susan Rashid and Greg Jackson of Supply Chain Consultants - really good CIPS study centres.

My stint was quite short, and I will probably doing more at Procurex South at Olympia 20th April 2017.

Procurex North - Manchester 21st March 2017

Today is Procurex North in Manchester.  Hope to see you there.  I shall be running the Winning Tenders sessions from 12:20.  Feel free to come along and ask awkward questions.
If you can't make this Procurex South is 20th April 2017 at London Olympia.

12.20 - 12.45

 

Introduction to Public Procurement

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12.50 - 13.15

 

Complying with the standard Selection Questionnaire (SQ)

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13.20 - 13.45

 

Tenderers’ Common Mistakes

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13.50 - 14.15

 

Addressing Sustainability in Your Tenders

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Procurex North Manchester Central 21st March 2017

The seasons are turning, and as well as the cherry blossom, Procurex is coming around again.

The first is Procurex North at Manchester Central (next to GMex) on 21st March.

Looks good to me - but then again I am biased as I am running 4 training sessions.  Fewer than usual, so it gives me a chance to actually see some of the other interesting sessions.

Full details are here.   It is free for Public Sector delegates, and £95 for the private sector.

Hope to see you there - I do have more free time than usual so look forward to chatting.  Or wittering on - take your pick.

Procurex Scotland 9th November 2016, SECC Glasgow

I've just had a great time at LGPE at Olympia in London with BIP Solutions - see above.  Their next event is Procurex Scotland next week.  I can't be there because I shall be running the Introduction to Public Sector Procurement for CIPS in Greenwich, but it should be a great event. 

If you are in public sector procurement, you should get along to Procurex - they are free for you.  Next one is 21st March 2017 in Birmingham, then 20th April back at Olympia.

The CIPS event is full incidentally, and next one is 21st February 2017 also in Birmingham.

Hope to see you at one of these.

@pawa51

Procurex South - 20th April 2016

Wednesday this week is Procurex South at London Olympia.  Sadly I am not going to be there, instead I shall be at the computer working on training materials.  But I am sure that it is going to be a useful and interesting day.  And my colleague Eddie Regan will be in the Efficiency and Savings Zone, and he is always good value.  Well actually it is free, but trust me Eddie is worth paying money for. 

Procurex North - promo video

The event was great as usual - but I've been very busy since then developing and delivering a range of courses for CIPS. 

Procurex is of course BIPS - confusing I know.
I can be glimpsed in the video of the Procurex North event at about 2 minutes and 55 secs - see here.

Hope to see you there next time.

Procurex North 8th March 2016 in Manchester

Hope to see you there.  I have a rather full dance card of presentations. I  hope not to overrun.  I shall be in the Supplier Training Zone from 1pm (and a few other odds and ends before that)

Procurex North: Manchester 8th March 2016

Apologies for the lack of posting, but I have been rather busy on a number of rather interesting training programmes that I hope to be able to tell you about later.  They should be continuing throughout this year (and maybe next) so I do hope to get clearance from the client.

One thing I can mention though is that I shall once again be presenting at Procurex North in Manchester on 8th March 2016.  I shall be running one of the training zones (not sure which one yet), but more importantly Sally Collier Chief Executive of the Crown Commercial Service will be giving one of the key note speeches.  I'll forgive you if you listen to her rather than me.

Hope to see you there.

Procurex Scotland- Tuesday 6th October 2015

Pretty much straight after the weekend I shall be going to Glasgow for the annual Procurex Scotland event, on Tuesday 6th October 2015 at the SECC.  Some very interesting talks - which I may well miss because I shall be presenting in one of the Key Event Zones.  You can't say you haven't been warned.

Hope to see you there - always an interesting event.

If Scotland is a wee bit far there Procurex events in 2016 in Wales, Ireland, and the North and South of England (some of which I shall not be at, so you can pick and choose).

Procurex North #PXNorth

Procurex North #PXNorth was what I did yesterday.  And great fun it was too.  Apparently I don't look anything like my picture.  Full houses all round until the last (repeat) time, and lots of questions and one to one sessions to fill in that awkward time between sessions that I would otherwise have wasted resting, eating my lunch or checking my notes for the next session...

Thankfully nothing I couldn't answer, despite the newness of the regulations - and some genuinely interesting news about a new innovation partnership in the North West which will a) be one of the first (if not the first) and b) of great potential value.  Hope to hear and share more later.

Procurex South is 10th March and has the added advantage of Digby Barker in the Supplier zone rather than me - I am running Contract Management in Southampton that day if you want to come along.

Oh, and the Yang Sing restaurant is just as good as it was when I lived in Manchester a dozen years ago.  Great night out.

New EU regulations and Procurex North

Procurex North is this week at Manchester Central on Thursday 26th  February.  Which just happens to be the day that the new UK Procurement regulations come into force for England, Wales and Northern Ireland.  So bound to be lots to discuss - and a lot of reading, rereading and arguing for us consultants to make sure we understand it before then.  Or at least think we understand it.

Procurex North is free if you are in the Public Sector, and £95 if you are in the private sector.  Hope to see you there in the Supplier zone.  I hope you will be gentle with your questions - or rather be as rough as you like with the questions but be forgiving of my answers.

Procurex North Manchester 26th February 2015

It all seems to be Manchester this month.  Which suits me - always great to go back.
As mentioned in an earlier blog I shall be taking part in Procurex North at Manchester Central on Thursday 26th February 2015.  For those who don't recognise the location, it is the conference centre formerly known as GMex, where I once saw Prince - back when he was "the artist formally known as Prince".  Parking underneath GMex, sorry Manchester Central, tram  stop Deansgate-Castlefield, (formerly known as GMex) or St. Peter's Square (still called that as far as I know)

I shall be running the Supplier Training Zone (details here) looking at the new EU procurement regulations which are coming in (literally) any day now, sustainability and selection criteria. 

There will also be a Buyer's training zone, an E-enablement zone (where I hope to be able to sneak in to hear the latest about procurement cards), and keynote speeches from Sir Howard Bernstein (Chief Exec of Manchester City Council, and one of the architects of the great development of Manchester over the past 20 years),  Jim Hemmington (head of procurement at the BBC - don't forget to ask questions about Salford), Sally Collier (Chief Exec of the Crown Commercial Service) and several other speakers.
Plus the usual array of exhibition stands.

Always a great event - hope to see you there.

Preparing Perfect Tenders, Manchester 25th February 2015

Another course I am running in February 2015 for PASS Procurement is Preparing Perfect Tenders - also in Manchester at the Mercure Piccadilly.  The next day is Procurex North at GMex if you want to make a trip of it.

Details are here

Procurex Dublin - 30th September 2014

I shall be at Procurex in Dublin, which I am sure will be a great event and a great time.  I will be helping out on the BIP Solutions stand, and doing some presentations - details to be worked out nearer the time.
Hope to see you there.

Procurex North 29 April 2014

On my way.  Will be giving 5 presentations.  I hope to see you there.