How to Attract the Buyer Victoria Chamlet South East Client Relationship Manager at Constructionline
Jun 19, 2015
How to Attract the Buyer
Victoria ChamletSouth East Client Relationship Manager at Constructionline
The agenda
• How buyers search for supplier like you
• Where buyers advertise
• EOI’s, PQQs , ITTs – Understanding the jargon and how to maximise your responses
• Constructionline events
• FAQs
• Q&A.
Welcome & introduction
Victoria Chamlet (Vicky)Client Relationship Manager
South East
T: 07738 850651
Who we are & what we do
We’re the UK’s largest and only government-owned pre-qualification certification service.
Our mission: To reduce pre-qualification duplication within the
construction industry
Navigating the homepage
How buyers search
How buyers search
How buyers search
How buyers search
How buyers search
How to log in
How to log in
How to log in
Your Constructionline profile
Your Constructionline profile
Your Constructionline profile
Your Constructionline profile
Your Constructionline profile
Your Constructionline profile
Your Constructionline profile
Understanding buyer activity
Buyers advertising
• The Constructionline Opportunities Notice Board (ONB)
• Buyers own websites
• Regional Portals e.g. South East Business Portal/Supply Hertfordshire/Procurement Agency Essex….& many many more!
• OJEU. Official Journal of European Union. Public Sector Only. These notices are also published via the ONB.
Buyers advertising
Buyers advertising
Buyers advertising
Terminology
• EOI – Expressions of Interest
• PQQ – Pre Qualification Questionnaire
• ITT – Invitation to Tender
Terminology
• PAS91 – Publicly Available Specification
• SSIP – Safety Schemes in Procurement
• OJEU- Official Journal of the European Union
• BIM – Building Information Modeling
Constructionline events• Meet the Buyer Events - Throughout the year
throughout the UK. Free for everyone to attend. Provides an opportunity to get in front of key Buyers from the Public and Private Sectors
• Supplier Days - Bespoke supplier days for Buyers looking to meet suppliers to fulfill specific contracts.
Constructionline events• Virtual events - (like this one) give you a chance to
engage with a buyer, talking about their project pipeline, from the comfort of your office.
• Keep an eye out for e-mail invites from Constructionline, and check the events page on our website:
www.constructionline.co.uk/events
Frequently Asked Questions
• We are registered suppliers with Constructionline, but we never win any work? Why??
Question & Answer session
Please write your questions in the comment box provided
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