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Contract opportunities in government + Training - 07/07/11

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Contracts Finder

...is a new service developed to help businesses find contract opportunities in government. You can use the service to find new opportunities, view awarded contracts and register to receive email alerts free of charge. In the first 3 months following the launch of Contracts Finder there have been over a million page views.

Contracts Finder currently issues around 5000 daily email alerts to businesses and individuals, so if you have not yet used Contracts Finder www.contractsfinder.businesslink.gov.uk, take a look and remember that you can search the site and receive emails alerts free of charge.

+++ Free online course to help smaller firms bid for government contracts

"Winning the Contract" is a nationally available, free, on-line public procurement course which details how government buys goods and services, explains the bidding process, and where to search for Government contracts. The course, designed to help smaller firms bid for the £236 billion of public sector contracts is available at: www.businesslink.gov.uk/winningthecontract