What’s coming up?Maximising business from the golden decade of sport (pdf 831KB) provides an overview of upcoming UK sporting events, the kind of business opportunities you can expect to find and provides you with further information to help you compete for contracts that are of interest to you.
London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games
CompeteFor
CompeteFor is a free service that enables businesses to compete for contract opportunities linked to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and other major public and private sector buying organisations. With a particular focus on supply chain opportunities, CompeteFor acts as a brokerage service, matching buyers with potential suppliers. It also facilitates access to focused business support, through the national Business Link network, helping to boost the long–term competitiveness of your business.
Be inspired
North West business wanting to take advantage of the London 2012 Olympic Games should visit the ‘be inspired’ website as it is the ideal starting point. The portal provides access to lots of useful information including guides, case studies, statistics and other resources. Also keep an eye out for upcoming ‘be inspired’ events aimed at helping businesses in the region to make the most of the opportunities.
London 2012 eTendering site
The eTendering website is used by London 2012 to enable companies to take part in tenders announced by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) in a secure and efficient way.
CompeteFor Resource Centre
The London Business Network has developed an online resource centre to help the business community access CompeteFor. The interactive resource provides useful information on how to search for and apply to opportunities advertised on the website. It contains a number of materials, including an introductory video to London 2012 opportunities, as well as downloadable and animated guides on the registration process and various CompeteFor tools.
Podium
Podium is the national further and higher education unit for the 2012 Games. The unit has three major aims: To communicate, collaborate and enhance the contribution of the further and higher education sector to the Games. You can find education related business opportunities on the Podium website.
Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games Business Portal brings together contractors and suppliers and provides businesses of all sizes with the opportunity to find out about and compete for Games related contracts. Businesses can register to be alerted to upcoming contracts. Pre-register your company details and do the groundwork to ensure you can be considered for 2014 opportunities.
Other global sporting opportunities Other opportunities can be found by searching the websites supporting major global sporting events, please find examples listed below.
• Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics opportunities in Russia
• England’s bid for the Football World Cup in 2018
Some sport organisations also advertise contract opportunities on their websites, for example:
• Sport England
• British Olympic Association
Non-sports related opportunities Our procurement opportunities factsheet gives you access to a number of procurement portals in the North West, across the UK and abroad, take a look!
Access to help and support If you would like to talk about tendering for contracts and how we could support your business, call the business adviser team on 0845 00 66 888 or use our contact us form.