WCCC17/61/LEO - Panel of Trainers, Local Enterprise Office, Waterford in various Lots

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Waterford Local Enterprise Office is currently in the process of preparing its training & support programme for the next 3 years from 2017 - 2019. A panel of trainers will be set up to deliver the courses, workshops and business clinics. Subject to budgets and satisfactory performance, training and service contracts will be rolled over during the period. Applicants should demonstrate their understanding of the SME sector and should show that their training proposals are practically based and aimed specifically at this sector. They should also demonstrate their ability to deal with small business start-ups, developing businesses, business owners, managers etc.

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66171000-9  Financial consultancy services
66519310-7  Insurance consultancy services
72212220-7  Internet and intranet software development services
72212440-5  Financial analysis and accounting software development services
72212480-7  Sales, marketing and business intelligence software development services
72221000-0  Business analysis consultancy services
72224000-1  Project management consultancy services
75100000-7  Administration services
79000000-4  Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
79120000-1  Patent and copyright consultancy services
79211000-6  Accounting services
79211100-7  Bookkeeping services
79300000-7  Market and economic research; polling and statistics
79310000-0  Market research services
79340000-9  Advertising and marketing services
79341000-6  Advertising services
79342000-3  Marketing services
79400000-8  Business and management consultancy and related services
79410000-1  Business and management consultancy services
79411000-8  General management consultancy services
79412000-5  Financial management consultancy services
79413000-2  Marketing management consultancy services
79414000-9  Human resources management consultancy services
79415000-6  Production management consultancy services
79416000-3  Public relations services
79900000-3  Miscellaneous business and business-related services
79990000-0  Miscellaneous business-related services


Waterford City and County Council
City Hall, The Mall
Co.Waterford
Waterford
Ireland
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David Walsh

Published notices
Contract Notice (eTenders) 09/02/2017 13:00
Lots
Lot 1: Start Your Own Business

1 evening per week for 10 weeks / 3 Days i.e. 10 evenings OR 3 Days

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RFT mailing address:
Tender Box
Waterford City and County Council,
Customer Services Centre, Baileys New Street, Wate
Ireland
Lot 2: Start Your Own Online Business

1 evening per week for 3 weeks / 1 Day i.e. 3 evenings OR 1 Day

Additional information:
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RFT mailing address:
Tender Box
Waterford City and County Council,
Customer Services Centre, Baileys New Street, Wate
Ireland
Lot 3: Access to Finance – 1 x 3 hour session

The aim is to discuss the current lending landscape in Ireland and types of lending that are available. What suits your business – case study examples are required.

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Tender Box
Waterford City and County Council,
Customer Services Centre, Baileys New Street, Wate
Ireland
Lot 4: Preparing a Winning Tender - 1 day & 1 one to one mentoring session

This programme should cover structuring & planning a tender, the “do’s & don’t” of writing a tender and include pricing, e-tendering, where to find tender opportunities, creating an effective tendering policy and developing a winning tender.

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RFT mailing address:
Tender Box
Waterford City and County Council,
Customer Services Centre, Baileys New Street, Wate
Ireland
Lot 5: Introduction to Franchising – 1 day

This programme should provide an introduction to franchising, how to search when selecting a franchise, navigating the paper trail and evaluating a franchise.

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RFT mailing address:
Tender Box
Waterford City and County Council,
Customer Services Centre, Baileys New Street, Wate
Ireland
Lot 6: Sales & Marketing Workshop - 2 days

This programme should incorporate the hands-on element of the sales process and the development of selling skills.

Additional information:
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RFT mailing address:
Tender Box
Waterford City and County Council,
Customer Services Centre, Baileys New Street, Wate
Ireland
Lot 7: Marketing on a Shoestring – 1 x 3 hour session

Assist micro enterprise businesses to identify and differentiate their offering from competitors and determine the most appropriate marketing technique to reach target customers.

Additional information:
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RFT mailing address:
Tender Box
Waterford City and County Council,
Customer Services Centre, Baileys New Street, Wate
Ireland
Lot 8: Merchandising Your Product – 1 day

The aim of this programme is to provide the participant with basic rules of merchandising such as importance of branding, USP etc.

Additional information:
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RFT mailing address:
Tender Box
Waterford City and County Council,
Customer Services Centre, Baileys New Street, Wate
Ireland
Lot 9: Bookkeeping for Small Business Programme - 5 sessions

The programme should teach participants to how to prepare a set of books (daily and management) for a standard SME company.

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RFT mailing address:
Tender Box
Waterford City and County Council,
Customer Services Centre, Baileys New Street, Wate
Ireland
Lot 10: Basic Book Keeping (Excel) – 1 session per week for 3 weeks or 1 day

Topics to include – recording day to day transactions; creating and formatting excel sheets; cash flow statements and error checking.

Additional information:
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RFT mailing address:
Tender Box
Waterford City and County Council,
Customer Services Centre, Baileys New Street, Wate
Ireland
Lot 11: Introduction to VAT - 1 evening

A quick guide to VAT for small business owners Topics to include: • VAT registration• Revenue returns• Record keeping.

Additional information:
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RFT mailing address:
Tender Box
Waterford City and County Council,
Customer Services Centre, Baileys New Street, Wate
Ireland
Lot 12: Using Revenue Online Services - ½ day

Topics to include – registering for ROS, how to use reporting features and enable participants to submit their tax returns online & ensure tax payments are up to date.

Additional information:
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RFT mailing address:
Tender Box
Waterford City and County Council,
Customer Services Centre, Baileys New Street, Wate
Ireland
Lot 13: Introduction to Pricing & Costing - 1 day

Participants should be given an overview of the elements, strategies & formulas for costing & pricing their products & services.

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RFT mailing address:
Tender Box
Waterford City and County Council,
Customer Services Centre, Baileys New Street, Wate
Ireland
Lot 14: Twitter for Business (Beginner) – 1 x 4 hour session

Twitter - what is it?; terminology; what makes it different from other social media; why is it so popular?; Twitter as a marketing strategy; using best practices - do's and don'ts; setting up a twitter account.

Additional information:
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RFT mailing address:
Tender Box
Waterford City and County Council,
Customer Services Centre, Baileys New Street, Wate
Ireland
Lot 15: Twitter for Business (Advanced) – 1 x 4 hour session

Optimising the profile for hits & searches; measuring the power of the # for branding; shortening links to post to twitter; embed a tweet in website; add a twitter follow button on website; advertising on twitter.

Additional information:
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RFT mailing address:
Tender Box
Waterford City and County Council,
Customer Services Centre, Baileys New Street, Wate
Ireland
Lot 16: Facebook for Business (Beginner) – 1 x 4 hour session

Creating a business page; administering page with multiple users; understanding fan usage and maximising its potential; building good customer relationships; using Facebook as a brand building platform to boost sales.

Additional information:
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RFT mailing address:
Tender Box
Waterford City and County Council,
Customer Services Centre, Baileys New Street, Wate
Ireland
Lot 17: Facebook for Business (Advanced) – 1 x 4 hour session

Using Facebook for marketing; types of ads that can be run on Facebook; how to target people based on location, age, gender, interests; how to target customers if you have email addresses, drive people to website; Designing Facebook ads and monitoring advertising.

Additional information:
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RFT mailing address:
Tender Box
Waterford City and County Council,
Customer Services Centre, Baileys New Street, Wate
Ireland
Lot 18: Linkedin for Business – 1 x 4 hour session

Develop knowledge and skills on how to use Linkedin to network & raise the business profile in order to generate sales leads and business opportunities.

Additional information:
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RFT mailing address:
Tender Box
Waterford City and County Council,
Customer Services Centre, Baileys New Street, Wate
Ireland
Lot 19: Marketing on the Internet - 4 X ½ day sessions

A practical course delivered over 4 sessions. It should give an overview of: • Search Engine Optimization• Google Adwords• Email marketing• Social media marketing.

Additional information:
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RFT mailing address:
Tender Box
Waterford City and County Council,
Customer Services Centre, Baileys New Street, Wate
Ireland
Lot 20: Google Adwords - ½ day

Participants should learn how to set up a dynamic, results-driven Google adwords campaign.

Additional information:
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RFT mailing address:
Tender Box
Waterford City and County Council,
Customer Services Centre, Baileys New Street, Wate
Ireland
Lot 21: Social Media Marketing - 4 X ½ days

Purpose is to provide business owners with useful social media tips that will enable them to engage more productively & creatively with social media.

Additional information:
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RFT mailing address:
Tender Box
Waterford City and County Council,
Customer Services Centre, Baileys New Street, Wate
Ireland
Lot 22: Course recommendations

LEO Waterford welcomes proposals from potential suppliers under lot 22. Please ensure the format covers the required information.

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RFT mailing address:
Tender Box
Waterford City and County Council,
Customer Services Centre, Baileys New Street, Wate
Ireland
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