Bid Ready: Public Procurement Essentials
Most businesses that lose out on public contracts don't lose on price — they lose on process. This workshop teaches the process: how to read a solicitation, build a compliant bid, and know what to do if a decision feels unfair.
- Format
- In-person or virtual
- Length
- Half-day workshop
- Cohort size
- Capped, small group
- Where
- San Fernando, T&T
- Pricing
- By enquiry
Built for suppliers, not spectators.
This isn't a lecture on legislation — it's a working session for people who intend to actually bid.
First-time bidders
Businesses that want to participate in public procurement but have never navigated the process formally.
SMEs & sole traders
Smaller suppliers who need the Simplified Procurement route explained in practical, usable terms.
Growing suppliers
Businesses that have bid before but keep losing on technicalities they can't quite identify.
Five sessions, one working day.
Each session is built around a task you'll actually need to do, not a section of the Act to memorise.
- 01The procurement cycle, end to endHow a public body moves from planning to contract award, and where a supplier can act at each stage.
- 02Reading a solicitation correctlyPicking apart what's actually being asked for before you start costing a bid.
- 03Building a compliant bidWhere bids get disqualified on technicalities, and how to avoid the avoidable mistakes.
- 04Simplified Procurement in practiceWhat changes under the TT$1M threshold, and how it affects a smaller supplier's approach.
- 05If it goes wrongComplaints versus challenge proceedings — what each one is for, and why the timing matters.
Two ways to attend.
San Fernando
A half-day, hands-on session in south Trinidad. Best for groups who want to work through real bid documents together in the room.
Live online
The same workshop, delivered remotely for businesses elsewhere in Trinidad and Tobago or further afield.
Dates and pricing confirmed on enquiry — cohort sizes are kept small, so early contact secures a seat.
Delivered by Cromlech Supply Chain Services, built on MCIPS-level procurement practice and years of hands-on public procurement work in Trinidad and Tobago. This is the same standard the PPDPP Act guide is built on — practical, current, and grounded in how the process actually runs.
Reserve a seat in the next cohort.
Call or reach out through the main site — tell us in-person or virtual, and how many from your business plan to attend.