Ealing Council's central procurement unit, the Commercial Hub, is embarking on an outreach programme to support small local companies and organisations with a view to providing practical guidance and advice on how to sell to the Council – hopefully assisting with breaking down the barriers that exist or are believed to exist.
 
We are investigating the most appropriate forms of guidance and support that we can offer on some of the more common areas relating to procurement and tendering. In support of our Council Plan commitments and our Social Value Policy, the Commercial Hub is reviewing its procurement practices to help open up public procurement opportunities to local small and medium-sized businesses. 
 
To help create simpler and more accessible commercial processes whilst remaining compliant with public procurement regulations is not easy. We would therefore like you to tell us what you want in the way of guidance and advice by answering some fairly obvious questions in our survey. This will help us to create a support tool that has real, practical benefits and outcomes for organisations such as your own.
 
We will appreciate your time in completing this survey - all feedback and comments are valuable to us at Ealing Council.

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* 1. Name of your organisation/business?

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* 2. Is your organisation/business located in London Borough of Ealing?

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* 3. If Answered No, please provide the Registered Address.

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* 4. What is the size of your organisation/business?

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* 5. How many people does your organisation/business employ (permanent staff)?

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* 6. When was your organisation/business founded/set up?

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* 7. What does your organisation/business sell or what services do you provide?

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* 8. What is the largest value of contract you could manage?

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* 9. Where do you go to see Tendering opportunities?

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* 10. Are you registered on any Tendering Portal? If yes, please specify which one(s)

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* 11. Have you tried selling to Ealing before and if so, did you succeed?

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* 12. If you did not succeed, why not?

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* 13. What do you find the most difficult aspect of trying to sell to Ealing?

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* 14. Which particular aspects of bidding and quoting would you most like detailed advice and guidance on?

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* 15. How would you prefer the guidance to be provided – e.g. booklet/online learning?

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* 16. Any other comments, questions or advice that will help us provide you with the most help.

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* 17. Would you prefer any training or supplier engagement event to take place virtually or in person?

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* 18. Please provide your name and contact details for any follow up discussions.

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