Information Session: Belfast’s ‘Get Tender Ready’ support package

Cost: Free

This event is part of Go Succeed, a support service from local councils in Northern Ireland that can help to start, grow or scale a business.

Eligible businesses across Belfast are set to benefit from an enhanced package of support to equip them with the skills to help them win public and private sector tenders. 

Belfast City Council is offering existing businesses with one-to-one mentoring with a specialist advisor, a bursary to support them in securing a Real Living Wage accreditation and, their first year's membership to Invest NI’s Tender Alert Service.

The upcoming in-person information session will take place on Thursday 23 July 2026 from 10am to 11am at Belfast City Council, 9 Adelaide Street, Belfast BT2 8DJ.

The session will include:

• Representatives from Belfast City Council’s commercial and procurement services who will provide insights into the Council’s social value requirements (including the provision of the Real Living Wage) in tender specifications.
• Representatives from the Belfast Business Promise who will provide guidance on their programme of support.
• Representatives from Invest NI who will provide guidance on access to their business support including their tender alert service.
• Representatives from Advice NI who can provide guidance on the Real Living Wage requirements and accreditation.

If eligible, following the information session, your business can avail of:

• Access to one-to-one mentoring support which can be tailored to support you on a live bid, or equip you with the skills to be tender ready when the opportunity comes.
• A bursary to cover the cost of your first year's Real Living Wage accreditation which will serve to bolster future tender responses to public sector bodies.
• A bursary to cover the cost of your first year’s membership of Invest NI’s Tender Alert Service allowing you to easily identify public sector contract opportunities.

The following eligibility criteria applies:

• Have an established business, trading for at least two years in the Belfast City Council Area with less than 250 employees (or full time equivalent).
• Be new to the Go Succeed service (this can be checked at the information session).
• Be able to use your best endeavours to create a part-time or full-time job in the next 12 months.

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