Supplier and Purchaser Procurement Training

The Millstream training team provide public sector procurement training to both suppliers and purchasers. Our training is provided either by way of scheduled training courses or, if preferred, through in-house courses tailored to match your needs. Our trainers are business development experts and public sector procurement professionals who have an extensive knowledge of the entire procurement process and are therefore perfectly placed to guide you through the tendering process.


Successful Tendering Training Courses for Suppliers

Our training team deliver practical training courses that are designed to support you through the different stages of the tendering process.


Our Pre-qualification course

A Striking PQQ is a start to finish guide to completing PQQs for public sector business opportunities. We start with the basics of public sector tendering and then take an in-depth look at PQQ completion. Anyone who is new to public sector tendering, or who wants to know more about the policies and procedures that typically make up a PQQ would benefit from attending our Striking PQQ course.


Our bid writing course

Our bid writing course – A Compelling Bid aims to provide you with an understanding of the buyer’s needs and their bid documents plus show you how to produce bids that give you and your business the winning edge. The course is designed for those who would like to apply best practice to bid management and writing and ultimately improve their success rate.


Purchaser Training Courses

These are currently provided in-house and cover the entire procurement process with topics from procurement strategy development through to specification writing, contract law, bid evaluation, contract negotiation, developing supplier relationships, contract management and so on. Our public sector trainers have all spent much of their careers in public sector procurement in many different roles and have expertise in various sectors including local authorities, the NHS, defence and construction.

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Web Portal Training and Support


Our customer support teams and procurement advisers provide comprehensive training and support to our web portals. You can contact them by telephone or email and receive a quick and expert response.

Further in-house support is provided to our myTenders portal users - a member of our support team provides comprehensive training on the functionality of the portal, ensuring you get the best out of the system for your organisation.


How do we deliver training and support?

  • Telephone
  • Email
  • In-house training
  • Workshops and seminars

Our teams are fully trained, have extensive experience in dealing with both Purchasers and Suppliers and have expert knowledge of our system functions and how they can assist with your procurement. We pride ourselves on providing an expert, friendly and informative service.