Here's what we do: There are hundreds of sites across the UK where the government publishes its business tender opportunities and thousands more around the world. This makes it a huge effort for businesses to keep aware of every government opportunity coming out every day. What Open Opportunities does is search them for you, every single day, and publish it all in one place. We then make it much easier to search, let you save searches and set up email alerts so you and your team never miss anything and never have to spend any time searching again. We even collect all the contract award information so you can see what your competitors and partners are selling and to whom, and also see when contracts are closing and might be renewed so you can prepare your business development work before the tenders even come out. We offer a 7 day free trial and then access to the service starts from just £99 per month. Done, simple. Book a setup call here to try it https://lnkd.in/eWkuvChT
Open Opportunities
Technology, Information and Internet
Sheffield, England 174 followers
The search engine for business opportunities. Over 11,000 daily tenders from around the world in one simple interface.
About us
We are the search engine for global business opportunities. We scour the world for business opportunities every day, we organise them, make them searchable and put them in an easy to use interface. You can save your searches, set up email alerts, perform market/competitor research and gather everything you need to plan your business development and bid for work. Open Opportunities transcends borders, offering you a global perspective on contract opportunities. Access comprehensive data from around the world, break free from geographical constraints and explore markets with confidence. We have: - Market leading coverage across the UK - National governments from the USA to Australia and everywhere in-between - Major international organisations like the World Bank, UN and more - Local government opportunities from all over the world covering states, provinces, cities etc. - Public facing organisations such as Universities, Freeport's, hospitals, schools, charities, housing associations, tourist boards and more Try our 7 day free trial complete with a setup call with one of our experts today. No obligation, no credit card, just easy access.
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- Technology, Information and Internet
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- 11-50 employees
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- Sheffield, England
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- Privately Held
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- Government tenders, Global Government Buying, Public Procurement, Government Procurement, Government Contracts, B2B sales, Tender search, International sales, Exporting, Business growth, Public Sector, EMEA Sales, Search Engine, Contract Awards, Competitor Insight, Market Research, Sales, Procurement, Opportunities, and Tenders
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Want to have more B2B opportunities? Try Open Opportunities, a service for finding B2B contracts. Get a free trial today! https://lnkd.in/eD86BTsE #SalesStrategy #technology #bigdata #SalesTech #SalesSuccess
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Want to fix government consulting spend in just 6 weeks? Ian Makgill, has outlined a brilliant 4-step plan that could transform how the public sector uses consultants. His approach is refreshingly practical: • Make the market more competitive. • Reward smart, small-scale experimentation. • Measure what actually works. • Ensure genuine transparency. What's clever about this approach? It focuses on changing incentives rather than just adding more rules. Head over to Ian's profile for his full analysis, which includes why current "top-down" approaches aren't working and how we could save millions in consultancy spending. Follow Ian Makgill for more insights on making public procurement work better. #PublicSector #Procurement #Government #Consulting #UKGov
On a mission to gather and publish every tender and contract in the world. Lover of feedback loops.
Here’s a simple 4 step plan for improving government’s use of consultants. One that could be implemented in 6 weeks. Every new government says we spend too much on consultants, but we seem to have limited success controlling this spend. The way we try and do this always feels fraught. It always feels like there’s a lot of ‘top down’ instruction and not enough understanding of the real reasons why government departments buy consultancy. For instance, it is often to protect themselves from delivering unrealistic expectations. The real answer to this issue is to make the market far more competitive. As Benjamin P. Taylor has recently pointed out, there really isn’t enough competition in the market at the moment. Here's a handful of small steps that would be easy to implement and have an immediate effect: 1. Clearly define the difference between strategic work and project based capacity work. If you’re buying in short term skills for a project from a ‘big 4’ consultancy, you should think twice, companies like Reed in Partnership are able to provide skilled resources at volume, use them. 2. Reward honest errors made in the effort to discover a solution to a sticky problem. Let small contracts fast use them to test theories. If a department is able to spend £100k from a small consultancy or a University to discover that AI isn’t good enough to manage a problem, we are all better off. Investing in £10m projects that are highly speculative is lunacy. 3. List common KPIs from every consulting contract. Did the contract: a) Deliver to brief? b) Deliver to time? c) Deliver to budget? d) Deliver promised outcomes? (Thanks to Rob Knott FCIPS for item d on this list). With a good understanding of whether consulting contracts deliver we can identify patterns that help us to find what is the best use of consultants in government. 4. Introduce independent data audits for all contracts over a given value. It is a simple task to review the data publication associated with these contracts. Simply, were the correct details published throughout the contract lifecycle and is that data accurate? We want to make sure that every contract is as transparent as possible and not allow people to publish glowing reports of contracts that weren’t successful. The point is to establish a pattern where we change incentives, allowing for failure at lower values in exchange for good information at higher values. If you’re unable to test solutions to tricky problems, then let’s ensure that all of those large service contracts are exposed to systematic scrutiny, with a goal of creating a feedback loop which shows what works what doesn’t. Failure is unavoidable, but we do get to choose whether we learn from failure.
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Delighted to share how enRichMyData helps to transform public procurement analysis. Ian Makgill discusses how we're utilising this innovative technology to: - Clean and structure procurement data. - Create reliable data linkages. - Verify information before publication. The result? We're now delivering deeper procurement insights at more accessible price points, helping both suppliers and public sector organisations make more informed decisions. See the full interview to learn how we're making procurement data work smarter bellow. #PublicProcurement #DataAnalytics #GovTech #Innovation
How can the enRichMyData toolbox be efficiently applied to public procurement across Europe? Spend Network's business case demonstrates how prospective suppliers can search for more targeted opportunities based on enriched data about buyers - public entities. Learn more from the interview with Ian Makgill, founder of Spend Network. #dataenrichment #innovation #research https://lnkd.in/d5A5sWFy
Spend Network Business case
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Expand your horizons with Open Opportunities. Access local and international B2B markets effortlessly, paving the way for global success. https://lnkd.in/eD86BTsE #Innovation #Startups #Entrepreneurship #SalesTips #SalesProcess #GlobalMarketplace #OpenOpportunities
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5 Actionable Ways to Leverage AI for Immediate Business Impact. Our founder, Ian Makgill, has just published a new blog post. He shared how to: - Supercharge performance reviews. - Prepare for AI-driven market shifts. - Enhance content creation. - Accuracy with layered prompts. - Embrace AI across operations. Ian's insights come from years of hands-on experience in business technology. Read the full blog post now and start transforming your business with AI - https://lnkd.in/eJCzP5uW #AIinBusiness #BusinessInnovation #TechStrategy
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Revolutionising Procurement Searches. Meet Luke Treadwell from Rainmaker Solutions. He's experiencing a game-changing boost in efficiency with Open Opportunities' streamlined tender search process. "The procurement landscape is increasingly fractured with so many procurement platforms to monitor. Open Opportunities makes searching for relevant tenders so much faster - what used to take hours now only takes a few minutes. Open Opportunities is a no-brainer for us," Luke shares. At Open Opportunities, we're committed to simplifying your tender search journey. Why spend hours scouring multiple platforms when you can find everything you need in one place? Turn hours into minutes. Start your free trial: https://lnkd.in/eD86BTsE #BidEfficiency #TenderSearchSimplified
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We're excited about our collaboration with Guildhall School of Business and Law (GSBL) London Metropolitan University and UK Research and Innovation through a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP). 🎓🤝 At Open Opportunities, we believe in the power of bridging academic expertise with industry innovation. This partnership has provided us with: - Fresh perspectives on our processes. - Cutting-edge insights from academic research. - A catalyst for achieving our strategic goals. Read more about our journey and the impact of this collaboration: https://lnkd.in/e-wpFZ_y #KnowledgeTransferPartnership #AcademiaIndustryCollaboration #InnovationUK
Bridging Academia and Industry: London Met Secures KTP Project with Spend Network News
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Our founder, Ian Makgill, has shared some thought-provoking insights on the evolving role of AI in bid writing. Drawing inspiration from John Kay's book "Obliquity", Ian explores how his expectations of AI use have differed from reality: 1. Initial expectations vs reality: The assumption that AI would replace bid writers by crafting human-like sentences hasn't materialised as expected. 2. Limitations of AI-generated content: AI-produced copy often lacks the uniqueness and compelling nature required for successful bids. 3. AI's true strengths in bid writing: - Defining bid strategies - Finding relevant case studies - Aligning content with strategy - Offering guidance on scoring highly in bid responses 4. Preserving authenticity: Ian emphasises the importance of maintaining one's authentic voice in bids and publications, rather than relying solely on AI-generated content. 5. AI as a support tool: The technology shines in supporting research, summarising policies, and enhancing the overall quality of writing. Ian concludes that AI's role isn't about producing the most content with the least effort, but about empowering bid writers to submit the best possible bids. Follow Ian Makgill for more insights into public procurement, bid writing, and the strategic use of AI in business. #AIinBusiness #BidWriting #PublicProcurement #InnovationInBidding
On a mission to gather and publish every tender and contract in the world. Lover of feedback loops.
How I thought I would use AI and how I actually use AI is not the same. I've been reading Obliquity by John Kay which champions the theory that directness can be a shortcoming. In essence, if you make the best product at the right price, you'll have more success than a rival who is focussed entirely on making money above all else. That feels inherently true. It also feels true of AI. In my sphere, AI is able to write compelling human like sentences. Bid writing is all about writing sentences, ergo AI will replace bid writers. What's actually happening is that AI is writing copy that is too samey and insufficiently compelling to readers. Where it is useful is helping writers define their bid strategies, find the right case studies and then aligning that content with the strategy, as well as pointing out how to score highly in a bid response. If I have a clear strategy, I know the points I have to hit and I have my research done the task of writing compelling copy has become easier. If I'm going to publish something (or submit a bid) I want it to be my authentic voice, I don't want AI to write it for me. I want AI to help me be a better writer, I want to use it to find improvements and to help me do my research - summarising a policy perhaps? So AI isn't about becoming a writer who can write the most words for the least amount of effort, it's about supporting me to submit the best possible bid.
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Break down barriers and reach new heights with Open Opportunities. Our platform opens doors to both local and international markets, giving you endless possibilities for growth. https://zurl.co/byre #OpenOpportunities #Innovation #Startups #Entrepreneurship #SalesTips
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