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Public Procurement Training

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Greenville Procurement is the award-winning leader in public procurement training in Ireland. We believe strongly in the importance of professional development for public procurement professionals who make a significant impact to the quality of services received by the Irish public. Supporting the recognition, development and professionalisation of public buying is at the heart of what we do in Greenville.

More About Greenville Procurement

Our mission is to support and inform, equipping those working in public procurement with the tools to successfully manage the three key procurement challenges of compliance, value for money and risk and achieve public service innovations. Recognising our clients’ diverse education and training requirements Greenville Academy designs and delivers Open, In-House, Modular and Accredited courses:

  • Open courses – offered to those working in public procurement, places can be booked online or through our training department.
  • In-house courses/mentoring programmes – devised in consultation with public sector clients for delivery in-house.
  • Certified course – offered through the Institute of Public Administration

The Greenville Procurement team provide strong programme management services and has significant expertise in the quality assurance of education and training, training needs analysis and programme development. Greenville Procurement promotes an approach of learning enhanced through technology and uses ‘Learnupon’ as its online learning platform and utilises a number of online learning tools to enhance the experience of participants on our courses.

Greenville Procurement trainers are:

  • Highly experienced industry professionals
  • Highly proficient in the use of the eTenders platform
  • ‘Train the Trainer’ qualified and/or have significant lecturing experience

All consultant trainers work consistently at the cutting edge of public procurement on a daily basis across a diverse range of sectors and projects and fully appreciate the legal, regulatory and best practice requirements within the public sector and their organisational structures.

If you wish to discuss your professional development needs please the team on
training@greenville.ie or call us on 01 4020115.

Education and Training Services

Book Upcoming Training Courses (Open Training)

Greenville Procurement works at the forefront of public procurement and uses their industry expertise to ensure all our courses reflect new developments in the area of public procurement, including how to achieve more green and sustainable procurement. All our courses can be used to refresh your professional knowledge and stay up to date. Don’t miss out on our upcoming courses. All courses are virtual. See our full suite of open courses here.

All courses are available on request – In-House or Open based on demand.


September 2024
Leverage best practice in Green Procurement and make a positive impact on Climate Change – A Free Climate Action Week Webinar
Thursday 12th, 11am
Introduction to Public Procurement (FULLY BOOKED)
• Wednesday 18th and Thursday 19th
Introduction to eTenders (FULLY BOOKED) • Thursday 26th

October 2024
Tender Evaluation and Regret Letter Workshop • Monday 7th and Thursday 10th
Introduction to Public Procurement• Wednesday 23rd and Thursday 24th
Advanced eTenders • Thursday 24th

November 2024
Introduction to eTenders (FULLY BOOKED) • Thursday 14th
Contract/Supplier Management • Wednesday 20th and Thursday 21st

December 2024
Introduction to eTenders
• Thursday 5th
Introduction to Public Procurement • Thursday 5th and Friday 6th
Advanced eTenders • Thursday 12th

January 2025
Introduction to Public Procurement • Wednesday 22nd and Thursday 23rd
Introduction to eTenders • Thursday 30th

February 2025
Advanced eTenders • Thursday 20th
Understanding Public Procurement Rules • Wednesday 26th and Thursday 27th

March 2025
Developing Robust Specifications • Thursday 13th
Introduction to Public Procurement • Wednesday 26th and Thursday 27th
Tender Evaluation and Regret Letter Workshop • Monday 31st March and Wednesday 2nd April

April 2025
Introduction to eTenders • Thursday 24th

May 2025
Advanced Public Procurement • Wednesday 14th and Thursday 15th
Advanced eTenders • Thursday 22nd
Contract/Supplier Management • Wednesday 28th and Thursday 29th

June 2025
Introduction to Public Procurement • Wednesday 11th and Thursday 12th

All courses run from 9.30am to 1pm unless stated otherwise.

10% discount when 3 or more places are booked on the same course.
All training costs are VAT exempt.

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View our full Training Calendar 2024/2025
Bespoke In-House Group Training for your organisation

Greenville Procurement will work with you to define the specific content and delivery method for custom procurement training. Fill in our custom training request form and we will get straight back to you to discuss your requirements.

Greenville Procurement also recognises the importance of mentoring for procurement professionals and offers this service as a follow-on from training courses. Mentoring is designed to increase the capacity and capability of procurement professionals by supporting them to embed the learning achieved through training to further enhance their professional practice. This can be particularly useful as part of decision-making and document development processes.

Accredited Training with IPA

Greenville Procurement designs and delivers the NUI-accredited Certificate in Public Procurement and the Professional Diploma in Public Procurement via its training partner, the Institute of Public Administration (IPA).  Both the Certificate and the Professional Diploma are 11-day programmes delivered over 6 months in the academic year.  The Certificate is a Level 6 Special Purpose Award on the National Framework of Qualifications while the Professional Diploma is a Level 8 Special Purpose Award.

Please go to the IPA website for more information, or contact us directly.

Certificate in Public Procurement

Public Management Professional Diploma in Public Procurement

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