13/09/2026
Week 4 of the FQM Trident Supplier Development Programme begins with a question every growing business eventually faces: What happens when the opportunity to win a contract finally comes?
For Cohort 1 suppliers in Kalumbila, Monday 14 and Tuesday 15 September are about preparing for that moment.
Over two days, suppliers will take part in a masterclass on bid preparation, tendering and contract management, delivered in collaboration with FQM Trident Procurement and Trident Foundation Limited.
The sessions move from the first page of a tender to the realities of delivering after a contract is awarded. Suppliers will work through how to read and evaluate a tender, build a competitive and profitable bid, and manage the obligations that come with winning a contract.
Statutory Instrument No. 68 of 2025 creates opportunities for local companies through reserved procurement categories and a 15 percent margin of preference. But an opportunity only becomes a contract when a business can put forward a bid that meets the required standard.
That is the gap Week 4 is designed to close.From understanding the opportunity to being ready to compete for it.
