What some of our past delegates had to say:-
"Gerrit has deep knowledge and experience in the tendering space, which is well-complemented by his legal background. This resulted in having a 3-day workshop that was educational, eye-opening and insightful for the whole team garnering good attendance and enthusiastic participation. We will definitely continue to consult Gerrit and highly recommend him to other businesses in the tendering space." - Linda Madondo, Commercial Operations Manager - SA, GE Healthcare
"It was a pleasure and I have learned so much from our session." - Amos Sipho Skhosana, Transformation and Empowerment Manager, The Housing Development Agency
"Thank you once more, Gerrit. This was an informative and helpful session and is sure to aid us on the way forward" - Madeleine Jacobs, Operations Manager, Life Employee Health Solutions
"I really enjoyed your presentation yesterday and would like to meet with you to discuss whether there is the additional value you could add to our Risk operations." - Russel Boezak, GRC, EOH
"Thank you for arranging this training session. It was one of the most fruitful training that I have attended recently. I have reconfirmed what I knew and learned a lot more from the facilitator as well as from other participants in the training." - Petrus D Janson, Head: ICT Bid Office - Public Sector, EOH
"I found your presentation very professional and informative and you were very well prepared." - Chris Brandsen, Corporate Affairs Co-Ordinator, V3 Consulting Engineers
"Thank you for such an informative, enlightening & educational workshop today, I have really learned so much and appreciated all the valuable tools shared with us as a group." - Warren Cloete, Red Carpet Consulting & Training
"Once again, a very big thank you for the training workshop. It has really changed the way we see tenders as well as the manner in which we tender. Much much appreciated." – Najeeba Alli, Legal – Admin Assistant, Metro Lifestyle
“We would like to take this opportunity to thank you very much for the insightful training.” – Riaan Vorster, Commercial Manager, Southey
First of all, I would like to thank you for a very good and informative workshop. You’ve answered many questions that other courses or workshops miss or ignore. – Kobus Oliver, Director, VeriCredit
“Thank you for a fruitful training yesterday, everybody had positive feedback”. – Anton Botes, Tender Department Manager, Fence & Gates SA
"Thank you very much for having me. I learnt so much, it’s unbelievable!" – Malika Abrahamse, Quotations and Tenders, Karl Storz Endoscopy (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd
"Many thanks for an informative and interesting workshop yesterday. It was of great value to me, and hopefully, I can put most of it into practice!" – Heidi Ford, Regional Healthcare Manager, Wasteman KZN (Pty) Ltd
"Thank you so much for the very informative workshop, I must say it really gave me an insight into how tenders are done, usually we fill it in and don’t even realise the importance of each section. It really was an eye-opener for me." – Delene Job | Proposals Co-ordinator | Pursuit Services I Accounts & Business Development: Ernst & Young South Africa
"Thank you for an excellent course." – Wallace Mayne Pr Eng, Contractual Affairs Manager, Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA)
“A Well-Researched Workshop. May, I take this opportunity to express my sincere gratitude for the professional manner the workshop, was handled. The topics covered were, well-researched and will, without doubt, contribute immensely to our future endeavours to succeed in the tender world. Thumbs up to you Gerrit and keep up the good work!” –Willingness Ndlovu, Group Legal Advisor, Metro Lifestyle Group
“I attended your Key Principles of Tendering Workshop just over a week ago. For someone new to working on Tenders, this was a most useful and helpful workshop. Your enthusiasm and passion made the day a success along with your ability to ensure that the important information was conveyed in an easily understandable way. Thank you for this!” – Cherie Weyer, IQ Business
"Hope you are well, thank you for an awesome workshop, truly invaluable." – Vel Naicker, Bid Office – KZN EOH
'I attended your Tender workshop last week which was really insightful and informative beyond the others I have attended, so a thank you for that from our Company." – Mari Sassenberg, Consumer Profile Bureau
"I am excited to tell you that through your lessons, I managed to force Mantsopa Municipality to re-advertised the property valuation bid." –Elias Mokoena, Chairman, Ndlala Mass Valuation Services
”I personally learnt an ENORMOUS amount about both the application and the tendering process from one of the best workshop ‘facilitators’ I have ever come across”. – Irène van den Ende, Business Analyst, Sasfin Bank Ltd
"Thank you for all the information, we found the course to be of high value to us, thanks again." – Michele Hindle, Amstrong Construction
"I thoroughly enjoyed the workshop and learnt some valuable little lessons!" – Mark Schonrock, Murray and Roberts
"I would like to thank you and your organisation for the excellent seminars that our delegates attended, they can’t stop talking about it." – Eulette Du Plessis, Team Assistant, AfriSam South Africa (Pty) Ltd
"Thank you for a wonderful workshop. It was very informative. I appreciate the professional manner in which the information was imparted as well as the high quality of the handouts." – Vanitha Moodley, Shekhinah Transport
'Thank you for your time. I’ve been to many seminars previously and I must admit it was one of the better ones. Please add me to your mailing list for future seminars.” – M. Lockhat, MEL Corporate Advisory & Management Services
"The workshop was very informative and brilliantly presented and definitively worth the while attending. I learned a lot." –Roelf Fourie, Standby Diesel Generators
“Firstly, thank you once again for a very well-structured and informative workshop.” – George Harris, Content Manager, Leads 2 Business
"My sales representatives are extremely thrilled to have the list of resources for tenders. Thank you so very much. It is highly appreciated. I need to take this opportunity to inform you that I found the workshop extremely informative." -Annette Naidoo, Alpha Office Furniture
"Your workshop is one of the few I have attended in my career that truly adds value!" – Lizette Balt, QS Pro Quantity Surveyors
"So far you have been the best tutor in this field, the course was a real eye-opener." – Kagiso Ramatlhape, Co-Arc International Architects Inc.
"Thanks for an interesting and thought-provoking workshop, I did enjoy it." – Mike King – Vela VKE Consulting Engineers incorporating Munyai Malaka Engineers
"Thank you for a very informative & well-organised session." –Clinton Carelse, Caterpillar Equipment Sales
Thank you so much for the way that you have presented the information session last week. I really feel that you have answered my initial questions. The problem is,… now that I know more, I want to know even more! –William Loedolff, Apex Ascend Empowerment
"Thank you for an excellent course." –David Hensman, BLOC Cutting & Coring
"Thank you for all the knowledge that you have imparted to us." – Aneesa Beeky, Horwath Mahomedy Omar Paruk
"You are the best!! Thanks for your help." – Anne Pinnoy, Life Landscapes
'Thanks for the informative workshop held here in Sandton." - Lorena Govender, SSI Engineers and Environmental Consultants (Pty) Ltd,
"Just a word of thanks for inviting us to the workshop. I personally believe that I gained quite a lot from it." – Ben Sodladla– Mac Brothers Catering Equipment (Pty) Ltd
"Gerrit thank you for making and explaining it so clearly to understand the tendering workshop." - Annabell Jonas, FJD Builders
"Also want to thank you for the way that you presented the course very well done, and for the resources." – Andre v d Merwe, Sales Manager, Coolmac
"Thank you for a lovely workshop!" – Maluleke Lutuli & Associates
"Thanks for a very informative workshop." – Gail Peddie, Worldsport SA
'Thanks for a good workshop." – Yuthmen Chetty, Senior Estimator, Span Africa
"Thank you for the informative workshop and it definitely opened my eyes on how to approach the overall process." –Rudi Nortje, Quanto 2000 KZN, Quantity Surveyors
"Thanks for the info and a great course." – Kelvin Sparks, KV3 Engineers
"Thank you for organising the workshop, it was well worth attending." – Silindile Msomi, Micro Vulintuthuko
"We really enjoyed the workshop." - Leigh Elliott, LDM Consulting
"Thank you for a very professionally presented course yesterday. I am enlightened and have recommended other members of our company to attend.' - Richard Blaylock, Branch Manager, Hitachi Construction Machinery SA Co.Ltd.
"It was an excellent workshop with an excellent facilitator." – Rina Soobramoney, CV Projects
"Thank you for the workshop. I’ve learnt a lot from it." – Lynette Malehase, Baystep Interactive
"Just a quick mail to say a HUGE thank you for your workshop yesterday, it was most informative and extremely helpful to me!" – Merrill Isherwood, FCm Travel Solutions
"It was worthwhile to attend your workshop, I learned a lot indeed, and I have to go through the notes again in practice." –Hazel Mosai, Kyocera Mita South Africa (Pty) Ltd
"Thank you for a very informative session on government tendering." – Sandile Mtshali, Mthente Research & Consulting Services
"Thank you for a wonderful workshop. I must admit that I was a bit sceptical before the workshop. It was simple but insightful and it is clear that you are well-acquainted with the subjects of tendering and BBBEE optimisation." –Deon Jeneker, CT Manager, Hyflo
"Once again, thank you for a great workshop." – Cloe Masson, Tenders & Proposals Administrator, Inter-Active Technologies (Pty) Ltd
"Thank you, we had excellent feedback and will consider your offering for future events." –Lalane Janse van Rensburg, Enterprise Development Manager, Softstart BTI (Technology Incubator)
“I would like to thank you again for your highly informative Tendering Workshop yesterday. Your easy-going style and interaction with the class also make it very easy to absorb everything and pay attention. If I had more educators like you, I could have had two PhD’s behind my name by now.” – Mike Howell, Virtual Consulting Engineers
“With the recently revised BBBEE Tendering laws, it would be advantageous for companies to align themselves in order to be more competitive. I recently participated in the Key Principles of Tendering workshop and would highly recommend attending their well structured and informative seminar.” –George Harris, Director, Leads 2 Business
“Thank you for a truly remarkable training session. This has to be one of the most enlightening courses on memory. I feel quite liberated and empowered by the information that you provided to us – and feel we are no longer ever going to be on the back foot again in this process – which is becoming more and more strategic to our business” – Grant Cameron-Smith, Managing Director, iColor Franchising and Purchasing