Aimed at all sectors of the market, including IT, the London 2012 Business Network, launched by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) and London Organising Committee, is predicting more than £6bn worth of work with over 75,000 contracts up for grabs in the run-up to the Games.
The Network has three main parts: information on upcoming opportunities; business events; and the CompeteFor service, which matches companies to available contracts.
An ODA representative told CRN: “This is all about supply chain opportunities and working with the contractors for those opportunities. IT will play a major part in this as it is a huge sector.”
Simon Briault, representative for the Federation of Small Businesses, said: “This is good news for SMEs although there is a danger that the contracts could still go through the normal supply chains. The acid test will be whether the sub-contracting opportunities will come the way of firms that have registered.”
Mike Gammie, IT services development manager at Misco, said: “This is going to be a huge opportunity for the IT channel. We will definitely be taking advantage of it.”
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