For a list of current opportunities click here alternatively you may wish to download the Gio's Projects Beginners Guide to Commissioning & Tendering

- Tendering & Bidding Briefing: Give Your Tender a Winning Chance - The Finance Hub. This briefing summarises the different kinds of tender process, and explains how best to manage each.

- Pathways through the maze: a guide to procurement law - Jointly published by NAVCA and NCVO it is a comprehensive guide to procurement regulations written for voluntary organisations and community groups.

- Before Signing on the Dotted Line: All you need to know about Procuring Public Sector Contracts - Many voluntary and community organisations provide services to the public sector. If you have decided to join them, then this guide will explain how to go about engaging with purchasers and becoming a successful service provider.

- Commissioning: Possible, Greater Manchester VCS Organisations' Experiences in Public Sector Commissioning - Nov 2008, report from GMCVO's Health Partnership Project provides an insight into the experiences of third sector organisations in Greater Manchester with public sector commissioning. It makes recommendations for improving voluntary and community sector organisations' chances to contribute to health in Greater Manchester.

- The Compact & Procurement Law - Written for commissioners, the Guide provides answers to common questions about procurement issues, grants and contracts and how procurement law and Compact principles fit with each other. The Compact and Procurement Law is a useful resource for commissioners and third sector organisations.

-  Third Sector Commissioning Guide - This is a clear and concise guide for public sector commissioners and voluntary sector providers on how to develop and maintain a transparent and effective dialogue throughout the commissioning and procurement process. Published jointly by the PSDN and Voluntary Norfolk.

- Talking Trusts: Commissioning and the Community Sector - This provides an introduction to commissioning for small and medium-sized voluntary and community organisations working with children and young people.