The London 2012 Olympics and Paralympic Games has given every business, both big and small, a chance to tender for contracts for a number of goods and services before, during, and after this major event in history. This is a rare opportunity for people all over the world to show off and prove their capacity and quality of products and services worldwide.

Tendering for the Olympic Games 2012 is not only limited to goods and services but also for other relevant contracts such as support, consultancy, health and volunteer work, among others.

The 2012 Olympics has opened the floodgates for support services in a wide variety of professions not only in the sports and athletic fields but also in information technology and advisory consultancy. Part of the preparation of the venue includes construction and infrastructure, land assembly, and goods and services for the bigger contractors.

In addition, there will be openings for buildings and maintenance facilities for the permanent locations, as well as transportation and conversion of these structures after the event. Moreover, the more obvious needs for goods and services for the event itself include: sports equipment, sponsorship, security, venue seating, staff or volunteer uniforms, official merchandise, and venue IT or score systems.

Along with the big contractors, the smaller companies can also serve as subcontractors of the bigger contractors providing them with tasks as part of their supply chains.

There are two major buyers of the goods and services for the 2012 London Olympics. One is the London Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) which is accountable for a number of the contracts for services to transport and operate the Olympics as well as the temporary structures and amenities that will no longer be used after the event. Consequently, some 5,000 direct contracts and 25,000 downstream supply chain prospects have been estimated by LOCOG.

On the other hand, the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) handles most of the contracts for the transport and construction of the Olympic park and infrastructure. Some 2,000 direct contracts are estimated by ODA that will also give way to some 50,000 supply chain openings. Obviously, more contracts are being opened as the major Olympic event is fast approaching.

With these vast opportunities for tendering, industries of any size are encouraged to make their bid online. Some special websites are created for the sole purpose of offering online brokerage service matching the accurate providers to the available contracts for the 2012 Olympics. Contracts are downloadable on these sites thus access to the opportunities for tendering is made available worldwide.

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