The European Commission recommends in the Consolidated Procurement Directive that authorities provide their purchasing and procurement information via a procurement portal. The buyer profile provides information on purchase plans, contact details, future, current and past contracts. By publishing this information the Audit Commission offers suppliers the opportunity to identify future opportunities, respond to current opportunities and to view which suppliers have already been engaged along with the goods and/or services purchased.
The Audit Commission publishes contract opportunities on this page (below), in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) and on Supply2Gov (external link) (for below threshold tender exercises).
Register for free on Supply2Gov - the Government's national lower-value procurement portal to receive daily email alerts containing relevant tender opportunities and to promote your company to the public sector. Supply2Gov aims to provide small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with visibility of Government tender opportunities below the OJEU thresholds (typically below £100,000) to encourage them to sell to Government - a huge potential market which can provide the stability SMEs need to thrive and grow.
When a tender exercise starts, the procurement team will place the relevant documents on this page for interested suppliers to download.
If you require tender documents in an alternative format, please contact the procurement service to discuss your needs.