Useful websites with procurement opportunities.
- The online Supplier Journey
A new website, making it easier for Scottish companies to bid for work in the public sector, was launched by the Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure and Capital Investment Alex Neil at the Scottish National Procurement Conference in Glasgow on 25th October 2011.
The website will guide firms, large and small, through each step in the process - setting out what they can expect from buyers, and what is expected of them. This brings together and simplifies a lot of often complicated guidance, making it easier to understand. It will be particularly useful for small businesses.
The journey will guide businesses through the process of applying for contracts, making the system more streamlined and easier to understand and has been developed with the help of Scottish companies who have already gone through the process
- Business Gateway also offers practical help, advice and support for new and growing businesses in Scotland.
www.supply2.gov.uk and www.bis.gov.uk/policyonprocurement provide details of public contract opportunities elsewhere across the UK.
Online course for securing a public sector contract on the learndirect business website (registration required)
- TED (Tenders Electronic Daily) is the official website for publication of high value public contract opportunities across the EU. TED is the online version of the 'Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union', dedicated to European public procurement.
- The Enterprise Europe Network provides access to a comprehensive range of specialist and advisory services helping companies to develop their businesses in Europe including details on Public Procurement.
- Constructionline provides useful information on a range of construction projects across the UK
- Sell2wales is the official website for public contract opportunities in Wales
- Central Procurement Directorate Northern Ireland is the official website for public contract opportunities in Northern Ireland
- The Business Network is your one-stop shop to find out how your business can get involved in London 2012.
- The Technology Strategy Boards SBRI programme
- Just Enterprise is bringing together Scotland's key social enterprise support agencies to provide business support and development services to Enterprising Third Sector Organisations across Scotland.
- CEiS Provide a range of independent and professional business support services and business finance solutions for social and community enterprises.
- Social Enterprise Academy. Believe in the power of learning and development to deliver personal, organisational, and sector growth.
