Bid for Public Sector Contracts
Do you want to find out more about bidding for public sector contracts?
As part of ‘BiG: Make it Your Business’, we are helping small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), social enterprises, voluntary and community sector organisations compete for public sector contracts.
We are working to make contracts and tender opportunities accessible across the City Council and public sector in Sheffield; helping create a level playing field for all organisations, regardless of size.
We are making all of the information available on the Council website (www.sheffield.gov.uk/contracts), where you can access and benefit from the improvements for yourself; below are the highlights, but please browse our website for the bigger picture...
Tender Opportunities
We've launched a database of upcoming tender opportunities, advertising all Council tendered contracts in one place – you can now search the database at www.sheffield.gov.uk/tenderopportunities
'How to...' Booklets
This guide has been written to help you understand how procurement in Sheffield City Council works, and how to bid for works with us; if you want an overview of how we do business, this is the booklet for you - available to download at www.sheffield.gov.uk/dobusiness or contact us to request a paper copy.
Standard Tender Documents
These documents are used as a basis for procurement in the Council and are the documents that organisations will receive when they express an interest in a tender, albeit modified with additions and amendments as appropriate. These documents, for reference, are available to view at www.sheffield.gov.uk/standardtenderdocs
Approved List
We've been working on clarifying the process of applying to get on the Approved List of suppliers; find out more at www.sheffield.gov.uk/approvedlist
List of Current Contracts
We've pulled together a list of all current contracts in the Council; so you know what we buy, how much we buy, and who buys - for your information, at www.sheffield.gov.uk/currentcontracts
Current Events & News
We want to keep you up to date with resources and training that we're offering, so we've added a section to our website where you can access this information, and book onto our procurement training, which will help organisations bid for contracts. We're taking bookings for our training sessions now - see what training's suitable for your organisation, and book a place at www.sheffield.gov.uk/procurementsupport
FAQs
We have developed a list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and responses for organisations considering bidding for contracts with the Council. These are available at www.sheffield.gov.uk/contractsfaqs
The Public Sector Commissioning Project team is Laura Porterhouse and Jonathan Bearn please feel free to get in touch with us...
Phone: 0114 205 3901
