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Corporate Performance
Thebes Annexe
Lewes District Council
32 High Street
Lewes
East Sussex
BN7 2LX
Tel: 01273 484156
performance@lewes.gov.uk
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Procurement
Lewes District Council currently spends approximately £14 million on externally procured works, goods and services. Much of this spend is with Small and Medium sized Enterprises.
Doing business with us
We want to encourage local businesses to tender or quote competitively to supply us because we recognise the positive contribution small businesses can have in the in the local economy.
Our Procurement Strategy explains how we approach the procurement of works, goods and services. We see procurement as playing a vital role in delivering efficient and effective services to the public and helping to support sustainable local communities.
In April 2006 we signed the Concordat for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises aimed at encouraging trade between local authorities and small business. The Concordat sets out what small firms and other community and voluntary organisations supplying us can expect when tendering for contracts.
Business Opportunities
You can find out about current and planned business opportunities with us as follows:
Check for advertisements in:
- The local newspapers
- Any trade journal applicable to your industry
- The Official Journal of the European Union
- In the list of tendering opportunities (see the Relevant Documents section)
- In the list of current Council contracts.
Tendering process
Any interested business or enterprise can express an interest in any of our advertised tendering opportunities.
For construction related contracts we no longer operate a Select List of Approved Contractors. In February 2003 we agreed to use Constructionline as its selection method for construction related contracts.
Constructionline is a national register of contractors jointly administered by the Department of Trade and Industry, and Capita.
The pre-qualification process for certain contracts that fall below OJEU requirements includes a standard self assessment questionnaire used by all Sussex councils. Where the pre-qualification process is used only those who pass the pre-qualification stage will be invited to submit a tender.
At the European (OJEU) tender threshold, we have the choice of a number of procedures. We will chose the most appropriate one and make this clear when placing the notice. This may require the completion of a more formal and detailed Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.
All successful bidders will be contracted by our terms and conditions.
Value thresholds
These thresholds fall into four categories:
- European Requirements (The thresholds can be found on the Office of Government Commerce web site - please see the relevant external link at the bottom of this page).
- Contracts costing £25,000 or more
- Contracts between £5,000 and £25,000
- Contracts less than £5,000
The thresholds and associated procedures are described in our procurement procedures.
Documents
List of tendering opportunities
List of tendering opportunities (0.01mb)
A Guide for Suppliers
A Guide for Suppliers (0.11mb)
National Procurement Concordat for Small and Medium Sized enterprises
Concordat for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (0.06mb)
Our procurement strategy
Procurement Strategy (0.08mb)
Our Procurement Procedures
Council's Procurement Procedure (0.02mb)
Llist of Council Contracts
List of Council Contracts (0.09mb)
