Commercial and Procurement services supplier newsletters

January 2024 newsletter

Welcome to the January edition of our newsletter.

As always, we’ve included a list of current and upcoming tender opportunities and encourage you to register for alerts on Public Contract Scotland website.

We want to ensure that you are aware of Scotland's national Meet the Buyer event taking place at Hampden Park on 5 June, where you can meet with procurement teams and supply chains to learn about upcoming tender opportunities within Scotland and across the UK.

We also highlight the fantastic work of Edinburgh School Uniform Bank and share how suppliers can support their work to make a huge difference to the lives of vulnerable families.

It’s extremely important to us that we have good open engagement with you as our current and potential suppliers, you’re key in enabling us to deliver our vital services to Edinburgh’s citizens and businesses and at the same time maximising the positive change that can be secured through our considerable spending power. We are always keen to hear feedback from you as a supplier as to how we can better achieve this. Should you have any comments or suggestions we would like to hear from you, details on how to contact us can be found at the end of the newsletter.

Find earlier issues of our newsletters, we look forward to working with you.

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Lynette Robertson

Head of Commercial and Procurement Services

Tender opportunities

You can find details of current and future contract opportunities with the Council on the Public Contract Scotland website. You will also find future opportunities for noting interest and engaging in the development where appropriate, we expect these will include the following.

Current opportunities

Future opportunities

  • Housing capital framework, estimated publishing date January 2024
  • Residential, special schools and support accommodation framework, estimated publishing date January 2024
  • New build housing framework, estimated publishing date January 2024
  • Professional services for construction, estimated publishing date February 2024
  • Cyber assurance framework agreement, estimated publishing date February 2024
  • Decriminalised Parking and Traffic Enforcemet (DPE) services, estimated publishing date February 2024
  • Fostery and arboricultural works, estimated publishing date February 2024
  • Ross fountain repair and maintenance, estimated publishing date February 2024
  • Housing capital works framework, estimated publishing date February 2024
  • Residential, special schools and supported accommodation framework, estimated publishing date March 2024
  • Contractor works, estimated publishing date April 2024

Meet the buyer 2024 – 5 June 2024

Meet the Buyer 2024, Scotland’s largest Meet the Buyer event, will be hosted by the Supplier Development Programme at Hampden Park on 5 June 2024. Come along to meet with procurement teams, buyers and supply chains to learn about upcoming projects and tender opportunities locally, nationally within Scotland and across the UK.

This free event gives suppliers access to buyers and decision makers from organisations across the public and private sectors. You'll have the chance to introduce your company, talk to the key contacts and find out about any tenders and projects buyers have in the pipeline for both local and national businesses.

Meet the Buyer can help your micro, small and medium business get into public sector supply chains. SMEs will be given the chance to meet buyers connected to public sector projects that are looking to support local businesses and Community Wealth Building.

Edinburgh School Uniform Bank

Edinburgh School Uniform Bank provides new school uniform and other essentials to children who are facing hardship all over Edinburgh. When a child goes to school in the “wrong” clothes, they are vulnerable to bullying, low self-esteem and poor mental health. The effects can be devastating. Children and young people are referred to the charity by professionals like pupil support workers and social workers. They can choose six new items to help them fit in, look smart, feel confident and do their best at school. Many children are living in poverty, and others need help because they have had a sudden change of circumstances like fleeing domestic abuse or moving into kinship care.

Youngsters need new school uniform and other essentials like trainers, school bags, coats, stationery and sportswear. Businesses could provide these by asking what is most urgently needed and buying the items in and providing funding for the charity to purchase exactly what's needed for each child.

A typical pack of uniform costs around £50, so a donation of £3,000 could support around 60 children.

Team volunteering opportunities are sometimes available, and visits are always welcome. For more information and contact details please visit Edinburgh School Uniform Bank website.

Supplier drop in sessions

Monthly virtual engagement sessions run by Commercial and Procurement services. If you’re interested in working in, or becoming part of, the supply chain that delivers goods, services or works in Edinburgh or if you want to know what support is available, email us

procurement.delivery@edinburgh.gov.uk.

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Feedback

We're keen to receive your feedback on how future newsletters might be improved. Email us with any suggestion for future articles

cagmanagement@edinburgh.gov.uk.