Trading with the council
Our objective is to obtain best value for all external procurement of supplies & services for the city council. Our forecast expenditure for the 2006-07 financial year is approximately £130m.
The council operates a fair and open competition by following transparent and auditable procedures in all its tendering and contracting activity and aims to provide a wide range of businesses with a variety of commercial opportunities.
We endeavour to provide all businesses with the knowledge they require enabling them to submit quotations or tenders for contracts and provide guidance on some key factors that businesses will need to consider in relation to the procurement process.
- What kind of contracts do we let?
- How to tender for council business
- Where we advertise new contracts or tenders
- Do you want to be a council supplier?
As a public sector organisation Salford City Council is required to work to EU Procurement Directives (which are implemented by UK legislation) applying to contracts above given thresholds (these are, respectively, Services & Supplies £144,371. and Works £3,611,319 - effective 31 January 2006).
The EU directives clearly outline the procedures and standards to be followed by the city council when undertaking a tender exercise and awarding contracts with the emphasis on non-discrimination and competition. Where the value of contracts is below EU thresholds, the council’s contractual standing orders (part of the council's constitution - Part 4 -Section 7) are applied when undertaking quotation or tender exercises.
Who to contact
- Name
- Terry Harrisson or Colette Hilton
- Address
- Procurement Team
Salford Civic Centre
Chorley Road
Swinton
SALFORD
M27 5AW - Telephone
- 0161-793 3220/2603
- procurement@salford.gov.uk
This page was last updated on 06 August 2007
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