Procurement

How to do business with South Somerset District Council.

 

Naturally many organisations will want to sell to the Council.  Therefore, we have constructed these pages to assist suppliers and contractors who wish to supply South Somerset District Council with goods and services, by:

  • Outlining the rules that the council must follow
  • Alerting companies to opportunities to supply the council
  • Explaining how to tender for the council's business
  • Explaining what is expected of you when undertaking work for the council

We hope that you find this site useful and we welcome any comments you may have.

contact the procurement team.

Doing business with us

Our annual expenditure is in excess of £11 million each year. Individual services take responsibility for purchasing their own goods and services although there are some corporate contracts for stationery, printing and mobile phones etc

 
 

Purchasing Process

We regulate all purchases in accordance with a number of rules.

 
 

Sustainable Procurement

Sustainable procurement is a national and international agenda item. Moreover, sustainability is being integrated within the mainstream of procurement policy and practice. It is clear that the public sector could achieve much more, even within the existing European rules and the requirement to secure best value for money.

 
 

National Procurement Concordat

We have signed the National Procurement Concordat for small and medium size enterprises.

 
 

 

Spotlight On Spend

Spotlight on Spend: SSDC publishes all expenditures over £500