Information for suppliers

Tendering Opportunities with Falkirk Council

Tendering opportunities are advertised via the Public Contracts Scotland (PCS) advertising portal. If you are not already registered with PCS we would strongly recommend that you do so as this is where we, as do all other Scottish Public Sector bodies, advertise and publish all current and future tendering opportunities. Once registered you will receive automatic email alerts to those tenders within the commodity groups for which you have registered interest. Please also complete your full profile including company, alert and supplier finder profile.

Procurement clinics

We offer procurement clinics for local suppliers. These appointments last 30 minutes between 9:00am and 12noon.

Clinics normally take place at The Forum, however due to social distancing measures, appointments will take place via telephone or Webex (video calls).

Dates for upcoming procurement clinics:

To book a place, email pcu@falkirk.gov.uk and provide the following information:

• Company name
• Contact name
• Address
• Contact telephone number
• Email address
• Type of business
• Nature of query

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For more information on the procurement processes, please see the Information for Suppliers section of the Scottish Government website.

The Supplier Journey will:

• Clearly set out the procurement process
• Help you to identify business opportunities
• Tell you how to bid for quotes and tenders
• Explain what is expected of you and how to deliver a contract
• Tell you what the process is if you fail to win a contract

Suppliers' charter

We have signed up to the Scottish Government's Suppliers' Charter.

The Charter sets out what we will do to help make the public sector contracts more accessible for small and medium sized businesses.

Supplier Development Programme

The Supplier Development Programme is a local authority partnership programme which gives small and medium sized businesses the opportunity to grow and diversify through procurement.

Government Buying Standards

The Government Buying Standards are a set of environmental regulations. The Buying Standards list can be used by buyers and suppliers to make sure environmental standards are met. For more information, please visit Defra's website.

Reserved Contracts

We are a participant in the Scottish Government’s National Framework for Supported Factories and Businesses.