Official UK procurement notice
Meet the Buyer North 2024
Authority: Aberdeen City Council (Local council)·Consortium: 3 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Supplier Development Programme will hold the 7th Annual Meet the Buyer North as an in-person, face to face event on Wednesday 11th September focusing on one-to-one in-person networking. Meet the Buyer North 2024 will allow your business or social enterprise to connect with 'real' buyers from across the public sector as well as private contractors with supply chain opportunities and business support providers, all under one roof.
Business will be able to meet procurement teams from local councils, alongside other public and private sector buying organisations, private contractors and business support organisations that are all based in the North of Scotland.
Visit www.sdpscotland.co.uk/events-mtbn-2024/ ↗ to see a full list of exhibitors and to book your free place.
There will also be a main agenda, where attendees can hear from a range of expert speakers and participate in live Q&A sessions.
Commercial & Procurement Shared Services (CPSS) representing Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire and Highland Councils
Scottish Government
Scotland Excel
Quick Quotes workshop
CPV: Advisory and consultative engineering services · Building construction work · Catering services · Child daycare services · Civil engineering consultancy services · Construction work · Construction work for engineering works except bridges, tunnels, shafts and subways · Construction work for multi-dwelling buildings and individual houses · Education and training services · Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting · Electricity, heating, solar and nuclear energy · Environmental engineering consultancy services · +24 more
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Whatever the size of a business, Meet the Buyer North events are useful to attend when…Planned
Whatever the size of a business, Meet the Buyer North events are useful to attend when considering bidding for future contracting opportunities, as they are specifically designed to help suppliers with the tendering process. Meet the Buyer events can help suppliers understand what the buyers are looking for, introduce them to innovative goods, works and services, and can give suppliers insight on how bids are and will be evaluated from a procurement perspective. Meet the Buyer events also offer the opportunity to engage with business support initiatives, such as the Supplier Development Programme, local authority economic development representatives and Business Gateway representatives.
Business will be able to meet procurement teams from local councils, alongside other public and private sector buying organisations, private contractors and business support organisations that are all based in the North of Scotland. Visit www.sdpscotland.co.uk/events-mtbn-2024/ ↗ to see a full list of exhibitors.
There will also be a main agenda, where attendees can hear from a range of expert speakers and participate in live Q&A sessions.
Commercial & Procurement Shared Services (CPSS) representing Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire and Highland Councils
Scottish Government
Scotland Excel
Quick Quotes Workshop
Why attend?
14.5billion pounds is spent in the public sector in Scotland each year on goods, services and works.
Meet buyers from a plethora of public sector organisation in the North of Scotland.
Meet buyers from a variety of major contractors based or delivering contracts in the North of Scotland.
Hear the latest about contract opportunities and procurement news from the Shared Procurement Service at Aberdeenshire, Aberdeen City and Highland Councils, Scottish Government and many more!
Book your free place at www.sdpscotland.co.uk/events-mtbn/ ↗ Additional information: The event is FREE to attend and open to all, register at www.sdpscotland.co.uk/events-mtbn/ ↗ For assistance, you can contact us at info@sdpscotland.co.uk you can also follow the hashtag on social media: #MeetTheBuyerNorth2024.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 30 Jul 2024, 11:27 BST
- Last source update
- 30 Jul 2024, 11:27 BST
- Authority reference
SDP/MTBN/24- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-023748- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0485e5Find a Tender
Publisher note: This event is FREE to attend and open to all but will be of particular interest to business located in the North of Scotland. Places are limited so make sure you register early at https://www.sdpscotland.co.uk/events-mtbn-2024/ NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=773829. (SC Ref:773829)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
30 Jul 2024 → 31 Jul 2024 · 2 dates- Notice published30 Jul 2024, 11:27 BST
- Tender notice expected31 Jul 2024, 00:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Aberdeenshire CouncilContracting authority
- Highland CouncilContracting authority
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.