Find a TenderPast planning notice
Published 13 May 2025, 14:13 BST

Official UK procurement notice

National Meet The Buyer 2025

Official notice

Authority: Falkirk Council (Local council)

Services
Planned pipeline value£1pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 4 Jun 2025from the planned procurement notice

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The 16th annual national Meet the Buyer event will take place on Wednesday 4 June 2025 at Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh.

Visit the Falkirk Council stand to make contacts and discuss future contract opportunities. You'll also have the chance to meet buyers from other Scottish Local Authorities and Government Agencies, as well as key contractors, and business support organisations.

Attending the National Meet the Buyer event is a great way to find out how you could join the public supply chain and win a share of the 16GBP billion that the Scottish public sector spends annually on goods, works and services.

Meet the Buyer National is the largest free procurement event in Scotland. Don’t miss this opportunity to raise your profile as a business and learn how to prepare for upcoming contract opportunities.

The event is FREE to attend and open to all, but places are limited. Register now: www.sdpscotland.co.uk/events-mtb25/ ↗

CPV: Event services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1National Meet The Buyer 2025Planned

National Meet The Buyer 2025

Now in its 16th year, Scotland’s National Meet the Buyer event will take place on Wednesday 4 June 2025, from 9:30am to 3:30pm.

The FREE event is hosted by the Supplier Development Programme and partnered by Scottish Government and Scotland Excel.

Come along to meet with procurement teams, buyers and supply chain partners. Meet the Buyer is the place to discuss projects and tender opportunities, on a local and national scale, across Scotland and the UK.

Attending the National Meet the Buyer event is a great way to find how you could join the public supply chain, to win a share of the 16GBP billion that the Scottish public sector spends annually on goods, works and services.

Meet the Buyer National is the largest free procurement event in Scotland.

So don’t miss the opportunity to raise your profile as a business and learn how to prepare for upcoming contract opportunities.

The event aims to help Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) from across Scotland meet with buyers. However, all are welcome! Wherever you are based, and however big your business is, there is something useful to be found at Murrayfield on the 4 June 2025!

Register FREE here: www.sdpscotland.co.uk/events-mtb25/ ↗ Additional information: The event is FREE to attend and open to all, but places are limited. Register now: www.sdpscotland.co.uk/events-mtb25/ ↗

If you do not have an existing Supplier Development Programme account, select the Register button first.

Delivery: Scotland · Edinburgh

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
13 May 2025, 14:13 BST
Last source update
13 May 2025, 14:13 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-020865
Classification (CPV)
Event services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM75)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051210 Find a Tender

Publisher note: The event is FREE to attend and open to all, but places are limited so make sure you register early at www.sdpscotland.co.uk/events-mtb25/ 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=798706. (SC Ref:798706)

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

13 May 2025 → 4 Jun 2025 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published
    13 May 2025, 14:13 BST
  2. Tender notice expected
    4 Jun 2025, 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

Falkirk Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services The Foundry, 4 Central Boulevard, Central Park, Larbert, Scotland, FK5 4RUContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.