Selling to the Public Sector

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Selling to the Public Sector

• Advertising Contract Opportunities

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Where do the Public Sector advertise?

• Source Lincolnshire (also Source Nottinghamshire,
  Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire)
• www.sourcelincolnshire.co.uk
• BIP
• www.delta-ets.com
• Tenders Direct
• www.tendersdirect.co.uk
• HE Sector
• www.tenders.ac.uk

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Source Lincolnshire
www.sourcelincolnshire.co.uk
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BIP
www.delta-ets.com
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Tenders Direct
www.tendersdirect.co.uk
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Higher Education Sector
www.tenders.ac.uk
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Where do the Public Sector advertise? 2

• Blue Light, Emergency Services
• https//www.bluelight.gov.uk
• TED tenders electronic daily
• http//ted.europa.eu/
• Supply2gov
• www.supply2gov.co.uk
• Etendering Sites for 2012 Olympic Games
• https//etenders.london2012.com

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Blue Light, Emergency Services
www.bluelight.gov.uk
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TED Tenders Electronic Daily
http//ted.europa.eu
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Supply2gov
www.supply2.gov.uk
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E-tendering Sites for 2012 Olympic Games
https//etenders.london2012.com
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Where can I look for additional information?

• Each individual Authorities website
• i.e. www.boston.gov.uk
• Local Press including Public Notices section
• Trade and National Publications
• ConstructionLine
• www.constructionline.co.uk
• Contrax Weekly, national publication with
  contract opportunities

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Individual Authorities Websites
i.e. www.boston.gov.uk
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Construction Line
www.constructionline.co.uk
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Where can I look? 2

• For details on existing framework agreements
• www.ogc.gov.uk and www.espo.org
• NHS-sid is the official NHS Supplier information
  database. The service is free of charge to all
  suppliers and NHS users
• www.pasa.nhs.uk/PASAWeb/NHSprocurement/NHSsid/
• Office of the 3rd Sector - Government department
  dealing with 3rd Sector issues
• www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/third_sector/

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OGC Office of Government Commerce
www.ogc.gov.uk
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ESPO Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation
www.espo.org
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NHS-sid NHS-Supplier Information Database
www.pasa.nhs.uk/PASAWeb/NHSprocurement/NHSsid/
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Office of the 3rd Sector
www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/third_sector/
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Where can I look? 3

• Official website of the Social Enterprise
  Coalition www.socialenterprise.org.uk
• Official website of the National Council for
  Voluntary Organisations(NCVO) umbrella body for
  the voluntary sector in England
• www.ncvo-vol.org.uk

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Social Enterprise Coalition

• www.socialenterprise.org.uk

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NVCO - National Council for Voluntary
Organisations
www.ncvo-vol.org.uk