Suffolk Coastal procures goods and services through:
- a centralised purchasing team based in Woodbridge.
- a general procurement team based at the Port of
Felixstowe.
- a tender and contracts team at Waveney District
Council.
Follow this link for the
contact details of our buyers.
These groups access both individual suppliers and contracts
already negotiated by organisations within the public sector.
Tender opportunities for Suffolk Coastal and Waveney
Suffolk Coastal's tenders and contracts are administered by
Waveney District Council's procurement team. Current tender
opportunities for both council's can be viewed by following the
link below:
Where we advertise our contracts
This list is not exhaustive, but generally tenders for the
supply of works, goods and services are advertised in the
following:
Our contract procedures
All contracts must comply with European and UK law, EU
procurement thresholds and our
own Contracts Procedure Rules (new window PDF
42KB), which are part of the Council's
Constitution. These govern our contracting
activities, procedures for obtaining quotations, issuing
tenders, and awarding contracts.
Subject to the value of the goods and services being acquired,
there are differing requirements to obtain quotations and issue
tenders.
Thresholds for when the Council must
obtain written quotations and issue tenders:
|
Value of goods and services excluding VAT |
Quotations or tenders
required |
| Less than £10,000. |
No quotations required. |
| Between £10,000 and £25,000 |
Minimum of one quotation |
| Over £25,000 up to £50,000. |
Minimum of three quotations |
| Over £50,000 up to £100,000. |
Formal tender (no less than four
tenders). |
| Over £100,000. |
Selective or open tender
process (no less than four tenders). |
| Over £156,442 (supplies and
services). Over £173,934 from 1 January 2012. |
Selective or open tender process
and advert placed in the Official Journal of the European
Union. |
Over £3,927,260 (works).
Over £4,348,350 from 1 January 2012. |
Selective or open tender process and
advert placed in the Official Journal of the European
Union. |
Contracts register
We are in the process of compiling a register of contracts which
will be published on this website in due course.
Support for small businesses
Suffolk Coastal supports the national procurement concordat for
small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The concordat is a
statement of principles to encourage effective trade between local
authorities and small businesses: