The entire procurement process for businesses wishing to bid for public sector contracts takes place electronically.

This means that announcements of available contracts must be made electronically, and the process by which businesses can apply for them must also be handled electronically.

Buckinghamshire Council moved to an electronic system called ProContract in 2010, and this is the only place that businesses can bid for contracts with the council. It’s free to register with ProContract, and in doing so you will get access to opportunities managed by more than 400 private, public and third sector organsiations.

Portals are the place to be for contract-seeking businesses

Whether it is ProContract, Wired.gov, CompeteFor, or any other online procurement portal, it is important that businesses take the time to get themselves registered on them in order to be eligible to apply for certain contracts.

Different portals will have different eligibility requirements and will require specific information during the sign-up process, but if you want to bid for and win contracts in the public sector, it's a necessary step.

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Email [email protected], call 01494 927130 or visit www.bbf.uk.com for more information and support.