About
Supply2.gov.uk
Launched in June 2006, Supply2.gov.uk is the
only official government lower-value contract opportunity portal,
created specifically to provide small businesses with visibility of
public sector contract opportunities typically below £100,000.
The portal is the first major initiative to unite buyers and
suppliers in a single location, making it easier for business and
government to work together. Since its launch,
Supply2.gov.uk has provided small businesses
throughout the UK with visibility of in excess of 100,000 contract
opportunities nationwide.
Supply2.gov.uk is FREE for
public sector buyers to advertise contract
notices and FREE for private sector suppliers
to register for access to contract information via the Online Contract
Search (external link) and the Daily Contract
Alert (external link) service – which delivers notification of
new public sector contract opportunities relevant to the user –
FREE from a location of their choice.
Objectives of the portal
- To be seen by public sector buyers and suppliers as the 'first
portal of call' for those advertising or seeking below-threshold
public sector contract opportunities, typically worth under
£100,000.
- To provide an easy-to-use portal uniting buyers and suppliers
in a single location.
- To open up the lower-value public sector contract opportunities
market to as wide a range of businesses as possible.
- To enable businesses, particularly small ones, to access
central and local government's below-threshold
(sub-OJEU) (external link) contract opportunities, typically
worth under £100,000.
- To provide public sector buyers the opportunity to identify a
wider range of potential suppliers more easily, both locally and
nationally.
Created by government to unite buyers
and suppliers on the route to success
The Supply2.gov.uk contract opportunities
portal was created by The
Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
(BERR) (external link) in order to centralise the advertisement
of lower-value contract opportunities, with the objective of
providing small businesses with access to government opportunities
which can provide their business with the stability it needs to
thrive and grow.
Supply2.gov.uk is recognised by both business
and government as a useful and effective tool providing a route to
help small business sell to the
public sector. The portal is also cited as a best
practice (external link) means of advertising
lower-value contract opportunities by HM Treasury and the European
Commission.
Supply2.gov.uk– opening up the lower-value public sector
contract opportunities market to as wide a range of businesses as
possible.
Links:
Supply2.gov.uk
(external link)