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Procurement

Castle Point Borough Council’s influenceable spend is approximately £14million each year which represents some significant opportunities for a wide range of businesses.

Procurement Agency for Essex (www.paessex.gov.uk)

Castle Point Borough Council is a member of the Procurement Agency for Essex. The agency represents 14 local Councils in Essex and the Essex County Fire and Rescue.

 

How to Sell to the Council

Members of the Procurement Agency for Essex have all adopted BiP Solutions to provide Buyer profiles and a procurement supplier portal this is where suppliers wishing to win work with the Council can register their interest, and set up automatic notification for any relevant notices.

These portals use the Select Service to provide an on line registration of supplier interest and on-line pre-qualification. The Select Service falls into three status levels.
 
Select Registered - A Supplier can register their contact details, which will be displayed to buyers, with any other information being withheld until published by the supplier.
 
Select Certify - The supplier can complete and publish the on-line pre-qualification details required by buyers, including uploading of annual accounts, and then certify that this process is complete. This is a free of charge service.
 
Select Acredit - Suppliers can chose to pay a small annual fee for their pre-qualification details to be verified and checked and thereby achieve the accredit-certified status. Suppliers who already use Constructionline will automatically be given Select Acredit Status.
 
This service is common to all members of the Procurement Agency for Essex, and registering once will mean that potential suppliers will be alerted of public sector business opportunities across virtually the whole of Essex.
 
 

Supplying PAE members:

Suppliers are invited to register on the PAE portal if they are interested in supplying goods and services to PAE members.
 
To see the Castle Point Procurement Portal (http://castlepoint.g2b.info/ ) for further information and current opportunities.
 
 

Our Procurement Strategy

The procurement of goods and services can take many forms ranging from the purchasing of stationery and furniture to the outsourcing of services such as Street Cleansing and Grounds Maintenance.
 
The Council recognises the impact that efficient and effective procurement has on service delivery and that savings realised from efficient procurement can be channelled into priority service areas, directly benefitting the Community. It also recognises that it has a crucial role to play in supporting the local economy through ensuring those who do wish to do business with the Council have access to the right information.
 
The Council’s strategic objectives for procurement and commissioning of goods and services are set out in detail within its Commissioning and Procurement Strategy. The main themes of these objectives are:
  • Ensure Value for Money
  • Excellent Services
  • Partnerships and Community Engagement
  • Modern Procurement Techniques
  • Support Castle Point’s Sustainable Community Strategy
  • Support Castle Point’s Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy
  • Ensure Equality is embedded into all procurement and commissioning activities

In order to ensure that the Council operates the most effective procurement practices, we continuously review what we do and how. As part of this improvement process we intend to undertake work in a number of areas over the course of the 2009/10 financial year, including the following:

  • Identify ways to engage with small and medium sized businesses as well as maximising Council use of local suppliers and businesses
  • Identify ways to engage and actively involve service users/local community and partners in procurement/commissioning decisions
  • Identify ways to engage with and make maximum use of ethnic minority and third sector businesses
  • Include appropriate sustainability and equality issues in contract specifications as contracts come up for renewal
 
The Council is also pleased to receive feedback from local businesses/suppliers in relation to its procurement/commissioning activities. procurement@castlepoint.gov.uk
 
The Council’s Procurement and Commissioning Strategy

 

Other Useful Links and Procurement Policies

The Council pledged its commitment to comply to the Principles of the Small Business Concordat in September 2005 and continues to abide by these principles.

“The Council also supports the adoption of sustainability principles in all procurement activities which it undertakes”