Supplying to Angus Council
The following information offers basic guidance to suppliers on how the council contracts for provision to it of goods, services and works. Further information is available from the council's Corporate Procurement team (contact details are given on the main Contracts and Tenders page).
Angus Council only maintains standing lists of approved suppliers for roads infrastructure-related contracts, including construction and maintenance, of a value up to £250,000.
If you wish to apply to be included in the roads standing lists, you should contact the council's Roads Division as follows:-
- roads contracts - Gavin High at Roads@angus.gov.uk or 01307 473392
Property Services Division do not maintain formal approved lists but do make use of the national DTI sponsored pre-approval service Constructionline. Further information is available from the Property Services Procurement Guidance document available online at www.angus.gov.uk/foi/View_Document.cfm?DocumentID=50.
For all other supplies, services and works, the council fulfils its legal obligation to seek competition in the award of its contracts by either:-
- seeking competition tenders or quotes itself ;or
- using central purchasing body (CPB) contracts available to it which have also been duly advertised and tendered for competitively.
The principal CPB's which the council may make use of in this way are:-
- Scotland Excel (the Scottish local government centre of procurement expertise);
- Procurement Scotland (the Scottish Government's national procurement centre of expertise) or the Scottish Procurement Directorate; and
- OGC Buying Solutions (the procurement arm of the Office of Government Commerce)
Otherwise, all Angus Council contract opportunities (whether procured directly or in collaboration such as through the Tayside Procurement Consortium, a shared services partnership amongst Angus, Dundee City and Perth and Kinross Councils) of a value of more than £5,000 for supplies or services or £20,000 for construction works are normally advertised on the council's website on its "Contracts and Tenders" page. Exceptions to these advertising etc. rules may be permitted for e.g. emergencies. The position is set out more fully in section 16 of the council's Financial Regulations (a link to that Section is also provided on these pages).
Suppliers are referred to the "Tender Opportunities" part of these pages to keep themselves abreast of such opportunities. Contract award information for contracts is also published there to allow smaller suppliers to keep themselves aware of sub-contracting opportunities.
Council staff may contact established suppliers from time-to-time to seek information to allow those suppliers to be approved or "adopted" for the purpose of the council's e-ordering system (PECOS) or its payment and financial management system (INTEGRA). These are administrative steps only, however, and do not override the need for the council and follow legally compliant procurement routes as outlined above. These processes do, nevertheless, offer benefit to suppliers as well by allowing access to eOrdering processes and efficiency savings on both sides coupled with ease of access to suppliers catalogues, etc. across the council and easier/speedier payment routines. Suppliers' co-operation with these administrative processes is therefore encouraged and appreciated.
It is not council policy to provide individual officers' contact details for marketing purposes within council services. It is a matter for individual departments how they chose to respond to marketing inquiries and/or engage with prospective suppliers.
If you wish to provide details of your firm and its services to the council you may do so by contacting the Corporate Procurement team, ideally by e-mail to PROCUREMENT@angus.gov.uk, and the team may circulate your details to selected departments who may be interested in your services. This is, however, a strictly informal arrangement and no guarantee is given as to the circulation which may be undertaken in response to speculative inquiries or as to the contract opportunities which might be generated as a result.