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National Meet The Buyer 2025

Details

Value
£1
Topic
Event services
Published
13 May 2025

Tender description

The 16th annual national Meet the Buyer event will take place on Wednesday 4 June 2025 at Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh. Visit the Falkirk Council stand to make contacts and discuss future contract opportunities. You'll also have the chance to meet buyers from other Scottish Local Authorities and Government Agencies, as well as key contractors, and business support organisations. Attending the National Meet the Buyer event is a great way to find out how you could join the public supply chain and win a share of the 16GBP billion that the Scottish public sector spends annually on goods, works and services. Meet the Buyer National is the largest free procurement event in Scotland. Don’t miss this opportunity to raise your profile as a business and learn how to prepare for upcoming contract opportunities. The event is FREE to attend and open to all, but places are limited. Register now: https://www.sdpscotland.co.uk/events-mtb25/ Lot 1: National Meet The Buyer 2025 Now in its 16th year, Scotland’s National Meet the Buyer event will take place on Wednesday 4 June 2025, from 9:30am to 3:30pm. The FREE event is hosted by the Supplier Development Programme and partnered by Scottish Government and Scotland Excel. Come along to meet with procurement teams, buyers and supply chain partners. Meet the Buyer is the place to discuss projects and tender opportunities, on a local and national scale, across Scotland and the UK. Attending the National Meet the Buyer event is a great way to find how you could join the public supply chain, to win a share of the 16GBP billion that the Scottish public sector spends annually on goods, works and services. Meet the Buyer National is the largest free procurement event in Scotland. So don’t miss the opportunity to raise your profile as a business and learn how to prepare for upcoming contract opportunities. The event aims to help Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) from across Scotland meet with buyers. However, all are welcome! Wherever you are based, and however big your business is, there is something useful to be found at Murrayfield on the 4 June 2025! Register FREE here: https://www.sdpscotland.co.uk/events-mtb25/. The event is FREE to attend and open to all, but places are limited. Register now: https://www.sdpscotland.co.uk/events-mtb25/ If you do not have an existing Supplier Development Programme account, select the Register button first.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Pre-tender published13 May 2025
    Current notice

About the buyer

Falkirk Council is a local authority covering the Falkirk area of Scotland. Contract opportunities are advertised through Public Contracts Scotland, the national procurement portal for Scottish public sector bodies. Lower-value, non-regulated procurements are requested as quotations through PCS's Quick Quotes function. The Corporate Procurement Unit runs free online clinics offering guidance to SMEs, local suppliers and Third Sector organisations. Place Services officers handle procurement guidance for works contracts separately. Falkirk Council also takes an active role in the Supplier Development Programme, the national scheme that helps Scottish businesses engage with public procurement.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of Falkirk Council's contract awards have been in construction work, repair and maintenance and construction materials.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 79952000 · Event services

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