Business Week 2025 - City of Wolverhampton Council Procurement Event
Details
- Topic
- Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products
- Published
- 18 September 2025
- Submission
- 21 September 2025
- Source
- uk:procontracts
Tender description
Tuesday 23 September 2025 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/unlocking-public-sector-procurement-helping-local-businesses-get-involved-tickets-1661042054499?aff=oddtdtcreator Venue: National Brownfield Institute, Springfield Campus, Grimstone Street, Wolverhampton, WV10 0JP Time: 9:30am – 11am Unlocking Public Sector Procurement – Helping Local Businesses Get Involved City of Wolverhampton Council’s Procurement and Commercial Team invite you to an information and round table discussion session to help small and medium-sized businesses in Wolverhampton understand how to bid for public sector contracts. The session will include the opportunity for suppliers to meet with sector-specific procurement specialists to understand future opportunities and how to bid, including support with registering on the Council’s tendering portal. The morning will include: - CWC Procurement Presentation: 15 minutes - Reducing the barriers to Council Procurement - Impact of the Procurement Act 2023 - Sector-specific round table discussion: 30 minutes - Feedback and wrap up: 15 minutes - Networking: 30 minutes Public Sector Landscape: Local government is at the forefront of regeneration and placemaking, creating communities that enrich and enhance the lives of citizens. The Council’s supply chain has a pivotal role to play in supporting the Council’s strategy and objectives, and partnering with small and medium enterprises is a key foundation of this. Who should attend the event: SMEs interested in learning about the Council’s Procurement process and bidding strategies for future opportunities. Key sectors targeted: Social Care including mental health, domiciliary care, social care services, supported living, voluntary and community sector Construction including engineering, construction related professional services, highways, housing, building maintenance, and regeneration Corporate including Waste and Recycling, visitor economy, professional services including consultancy and facilities management (cleaning, catering etc) Keywords: Meet the Buyer, Business Week
Timeline
- Completed: Tender published18 September 2025Current notice
- Completed: Submission date21 September 2025
About the buyer
Wolverhampton City Council is a local authority that runs its own corporate procurement function covering goods and services for the city. Tenders and contract opportunities are published through the ProContract portal, where free registration takes about ten minutes. A public contracts register lists every live agreement the council holds. Projects due for retender within the next three years appear in a rolling procurement pipeline. Many requirements are sourced through existing frameworks, where suppliers have already pre-competed, rather than run as fresh competitions. Registered suppliers are notified automatically when a new opportunity matches their expertise.
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 Wolverhampton City Council's contract awards have been in architectural and engineering services, construction work and health and social work.
Relevant CPV codes
- 03000000 · Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products
- 09000000 · Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy
- 14000000 · Mining, basic metals and related products
- 15000000 · Food, beverages, tobacco and related products
- 16000000 · Agricultural machinery
- 18000000 · Clothing, footwear, luggage articles and accessories
- 19000000 · Leather and textile fabrics, plastic and rubber materials
- 22000000 · Printed matter and related products
- 24000000 · Chemical products
- 30000000 · Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages
- 31000000 · Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting
- 32000000 · Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment
- 33000000 · Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
- 34000000 · Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
- 35000000 · Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment
- 37000000 · Musical instruments, sport goods, games, toys, handicraft, art materials and accessories
- 38000000 · Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
- 39000000 · Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products
- 41000000 · Collected and purified water
- 42000000 · Industrial machinery
- 43000000 · Machinery for mining, quarrying, construction equipment
- 44000000 · Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)
- 45000000 · Construction work
- 48000000 · Software package and information systems
- 50000000 · Repair and maintenance services
- 51000000 · Installation services (except software)
- 55000000 · Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services
- 60000000 · Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
- 63000000 · Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services
- 64000000 · Postal and telecommunications services
- 65000000 · Public utilities
- 66000000 · Financial and insurance services
- 70000000 · Real estate services
- 71000000 · Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
- 72000000 · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 73000000 · Research and development services and related consultancy services
- 75000000 · Administration, defence and social security services
- 76000000 · Services related to the oil and gas industry
- 77000000 · Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services
- 79000000 · Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
- 80000000 · Education and training services
- 85000000 · Health and social work services
- 90000000 · Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services
- 92000000 · Recreational, cultural and sporting services
- 98000000 · Other community, social and personal services
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@wolverhampton-city-council.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@wolverhampton-city-council.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@wolverhampton-city-council.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@wolverhampton-city-council.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@wolverhampton-city-council.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@wolverhampton-city-council.gov |
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