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Context
Elmbridge Borough Council spent approximately £13.7m with over 2,000 suppliers of goods and services in 2005-06.
Purchasing
The Council does not have a dedicated corporate procurement resource. Typically, each department buys the goods and services it requires on an individual basis, although in areas such as IT, the IT department buys hardware and consumables on behalf of all departments.
The Council has a statutory duty to ensure that the procurement of supplies, works and services represents the most cost-effective solution and that the best possible value for money has been achieved.
These web pages set out the Council's purchasing procedures. It explains the method of purchasing and provides guidance on some of the key factors which need to be taken into consideration when seeking to understand 'how to do business with the council'.
Helping you understand how we do business
|Procurement Strategy
This Strategy aims to promote and guide efficient and effective procurement throughout the Council. Its primary objectives are to:
|Guide to selling to the Council
We are always keen to hear from new suppliers, and aim to provide you with the information and opportunities needed to compete for a share of Elmbridge Borough Council's business. Of course, success cannot be guaranteed; that depends on the quality, cost and availability of your products and services, as well as your organisation's equality, sustainability and health & safety policies. We hope you will find this guidance a useful introduction.
Our |Procurement Toolkit is also available with |appendices A-E, |appendices F-O and |appendices P-U.
Opportunities for doing business with the Council
We will post any details for opportunities for doing business with us in this area.
Future Developments
We are constantly developing our approach to procurement and looking at ways of improving the information which we provide to our suppliers, if you have any suggestions as to how we could improve these pages then please email the |Audit division.