Winning Business
Glasgow Business Portal
Following the success of the Commonwealth Games Business Portal, Glasgow City Council in conjunction with various partners has developed the Glasgow Business Portal to advertise both public and private sector contracts.
Delivering the cities major construction projects together with the 2014 Commonwealth Games will require the procurement of goods, works and services of all types and value from an enormous range of companies.
The Glasgow Business Portal brings together contractors and suppliers and provides businesses of all sizes with the opportunity to find out about and compete for business opportunities.
By completing your company profile, your organisation will be automatically alerted to upcoming contract opportunities.
http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/businessportal
CompeteFor
CompeteFor is a free service that enables businesses to compete for contract opportunities linked to the London 2012 Games and other major public and private sector buyer organisations.
www.competefor.com
Homecoming Scotland
www.homecomingscotland.com
Euro 2012
www.2012.org
Public Contracts Scotland
www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
The public sector spends around £8 billion per year on goods, works and services which is a significant market for Scottish suppliers. Until now, there has been no single mechanism giving suppliers access to contract opportunities across the entire Scottish Public Sector.
The first ever national contracts advertising portal, Public Contracts Scotland, www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk was officially launched at the annual Scottish Government National Public Procurement Conference in Glasgow at the end of October by, John Swinney, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth.
In the current economic climate it is vital that public spending supports the economy and the availability of the portal at this particular point in the economic cycle is of significant benefit to individual businesses around the country. The project signals a major step change in the way that the public and private sectors will do business in future – in particular by reducing red tape and removing barriers that can prevent them working together.
Over 23,000 suppliers have already registered to this free service.