Support to Business

• Public Sector Buying Organisations
• Business Support
• Trade Local

Public Sector Buying Organisations (PSBOs)

These are organisations who let contracts through a formal tendering process that can then be accessed by all local authorities.

Examples of Public Sector Buying Organisations include:

• London Contracts and Supplies Group (LCSG)
• Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation (ESPO)
• Central Buying Consortium (CBC)
• Buying Solutions

Once contracts have been awarded, they will be monitored and reviewed to ensure that best value is maintained. Output performance and quality will be monitored to ensure that the goods are fit for purpose and that levels of service are maintained.

Business Support

There are a number of organisations that exist to provide advice and support to businesses.

Please see the external links section below for some useful links to both PSBOs and business support organisations:

Trade Local

Haringey Council maintains a Trade Local database. This database consists of businesses based in Haringey that are willing to supply goods or services to the public sector. These businesses will be kept informed of future contracts and procurement opportunities. Email: tradelocal@haringey.gov.uk

New E-form

You can use our new online form to join the Trade Local Database.

Haringey Council provides a number of workbooks to help businesses complete the Pre Qualification Questionnaire, which forms part of many tendering processes. Please see the attached files section below.

Attached Files

Filename	Filetype	Size
ability to deliver.pdf	PDF	109K
equal opportunities .pdf	PDF	126K
finance status and legitimacy.pdf	PDF	327K
health and safety.pdf	PDF	143K
introduction to public sector procurement.pdf	PDF	110K
quality workbook .pdf	PDF	118K
sustainable procurement.pdf	PDF	758K
PDF documents require Adobe Acrobat reader. Please click here to download.

Useful External Links

The following links are not part of the Haringey Council website. Please read our legal disclaimer before using these links

• North London Business (Official agency for economic development within North London)
• OJEC (OJEU Gateway to specialised resources for suppliers)
• Competefor (Access to London 2012 opportunities)
• CBC (Central Buying Consortium)
• ESPO (Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation)
• LCSG (London Contracts and Supplies Group)
• Buying Solutions (Procurement Partner for UK Public Services)
• Supply2.gov (Lower-value contract opportunity portal)
• Businesslink (Free business advice and support)
• BIP (Provider of public sector information and services)

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