We expect to spend approximately £50 million on a range of goods and services from third parties in the financial year 2007 - 2008. Obtaining best value is an essential requirement and one that cannot be achieved without the support of our suppliers, both large and small.

Corporate procurement unit - meet the team page, giving details of who does what in the procurement team.

Outline of £50 million per year spend on goods and services, business opportunities, how the Council works with local suppliers and SMEs.

Outline of the procurement strategy and the policies and regulations that form the constitution, governing how the Council goes about purchasing goods and services

Guidelines on selling to the Council including what the Council buys, advertising, approved lists, tendering procedures, how to apply, equal opportunities, environmental and sustainability, health and safety, payment, contacts.

We have contracts with various suppliers to exclusively supply certain products.

You can select details of tenders for Oxford City Council contracts from this page.

Recent Contracts Won: - Fencing: Warefence - Playground Surfaces:Playtop Ltd - Fire Alarm Maintenance: Firecrest Ltd - Intruder Alarm Maintenance: Rampart Security Ltd - Lean and Systems Thinking: Vanguard - Choice Based Lettings Solutions: Abritas - Cash Collection: Contact Security

This page shows details of our current contracts.

The Strategic Procurement Partnership for Oxfordshire (SPPO) aims to develop a strategic and collaborative public procurement programme for Oxfordshire.

Small Business Friendly Concordat, a voluntary, non-statutory code of practice. Guidance for small firms to ensure fairness for smaller businesses.

Do download our latest procurement newsletter to read about what has been happening lately.

What's it like working with the Council? We work hard at developing mutually beneficial relationships with all our suppliers. We aim to make the tendering process as smooth as possible and do all we can to ensure that we maintain the best possible working relationship throughout the life of the contract and beyond.

The Public Procurement Programme aims to increase opportunities to do business with us. Each year we run a series of events aimed at small and medium-sized enterprises (SME's), voluntary organisations and social enterprises.

Useful external links to do with public sector procurement.

The following documents will give you information as to how we are judged by various government bodies. The Council Procurement Strategy 2004-2007 reflects your feedback, our own assessment of the needs and improvements we can make, and the points made within the external assessment documents.