Selling to the Council

Harrogate Borough Council currently spends over £20 million annually on goods, works and services. We are keen to ensure that local businesses are aware and able to tender for Harrogate Borough Council contracts. However,we need to put this into perspective, As a District Council we do not provide education or social services. In fact, the seven District Councils in North Yorkshire (out of 22 in the Yorkshire and Humber Region) only account for 2% of total regional procurement spend. Therefore there are also further opportunities for local businesses to tender for contracts with other local authorities in the region.

Supplier and Contract Management System (SCMS)

The Council has recently started utilising SCMS, the system is used by all 22 councils in the Yorkshire and Humber region and provides a secure single core database to hold information about each Council's suppliers, tenders and contracts.

For more information about SCMS click here

The Council also uses the OGC Buying Solutions website which offers a similar system to SCMS but for larger national contracts. More information can be found at www.buyingsolutions.gov.uk