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Doing business with the council
All contracts with a total value of £25,000 or more are advertised on the following websites:
We also buy commonly used goods and services through Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation (ESPO).
How we advertise
Estimated contract value: £0 - £5,000
Procurement process: Get a minimum of one verbal/written quote
Minimum contract opportunity publication: None
Estimated contract value: £5,000 - £25,000
Procurement process: Get 3 written quotes (where practical)
Minimum contract opportunity publication: None
Estimated contract value: £25,000 - £181,302
Procurement process: Written quotes
Minimum contract opportunity publication:
Estimated contract value: £181,302 - to relevant threshold and above
Procurement process: Formal tender process
Minimum contract opportunity publication:
Find a Tender (FTS) is the new UK e-notification service where notices for new procurements are required to be published and replaces the Official Journal of the European Union’s Tenders Electronic Daily (OJEU/TED).
What will change for businesses?
Suppliers wishing to access public sector contract opportunities in the UK where the procurement is launched after 23:00 on 31 December 2020 will need to access FTS.
These changes do not affect suppliers’ access to other domestic portals, such as Contracts Finder.
Suppliers who wish to access public sector contract opportunities in the EU or information about procurements launched by UK contracting authorities before 23:00 on 31December 2020, may continue to do so via OJEU/TED.
Suppliers and data consumers who make use of OJEU/TED data outputs will be able to access publicly available data outputs for FTS. Data is available for testing, for support please contact the Crown Commercial Service Helpdesk on 0345 410 2222 or email the Commercial Service Helpdesk.
All contracts exceeding the thresholds are advertised in the Find a Tender Service (FTS). The thresholds are:
- £189,330 for supplies and services
- £663,540 for social care, health and other specified services that fall under the light touch regime
- £4,733,252 for works
Selection questionnaire
To help make the procurement process as accessible as possible, we use the standard selection questionnaire developed by the Crown Commercial Services.
Current procurement contracts
Contracts valued over £5,000 in total (over the length of the contract) are listed below.
The list includes some frameworks agreements let by ESPO that are used by the council.
If you have any queries about this information email commissioning.support@leics.gov.uk
Note: this month’s list does not contain Adult Social Care as the current contracts are under review.
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Modern slavery statement
This statement sets out Leicestershire County Council’s actions to understand all potential modern slavery risks related to its business and to put in place steps that
are aimed at ensuring that there is no slavery or human trafficking in its own business or its supply chains.
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Supplier code of conduct
The Council (in conjunction with ESPO) has developed an ethical Supplier Code of Conduct which applies to all companies/organisations that do business with the Council. The purpose of the Code of Conduct is to set out principles to help suppliers to understand the standards and behaviours that are expected of them when working with the Council.