We usually select contractors by advertising our contracts. Opportunities for contractors to supply goods, services or undertake works currently out to tender are published on the websites below.
City council's e-tendering portal
This is an e-tendering portal allowing all tender related documentation to be issued and received electronically.
Register for free on the portal and sign up to receive email alerts when new contracts are published for the council and Norwich City Services Limited.
When registered you can:
- view a list of tenders/contracts/quotations
- view information on contracts that have already been awarded
- express interest in a particular tender or quotation
- receive tender and/or quotation documentation
- safely return your tender or quotation documents
- send and receive correspondence
Find a tender
The UK e-notification service Find a Tender, is free to use and replaces the role of Tenders Electronic Daily, the Official Journal of the EU (OJEU/TED) for procurements in the UK.
It lets you search for information about public sector contract opportunities,
TED
If you wish to access public sector contract opportunities in the EU, you may continue to do so via OJEU/TED
Social value in procurement
Social value is about getting more value out of the money we spend.
We believe that by identifying social, economic and environmental opportunities related to contract delivery social value can be delivered as part of core delivery, alongside cost savings and contributing to our corporate priorities.
Social value in procurement framework
Buying locally
There are a number of social, economic and environmental benefits of procuring our goods, services and works from local suppliers, where possible. These include reducing the carbon footprint of our trading and helping to ensure that more of the money we spend remains within the local community and contributes towards Norwich being a prosperous city.
Officers are encouraged to ensure that the tender/quote process for opportunities is open and available for local businesses. This is particularly relevant where the value of the procurement is under £25,000 where a minimum of three quotes are required and officers can select local suppliers to obtain quotes from.
Modern slavery
A motion was passed in September 2018 by council agreeing to acknowledge that:
- action needs to be taken to raise awareness of modern slavery and the fact that it is happening all over the UK.
- the current support for victims is not sufficient and needs to go beyond the 45 days they are currently given by the government.
- councils have an important role to play in ensuring their contracts and supplies don’t contribute to modern day slavery and exploitation.
The council also agreed to adopt the co-operative party’s Charter against modern slavery.
