The procurement process

Our contract thresholds are as below:

Procurement thresholds
Revised value	Number of tenders to be invited
Below £1000	Obtain a single written quote, where possible from a local contractor.
£1,000 to £10,000	Ensure value for money by inviting at least 2 written quotes, one of which should be from a local contractor if possible.
£10,001 to £100,000	Ensure value for money by inviting at least 3 contractors to submit written quotations, one of which should be local, if possible or use of an appropriate framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system.
£100,001 to UK threshold (Contact procurement)	Formal tender process following appropriate advertisement or use of an appropriate framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system.
Above UK threshold (Contact procurement)	Formal process as set out in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 or use of an appropriate framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system.

If your organisation is interested in bidding on future tendering opportunities, and is not already registered on this portal, registration is free and takes only a few minutes.

Opportunity notices are also published, where appropriate, on Contracts Finder and Find A Tender.

If you are interested in viewing existing contracts for the council, our contracts are published in real-time via our shared In-tend portal contracts register. Contract information of other authorities we share this portal with can also be found here.

Contracts can be searched by supplier, by keyword and can be exported (Arun District Council contracts are pre-fixed ADC).

Our procurement strategy can be viewed here: Procurement Strategy 2016-2022[pdf] 322KB

Please note that the lifetime of this document has been extended to allow for central government’s review of procurement.

For further information, please email procurement@arun.gov.uk

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