SCH is committed to ensuring value for money when purchasing the goods and services needed to serve our residents.
We achieve this by following our Rules for Contracts when undertaking procurements. These ensure that we fulfil all our obligations under the Procurement Act 2023 and best practice.
Current Tendering Opportunities
We don’t hold an approved list of contractors. Instead, when required by our Rules for Contracts we advertise our contract opportunities, inviting suppliers to provide quotations or tenders.
Suppliers can search for/receive alerts for opportunities and express an interest by using the following systems.
Find a Tender
Find a Tender is the central government portal where public sector organisations, including SCH, advertise tender opportunities. You can use Find a Tender to search for contract opportunities across the UK and sign up to receive alerts.
Find a Tender is also used as a central digital platform for supplier registrations. We advise all suppliers seeking to bid for our contract opportunities to register on Find a Tender.
Suppliers will need to be registered on Find a Tender to be eligible to tender for contracts where the ‘above threshold’ Procurement Act 2023 rules apply, as the information you enter in this system is mandatory to bid under the Act.
SCH also requests this information for most of our procurements for contracts over £30,000 (including VAT), so registering on Find a Tender means you’ll only need to enter this information once, regardless of how many contracts you tender for.
As it’s a national system, the information you enter once can be used when tendering for contracts with other public sector organisations in the UK.
Solihull Council Procurement Portal
SCH uses the Solihull Council Procurement Portal to advertise contract opportunities.
The benefits of registering on the portal include:
- Single point of access to see SCH (and Solihull MBC) tendering opportunities.
- Automatic alerts to tendering opportunities appropriate to your organisation (these can be set up after registration by following the Tender Alerts Guide (pdf 243 kB)).
- Electronic processes making it easier and more cost effective for you to participate.
FAQ
We have compiled a list of Frequently Asked Questions (pdf 108 kB) to offer help to organisations who are not familiar with the Solihull Community Housing tendering process.
Contact the procurement team
We would be pleased to respond to any queries you may have regarding working with us. To contact us, please email: procteam@solihull.gov.uk