Some good news for small to medium sized enterprises, the Government has published a guide on how to set yourself up to sell your products and services to them.
The Government is committed to increasing its procurement spend with SMEs, both through direct contracts and through the supply chains.
Central government currently procures more than £50bn of goods and services every year and it wants a bigger share of this to go to SMEs.
The 25 page guide includes advice on finding opportunities immediately; selling direct to government; attending a supplier engagement event; joining the supply chain; joining frameworks; lower value contracts; getting tender ready; evaluating tenders and meeting the brief
You can download the booklet here.
