Notice Information
Notice Title
Meet The Buyer 2026
Notice Description
The 17th Annual Meet the Buyer National will take place on Tuesday 2 June 2026 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Glasgow Central. Join us to discuss contract opportunities with buyers from Scottish Local Authorities, Government Agencies, key contractors, and business support organisations. Attending Meet the Buyer National is a great way to discover how to join the public supply chain and win a share of the 17.5GBP billion that the Scottish public sector spends annually on goods, works and services. Meet the Buyer National is the largest free procurement event in Scotland. Don't miss this opportunity to raise your profile as a business and learn how to prepare for upcoming contract opportunities. The event is FREE to attend and open to all, but places are limited. Register now: https://www.sdpscotland.co.uk/events/meet-the-buyer-2026-1968/
Lot Information
Lot 1
The Scottish Public Sector purchase a wide range of services, goods and works. Meet The Buyer 2026 Now in its 17th year, Scotland's National Meet the Buyer event will take place on Tuesday 2 June 2026, at DoubleTree by Hilton Glasgow Central, from 10am to 3pm. This free event is hosted by the Supplier Development Programme and partnered by Scottish Government and Scotland Excel. Come along to meet with procurement teams, buyers and supply chain partners. Meet the Buyer is the place to discuss projects and tender opportunities, on a local and national scale, across Scotland and the UK. Attending Meet the Buyer National is a great way to discover how to join the public supply chain and win a share of the 17.5GBP billion that the Scottish public sector spends annually on goods, works and services. Meet the Buyer National is the largest free procurement event in Scotland. Don't miss this opportunity to raise your profile as a business and learn how to prepare for upcoming contract opportunities. Meet the Buyer is aimed towards helping Small Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) from across Scotland meet buyers. However, all are welcome! Wherever you are based, and however big your business is, there is something useful to be found here! Register FREE here: https://www.sdpscotland.co.uk/events-mtb26/. The event is FREE to attend and open to all, but places are limited. Register now: https://www.sdpscotland.co.uk/events-mtb26/ If you do not have an existing Supplier Development Programme account, select the Register button first.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-r6ebe6-0000829895
- Publication Source
- Public Contracts Scotland
- Latest Notice
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=APR554277
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- PCS Notice - Website Prior Information Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Works
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
30 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages
33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
48 - Software package and information systems
66 - Financial and insurance services
71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
75 - Administration, defence and social security services
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
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- CPV Codes
30000000 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages
33000000 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
33952000 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
34114122 - Patient-transport vehicles
34114210 - Prisoner-transport vehicles
34115200 - Motor vehicles for the transport of fewer than 10 persons
34120000 - Motor vehicles for the transport of 10 or more persons
34130000 - Motor vehicles for the transport of goods
44100000 - Construction materials and associated items
44110000 - Construction materials
44113000 - Road-construction materials
45210000 - Building construction work
45211000 - Construction work for multi-dwelling buildings and individual houses
45211360 - Urban development construction work
45213000 - Construction work for commercial buildings, warehouses and industrial buildings, buildings relating to transport
45213320 - Construction work for buildings relating to railway transport
45233142 - Road-repair works
45259000 - Repair and maintenance of plant
48170000 - Compliance software package
48200000 - Networking, Internet and intranet software package
48213000 - Operating system enhancement software package
48931000 - Training software package
66171000 - Financial consultancy services
66519310 - Insurance consultancy services
71310000 - Consultative engineering and construction services
71311000 - Civil engineering consultancy services
71311200 - Transport systems consultancy services
71311210 - Highways consultancy services
71311300 - Infrastructure works consultancy services
71312000 - Structural engineering consultancy services
71317210 - Health and safety consultancy services
71400000 - Urban planning and landscape architectural services
71421000 - Landscape gardening services
72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
75122000 - Administrative healthcare services
75310000 - Benefit services
79212200 - Internal audit services
80510000 - Specialist training services
80511000 - Staff training services
85000000 - Health and social work services
85100000 - Health services
85112200 - Outpatient care services
85144100 - Residential nursing care services
85312110 - Child daycare services
85312120 - Daycare services for handicapped children and young people
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 21 Apr 20264 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 2 Jun 2026Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planned
- Lots Status
- Planned
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- Supplier Development Programme
- Additional Buyers
Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses operating as the Northern Lighthouse Board
LHC Procurement Group for the Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA)
NSS Health Facilities Scotland
Procurement for Housing Ltd (t/a PfH Scotland)
Scottish Fire and Rescue Service
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- ABERDEEN
- Postcode
- ML3 0AA
- Postcode Area
- Motherwell
- Country
- Scotland
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- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM9 Southern Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM95 South Lanarkshire
- Delivery Location
- TLM Scotland
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- Local Authority
- South Lanarkshire
- Electoral Ward
- Hamilton North and East
- Westminster Constituency
- Hamilton and Clyde Valley
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=APR554277
Meet The Buyer 2026 - The 17th Annual Meet the Buyer National will take place on Tuesday 2 June 2026 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Glasgow Central. Join us to discuss contract opportunities with buyers from Scottish Local Authorities, Government Agencies, key contractors, and business support organisations. Attending Meet the Buyer National is a great way to discover how to join the public supply chain and win a share of the 17.5GBP billion that the Scottish public sector spends annually on goods, works and services. Meet the Buyer National is the largest free procurement event in Scotland. Don't miss this opportunity to raise your profile as a business and learn how to prepare for upcoming contract opportunities. The event is FREE to attend and open to all, but places are limited. Register now: https://www.sdpscotland.co.uk/events/meet-the-buyer-2026-1968/
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.