Procurement

"Procurement" is the process of acquiring goods, works and services, covering both acquisition from third parties and from in-house providers. The process spans the whole cycle from identification of needs, through to the end of a services contract or the end of the useful life of an asset. It involves options appraisal and the critical 'make or buy' decision which may result in the provision of services in-house in appropriate circumstances.

There is a National Strategy for Local Government Procurement which is available on the Department of Communities and Local Government.

Help us to help you!

We are keen to have feedback from suppliers on how good we are to do business with. Each year we carry out an annual supplier questionnaire to approximately our top 100 suppliers based on spend with us. This survey helps us learn from you and enables us to continue to improve.

Please see links below for annual results.

How to Access This Service

You can download our Procurement Strategy, or view the strategy in full using the links below.

You can also view our guide to 'Selling to the Council' by using the link below.

Please note:

We do NOT maintain select lists. The contract officer will produce a short list for each contract before it goes out to tender.

We do use Constructionline but this does NOT preclude any contractor who is not a member being considered for any contract.

We also just have one main building (Council Offices, Codsall) and no housing stock as this is the responsibility of Housing Plus (South Staffordshire Housing Association).