Current tenders and opportunities

Find details of our current, future and past tender opportunities, together with information and advice about doing business with us.

You can find opportunities on:

Suffolk Sourcing - this includes opportunities from Suffolk Borough and District Councils
Contracts Finder - opportunities from Central Government
Find a Tender - search and apply for high value contracts in the UK's public and utilities sectors
X - @SuffolkSourcing
Suffolk on Board - opportunities for public bus services and home-to-school transport

Suffolk Sourcing is an e-tendering and contract management system jointly operated by us and the Suffolk district and borough councils.

Suffolk Sourcing is a secure online procurement system, enabling you to:

see and download any current tender opportunities advertised by one of the Suffolk councils
respond to and upload bids/submissions for tenders
see details of existing contracts currently in operation between us, the District and Borough councils and suppliers.

Once you have identified an opportunity using the routes above, you need to register for free at Suffolk Sourcing in order to download the relevant tender documentation.

Please refer to the user guides held on the system to assist you with registration and responding to tender opportunities.

You can view:

Passenger Transport contracts, at public bus services and school travel
Details of existing and historic contracts currently in operation between Suffolk County Council or the district and borough councils and suppliers:
Current and historic contracts: search and export basic contract data from the Contracts Register
Current contracts: search and view contract records from Current Contracts
Contract award notices on Contracts Finder and for those above the threshold on Tenders Electronic Daily (TED)

We sometimes take advantage of contracts that have been let by other central government departments or local authorities.

In particular, we often use frameworks awarded by the:

Crown Commerical Service (CCS)
Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation (ESPO)
other member authorities of the Central Buying Consortium (CBC) - we're also a founder member

As well as us, there are a number of other public bodies in Suffolk which together spend significant sums of money. Download the list of public sector organisations in Suffolk (PDF, 103KB) and find:

links to public sector organisations
a summary of what they purchase
links to where they publish their tender opportunities

Commissioning in Suffolk

This short Commissioning in Suffolk document (PDF, 2MB) sets out the principles for good commissioning in Suffolk. Commissioning is our toolbox to help redesign the whole system of providers and partners, to think differently and innovate, and to lead the future service design.

Commissioning and de-commissioning

These documents should not be relied upon as a statement of tendering activity. For more information, contact Procurement

Adult Care Services (ACS)

ACS Commissioning Plans are currently being updated

Children and Young People (CYP) services

CYP Commissioning Intentions 2023-25 (PDF, 259KB)

The Suffolk Quality Practice Standards define good practice and make explicit what is expected when providing a service to vulnerable children, young people and families. Any organisation wishing to supply services to our directorate will need to be aware of the standards and expectations outlined in this document.