Bournemouth Borough Council spends over £100 million each year on a wide range of goods and services. There is a great deal of competition for the Council’s business and we have a statutory duty to procure the most cost effective solution and achieve the best possible value for money. To achieve this, the Council has embedded best practice procurement processes into the way it conducts business with suppliers and potential suppliers.

A guide to selling to Bournemouth Borough Council PDF (76.9kb)

The Council is aware that some potential suppliers may be new to working with the public sector and to the supplier qualification and tendering process.  Therefore, as well as the general guide to selling to the Council available above, there is now a separate document answering some of the most commonly asked questions about the Council's supplier assessment document, known as the Vendor Questionnaire.  This document can be found below.

A guide to completing Bournemouth Borough Council's Vendor Questionnaire