Councils must publish details of each invitation to tender (for contracts to provide goods/services) with a value of £5000 or more.
This information must be published on a quarterly basis. For each invitation, the following details must be published:
- Reference number;
- Title of agreement;
- Description of the goods and/or services sought;
- Start, end and review dates; and
- Local authority department responsible.
2015/16
This information is now included within the council's contracts register which is updated quarterly.
2014/15
Councils must also publish any details of any contract, commissioned activity, purchase order, framework agreement and any other legally enforceable agreement with a value that exceeds £5,000 on a quarterly basis. For each contract, the following details must be published:
- reference number
- title of agreement
- description of the goods and/or services sought
- start, end and review dates
- council department responsible
- supplier name & details
- sum to be paid over the length of the contract or the estimated annual spending or budget for the contract
- VAT that cannot be recovered
- whether or not the contract was the result of an invitation to quote or a published invitation to tender
- whether or not the supplier is a small or medium sized enterprise and/or a voluntary or community sector organisation and where it is, provide the relevant registration number.
Please note all amounts are net of VAT unless stated otherwise.