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Selling to the Council

Introduction

Rochford District Council spends around £7 million each year on a wide range of products, services and work programmes. This represents some significant opportunities for a wide range of organisations across all sectors.

The Procurement Agency for Essex (PAE) has developed an online guide entitled 'Selling to the Essex Public Sector' for organisations that wish to sell to its members. This guide outlines the rules, regulations, policies and requirements of organisations that wish to sell to its members.

Useful information can be found on the Procurement Agency for Essex (PAE) website, found in the Related Content.

Rochford District Council Policy and Procedures

Rochford District Council has an agreed Procurement Strategy for 2015-2020, the aim of which is to obtain best value through planned and skilful procurement in respect of all goods, works and services sought by the Council.

The Council's Contract Procedure Rules govern the process for obtaining quotations and tenders and entering into contracts for work, goods and services.

Useful information can be found in the Rochford District Council Procurement Strategy and the Rochford Council Contract Procedure Rules 4.63, found in Related Content.

e-Procurement

Contracts Finder

In 2015 the Government introduced some new Procurement Regulations, part of these is for the Public Sector to advertise all opportunities over £25,000 on a portal called Contracts Finder. Rochford District Council follow this, we also sometimes use the portal for lower value Contracts as well.

Follow this link and register for free to access UK wide Tender opportunities

Online Procurement System

Rochford District Council has recently installed a new electronic ordering system called Focalpoint. This system enables us to place orders with suppliers by email, it is also linked with our finance accounting system so allows for close budget control which is a huge benefit. This minimises paperwork and speeds up the processes of placing orders and paying invoices therefore making trading simple and cost effective.

The Council also prefers to make all payments to suppliers online by BACS.

Please ensure all correspondence to Rochford District Council in relation to purchase orders i.e. invoices, delivery notes, credit notes etc. clearly show the purchase order number.  This will ensure timely payment of your invoice within our standard payment terms, failure to comply will delay payment of your account.

If you are asked to complete works / services or deliver goods without a purchase order, please remember that this could result in non-payment of an invoice. For any queries regarding this please contact the Procurement Team.

If you would like to know more about trading online with Rochford Council, contact procurement@rochford.gov.uk

Email us if you would like to know more about BACS payments from Rochford Council.

Approved Supplier List

The Council currently have a limited amount of works during the year.  This is due to the fact that we do not have any housing stock and our leisure building maintenance is the responsibility of our leisure management company.  For this reason we do not maintain our own select suppliers list.  

Instead, as soon as the Council is advertising tenders for a high value project, information regarding the opportunity is posted on the Contracts Finder website, with full details of the contract requirement. Suppliers will be able to register their interest for this Tender. Any contact with the Council regarding one of these Tender opportunities should be solely through Contracts Finder.

Rochford District Council is always keen to build relationships and work with local businesses. As such, the procurement team welcome introductions from suppliers via our contract enquiry form.

Smaller value contract opportunities

When there is a need for smaller value works, goods and services, the procurement process is determined and carried out departmentally by an officer who has the authority to make procurement decisions.  These officers are called ‘responsible buyers’.  

Rochford District Council publishes a list of responsible buyers, which can be found in Related Content.  The responsible buyers guide provides the officers name, department and full contact details and states the type of works, services and products that they would normally purchase.  This affords potential suppliers the opportunity to introduce themselves directly to the correct responsible buyer for their particular product or service.

The procurement team welcome introductions from suppliers via our contract enquiry form.  We will pass on any information to the appropriate responsible buyers at the time of contact, as well as storing it as a means of providing suitable suppliers for future contract opportunities.

Current Contract Opportunities

To find out if there are any ‘Expressions of Interest’ available, please see the Current contract advertisements in Related Content.

Future Contract Opportunities

If you would like to contact us about one of our future contract opportunities, please use the contract enquiry form.

Description Department Contact Expiry
Feminine Hygiene Products Asset Management 01/11/2020
Payroll System Finance 12/11/2020
Civic Suite Fuel Asset Management 28/11/2020
Essex Extras Employee Benefits Scheme Human Resources 30/11/2020
Intruder Alarm Servicing Asset Management 30/11/2020
Local Wildlife Sites Review Planning 31/12/2020
Catering Concessions Open Spaces 08/01/2021
Annual Maintenance contract for CCTV System at Rochford Reception Asset Management 10/01/2021
Annual Maintenance contract for CCTV System at Civic Suite Asset Management 11/01/2020
Shutter Service Asset Management 12/01/2020
E-Learning System Provision Human Resources 15/01/2021
Tax Helpline Finance 19/01/2021
Employee Assistance Scheme Human Resources 20/01/2021
Wild Woods Day Leisure 15/02/2021
Mortgage Processing Finance 01/03/2021
Fire Safety Equipment Asset Management 20/03/2021
Fire Safety Equipment Asset Management 20/03/2021
Glass Banks Environmental Services 31/03/2021
Veterinary Services for Injured Animals Environmental Services 31/03/2021
Electronic Post Mailing Service Electoral Services 31/03/2021
Printroom Price per copy print inc maintenance Support Services 31/03/2021
BACS (Epay) Finance 31/03/2021
Access Control Asset Management 31/03/2021
Copyright Licence Support Services 31/03/2021
Annual Energy Certification Asset Management 31/03/2021
Westlaw Database – online Encyclopaedia of planning Legal Services 31/03/2021
Postage Paid Support Services 31/03/2021
Idox Maintenance IT 31/03/2021
Annual Order – Rochford Quarterly Charge IT 31/03/2021
GCF PSN Services IT 31/03/2021
DX Post & Host Support Services 31/03/2021
Delta E-sourcing Procurement 31/03/2021
Window Cleaning Asset Management 08/05/2021
Automatic Door Servicing (Civic Suite) Asset Management 31/05/2021
Guillotine Maintenance (Print Room) Support Services 06/06/2021
Civic Suite Audio Systems Member Services 29/06/2021
Out of Hours   31/06/2021
Insurance Finance 30/07/2021
Testing of Lightning Conductors Asset Management 01/08/2021
Mobile Phones IT 31/08/2021
IT Services IT 03/09/2021
Civic Car Member Services 09/09/2021
Fixed Assets Valuations Finance 30/09/2021
IT Services IT 30/09/2021
Electric Supply Asset Management 30/09/2021
Gas Supply Asset Management 30/09/2021
Annual Order – call charge and line rental IT 01/10/2021
Materials Recycling Facility Environmental Services 03/11/2021
Grounds Maintenance Environmental Services 02/12/2021
Treasury Management Finance 31/01/2022
Playground Equipment Open Spaces 01/02/2022
Leisure Consultancy Leisure 05/02/2022
Leisure Buildings Management Leisure 31/03/2022
Recycling Collection Environmental Services 31/03/2022
Street Cleansing Environmental Services 31/03/2022
Advice Services Community & Housing 31/03/2022
Career Options   01/08/2022
Arboricultural Works Framework Open Spaces 17/08/2022
Housing Options IT System Community & Housing 01/11/2022
Air Heating & Cooling Asset Management 01/11/2022
Abandoned Vehicles Environmental Services 25/11/2022
Office Cleaning Asset Management 11/12/2022
Emergency Temporary Accommodation B&B Community & Housing 05/02/2023
External Audit Finance 31/03/2023
IDOX IT 31/03/2023
Responsive Building Work Maintenance Asset Management 02/04/2023
Housing management for temporary accommodation Community & Housing 06/04/2023
Audio Visual Maintenance IT 28/06/2023
External electrical Testing Asset Management 20/06/2023
Banking Finance 31/07/2024
Sustainability Appraisal Planning 31/03/2025
EV Charging points Environmental Services 17/10/2028

Contracts let within the quarter

For details on contracts let in the last quarter, please see the link in Related Content - 'Contracts let in the last quarter'

If you would like to contact us about one of our contract let in the last quarter, please use the contract enquiry form.