Procurement

Government has set out the need for greater transparency across its operations to enable the public to hold public bodies and politicians to account. This includes commitments relating to public expenditure, intended to help achieve better value for money.

As part of the transparency agenda, Government has made the following commitments with regard to procurement and contracting:

All new central government ICT contracts over the value of £10,000 to be published in full online from July 2010
All new central government tender documents for contracts over £10,000 to be published on a single website from September 2010, with this information to be made available to the public free of charge.
All new central government contracts to be published in full from January 2011.

Suppliers and those organisations looking to bid for public sector contracts should be aware that if they are awarded a new Government contract, the resulting contract between the supplier and Government will be published. In some circumstances, limited redactions will be made to some contracts before they are published in order to comply with existing law and for the protection of national security.

Full details and timeframes of how to participate in any of these procurement activities are published on Government Opportunities (www.supply2.gov.uk) or in OJEU (http://ted.europa.eu/TED/main/HomePage.do)

Specific information requests can be gained from e-mailing HPAtransparencyspend@hpa.org.uk.

Information on HPA tenders and awards will be published on this site and the Cabinet Office Business Link website [external website]. When available, tender and Award documentation by category can be found by following the links in the left-hand navigation box.

You can also view all current opportunities to supply to the Health Protection Agency at https://hpa.bravosolution.co.uk