Procurement

Supplying Cheshire East Council with goods and services

We have a statutory duty to ensure that any procurement represents the most cost effective, best value for money solution.

Our purpose is to ensure that contracts and commercial arrangements awarded by Cheshire East Council provide great value for money and that we use our procurement spend to provide the best possible social value for our residents.

The Council advertises contract opportunities via an e-Business portal The Chest portal. Suppliers can register online via the Suppliers’ area to receive email updates on opportunities that match their capabilities.

Register to use The Chest.

How to become a supplier

Where possible, contracts under £30,000 Inc VAT are ring-fenced for businesses in the Cheshire East borough and surrounding areas.

We have a portal to enable businesses to register their interest in bidding for future council contracts below this value.

Add your details to our supplier list by completing the below online form. The form will take 3 minutes to complete.

Add your details to the Business Procurement Portal

Procurement Act 2023

The Procurement Act 2023 is now in force, also the Procurement Regulations 2024 along with the new National Procurement Policy Statement (NPPS).

• Procurement Act 2023
• The Procurement Regulations 2024

The Transforming Public Procurement programme aims to improve the way public procurement is regulated in order to:

• create a simpler and more flexible, commercial system that better meets our country’s needs while remaining compliant with our international obligations
• open up public procurement to new entrants such as small businesses and social enterprises so that they can compete for and win more public contracts
• embed transparency throughout the commercial lifecycle so that the spending of taxpayers’ money can be properly scrutinised.

Supplier Registration Guide

A short guide for suppliers on how to register on the CDP, to support the implementation of the supplier identifier requirement for the award of notifiable, below-threshold contracts. The guide outlines the simple steps that a supplier needs to take in order to create their PPON/ identifier.

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