About Us
The Supplier Development Programme (SDP) was established in 2006 following a ‘business needs' survey which highlighted that procurement within the public sector was a high priority for SME's but also one which involved barriers when it came to engagement in the tendering process.
The SDP is now well established as a business growth initiative which, in partnership, delivers a range of specialist business support activities including the provision of advice, information, training and funding support with the aim of assisting businesses to become more capable of accessing and competing for public sector contracts.
Currently there are nineteen local authority partners -
Aberdeenshire, Aberdeen City, Angus, Dundee City, East Ayrshire,
East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Falkirk, Fife, Glasgow
City, Inverclyde, North Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Perth &
Kinross, Renfrewshire, Scottish Borders, South Ayrshire, South
Lanarkshire, West Dunbartonshire - and the Third Sector (Social
Economy) Division of the Scottish Government.
