Who We Are

The most important aspect of the programme is that it is a business support initiative using training and information to improve the competitiveness of local businesses.

By assisting businesses to become tender ready for public procurement we improve all-round efficiency, sustainability and market potential.

By helping businesses become more able to tender for Scottish contracts we improve their prospects when competing throughout the UK where there is an annual public spend of £240billion.

Thereafter the international market place, particularly the EU, offers our businesses extensive opportunities.

The SDP is a partnership of 25 local authorities: Aberdeenshire, Angus, Clackmannanshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Dundee City, East Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire, East Lothian, East Renfrewshire, The City of Edinburgh, Falkirk, Fife, Glasgow City, Inverclyde, Midlothian, North Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Perth and Kinross, Renfrewshire, Scottish Borders, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, Stirling, West Dunbartonshire and West Lothian.  And also the Third Sector, Scottish Government for social enterprises Scotland wide.

To find out your local authority SDP contact click here.