Case studies

From £20,000 to £100,000: How Passion4Social Secured a Decade-long Council Contract

Background

Passion4Social is a Community Interest Company (CIC) with a mission to create sustainable employment opportunities for disabled people and people from minority groups. It provides web development, graphic design, social media, and digital accessibility services.

During SDP’s Meet the Buyer National in 2019, Passion4Social was able to learn about Aberdeen City Council’s ABZWorks project which then led to a win of nearly £100,000 of public sector work.

City of Edinburgh Council Facilitates Transparency in Hard FM Supply Chain with Supplier Development Programme

City of Edinburgh Council approached the Supplier Development Programme (SDP) to deliver a free Talking Tenders webinar event, supplemented by one-to-one meetings between outgoing suppliers from the previous framework and the potential new Delivery Partners.

The commercial property repair and maintenance programme contract opportunity is for a 10-year period and the estimated contract value is £150m - £180m. In December 2020, in partnership with SDP, The City of Edinburgh Council engaged with suppliers of all sizes to fulfil the requirements of this procurement exercise. Potential manufacturers, suppliers and sub-contractors interested in potential forthcoming sub-contracting opportunities related to this tender exercise attended a ‘Talking Tenders’ webinar in a morning session.

New SDP Supplier Set for Public Sector Success

Kate Hookham had experience in supporting her previous employer to gather evidence and submit tenders, as well as in delivering programmes and projects commissioned by public sector buyers through Public Contracts Scotland. Since venturing out by starting her own business in mid-March 2020, Kate’s plans were put on hold with the breakout of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. She decided to use lock down to upskill herself on public sector tendering and began attending free webinars with the Supplier Development Programme in April 2020.

South Ayrshire Council Engages with Suppliers During COVID-19 at Virtual Meet the Buyer

South Ayrshire Council participated in a planned takeover of SDP’s Twitter account during the Supplier Development Programme’s Meet the Buyer 2020: Live Virtual Event on 2 June 2020. Suppliers were encouraged to follow the #MeetTheBuyer2020 hashtag and ask real time questions to the Procurement Team at South Ayrshire Council on the topic, “Exploring Quick Quotes.”