Fife Meet the Buyer

Discover your next business opportunity at Fife Meet the Buyer!

Fife Council’s Economic Development Department, in partnership with the Supplier Development Programme, invite you to the 16th Annual Meet the Buyer on Thursday 6 November 2025, from 9:00am to 12:30pm, at the NEW Fife College Dunfermline City Campus.

Who is Exhibiting?

This year’s event will play host to the first ‘Meet the Council’ zone. Attendees will have the chance to engage with Fife Council’s services and meet the buyers commissioning the work.

• Balfour Beatty
• BAM UK & Ireland
• Business Energy Scotland
• Business Gateway Fife
• Capital City Partnership
• Centre for Engineering Education and Development (CeeD)
• Codebase
• Employability Fife
• Federation of Small Business (FSB)
• FES Group
• Fife Chamber of Commerce
• Fife Council Building Services
• Fife Council Business Rates
• Fife Council Construction Category Team
• Fife Council Corporate Procurement 
• Fife Council Economic Development
• Fife Council Educational Support
• Fife Council Environmental Service
• Fife Council Licensing
• Fife Council Planning
• Fife Council Property Services
• Fife Council Town Centre/Tourism
• Fife Council Trading Standards
• Fife Council Transportation Service
• Forth & Tay Offshore
• Heriot Watt University
• Hub East Central Scotland
• Intend Business Dvelopment
• Make UK Defence
• Maxi Construction
• NHS Fife
• NHS Workplace Team Health Promotion Service
• Opportunities Fife
• PfH Scotland
• Raeburn Training
• Robertson Partnership Homes
• Scotland Excel
• Scottish Engineering (Forth & Tay Offshore)
• Scottish Enterprise
• Scottish Future Trust
• Scottish Manufacturing Advisory Service
• Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA)
• Scottish Renewables
• Skills Development Scotland
• Smith Anderson
• Social Enterprise Scotland
• Supplier Development Programme

Who is Speaking?

Check out the Agenda for the keynote area:

• 9:30-9:50am: Fife Council Corporate Procurement – Introduction to Corporate Procurement and the Updated Scheme of Tenders
• 10:00-10:20am: Build Fife Programme – Introduction to the Build Fife Programme
• 10:30-10:50am: Intend Business Development - Top Tendering Tips
• 11:00-11:20am: Success with Systems - AI Introduction to Procurement
• 11:30am-12pm: Intend Business Development – Overview of Quick Quotes/Supplier Finder and top tips for winning business

Please Note: This agenda is subject to change at any time, without notice. 

Why Attend?

This FREE networking event gives local suppliers the opportunity to: 

• Meet face to face with a variety of public and private sector buyers

• Discover upcoming contract, supply chain, and sub-contracting opportunities in Fife 

• Gain insight into buyers requirements 

• Attend presentations on a range of procurement topics

• Learn about the tendering support available to local businesses 

• Network with other local businesses 

The award-winning Build Fife programme is back for 2026 and better than ever!  Build Fife offers an exciting opportunity to build capability, relationships, engage face to face with Tier 1 and Tier 2 Contractors and ultimately build your business.

Register now at https://www.investfife.co.uk/event/build-fife-2026/ or find out more as part of the launch event at Fife Council’s Meet the Buyer Event.

All suppliers are welcome, please register your place in advance. 

Please direct any enquiries to fifemeansbusiness@fife.gov.uk.

You can join the conversation on social media by using the #FifeMeetTheBuyer2025