Also known as:- Approved Suppliers, Contract Management, e-Procurement, Procurement Policy, Purchasing, Selling to the Council, Suppliers, Supplies , Supplying the Council, Tenders
Answer: Currently it is not an essential requirement, although there are considerable benefits to both the Council and its suppliers from being able to trade electronically. The Council is currently implementing an electronic marketplace system, which includes the use of electronic purchase orders, invoices and catalogues, etc. We are also introducing purchasing cards. Both these projects will be progressively “rolled out” to include more and more of our suppliers. Therefore we are strongly encouraging all our suppliers to adopt these modern business processes.