Becoming a Contractor
SUPPLIER REGISTRATION AND
APPROVED LISTS
Before becoming a supplier to the Council we
will ask you to submit information on your company, usually by
means of a Registration Questionnaire or an
Invitation to Tender. This information
will include some or all of the following:
- Basic company
details
- Financial information,
including accounts
- Insurance
cover
- Health & Safety
practices
- Business and management
structure
- Resources and staff
training
- Environmental
policies
- Equality
policies
- Trade
references.
To register your interest in supplying the
Council, please download and complete this form:
click here: Supplier
Registration form
Questions 7 and 13-15 are answered using
drop-down lists, all other responses are free text.
Completed Supplier Registration forms should
be emailed to:
commercial.hub@bedford.gov.uk
These forms will be held on record by Central
Procurement and forwarded to Service Departments when a purchase
requirement arises. Service Departments will then handle the tender
or quotation process and will contact prospective suppliers direct
for further information.
Approved lists and framework
agreements
Approved lists may be used by Service
Departments to select bidders on a framework agreement basis, so
long as the total contract value does not exceed EU thresholds. For
construction contracts our in-house Bedford Design Group subscribes
to the “Construction Line” pre-qualification database. Also, we may
use existing public sector framework agreements, such as those set
up by Central Buying Consortium, OGC and ESPO.
Please note that our Contract Procedure Rules
allow the competitive bid procedure to be waived where the
appropriate legal, commercial and operational conditions exist.