Find a TenderPast planning notice
Published 29 May 2025, 15:00 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Meet the Buyer National 2025

Official notice

Authority: East Lothian Council (Local council)

Works
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 4 Jun 2025from the planned procurement notice

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The 16th Annual Meet the Buyer National will take place on Wednesday 4 June 2025 at Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh.

Join us to discuss contract opportunities with buyers from Scottish Local Authorities, Government Agencies, key contractors, and business support organisations.

Attending Meet the Buyer National is a great way to find how you could join the public supply chain, to win a share of the 16GBP billion that the Scottish public sector spends annually on goods, works and services.

Meet the Buyer National is the largest free procurement event in Scotland. Don’t miss this opportunity to raise your profile as a business and learn how to prepare for upcoming contract opportunities.

The event is FREE to attend and open to all, but places are limited. Register now: www.sdpscotland.co.uk/events-mtb25/ ↗

CPV: Administrative social services · Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services · Construction work · Daycare services · Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting · Family-planning services · Housing services · Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) · Research and development services and related consultancy services · Social work and related services · Social work services · Social work services with accommodation · +4 more

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Meet The Buyer 2025Planned

Meet The Buyer 2025

Now in its 16th year, Scotland’s National Meet the Buyer event will take place on Wednesday 4 June 2025, from 9:30am to 3:30pm. This free event is hosted by the Supplier Development Programme and partnered by Scottish Government and Scotland Excel.

Come along to meet with procurement teams, buyers and supply chain partners. Meet the Buyer is the place to discuss projects and tender opportunities, on a local and national scale, across Scotland and the UK.

Attending Meet the Buyer National is a great way to find how you could join the public supply chain, to win a share of the 16GBP billion that the Scottish public sector spends annually on goods, works and services.

Meet the Buyer National is the largest free procurement event in Scotland. Don’t miss this opportunity to raise your profile as a business and learn how to prepare for upcoming contract opportunities.

Meet the Buyer National is aimed towards helping Small Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) from across Scotland meet buyers. However, all are welcome! Wherever you are based, and however big your business is, there is something useful to be found here!

Register FREE here: www.sdpscotland.co.uk/events-mtb25/ ↗ Additional information: The event is FREE to attend and open to all, but places are limited. Register now: www.sdpscotland.co.uk/events-mtb25/ ↗

If you do not have an existing Supplier Development Programme account, select the Register button first.

Delivery: Scotland

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Works
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
29 May 2025, 15:00 BST
Last source update
29 May 2025, 15:00 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-028513
Classification (CPV)
Administrative social servicesArchitectural, construction, engineering and inspection servicesConstruction workDaycare servicesElectrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lightingFamily-planning servicesHousing servicesLaboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)Research and development services and related consultancy servicesSocial work and related services
+6 moreSocial work servicesSocial work services with accommodation
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM75)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0528f9 Find a Tender

Publisher note: (SC Ref:800158)

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

29 May 2025 → 4 Jun 2025 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published
    29 May 2025, 15:00 BST
  2. Tender notice expected
    4 Jun 2025, 00:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

East Lothian Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local agency/officeGeneral public services John Muir House, Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland, EH41 3HAContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.