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# Meet The Buyer South 2024 PIN

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/meet-the-buyer-south-2024-pin-ocds-h6vhtk-04a6f8). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** East Lothian Council: "Meet The Buyer South 2024 PIN". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [East Lothian Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/east-lothian-council-ons-s12000010)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Event services
- **Delivery Location:** UKM9
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04a6f8`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/meet-the-buyer-south-2024-pin-ocds-h6vhtk-04a6f8#tl-md)

## Description
Together with headline partners, Scottish Borders Council, the Supplier Development Programme has announced the third Meet the Buyer South event will take place on 29 October in Galashiels.
Meet with Buyers from Scotland’s local authorities, Government agencies and contractors to hear about upcoming contract opportunities with Scotland's public sector, worth 16bn GBP annually.
Businesses and third sector organisations will be able to meet procurement teams from local councils, alongside other public and private sector buying organisations, private contractors and business support organisations visit Meet the Buyer South 2024 | Meet the Buyer South 2024 | Supplier Development Programme (sdpscotland.co.uk) to see a full list of exhibitors.
As the largest free procurement event in the South of Scotland, the event affords suppliers unprecedented access to buyers and decision makers from across the Public and Private sector, with the opportunity to raise your profile as a business and prepare for upcoming contract opportunities.
The event is FREE to attend and open to all, but places are limited so make sure you register early at Meet the Buyer South 2024 | All events and training listings | Supplier Development Programme (sdpscotland.co.uk)

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 79952000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** The Supplier Development Programme’s Meet the Buyer South event is the largest FREE public procurement event in the South of Scotland.
Why attend?
16 billion GBP is spent in the public sector in Scotland each year on goods, services and works.
Meet b...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F032348-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-10-09T08:59:55.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T17:56:41.122Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04a6f8