Procurement Information

The code requires that local authorities must publish details of every invitation to tender for contracts to provide goods and/or services with a value that exceeds £5,000.

For each invitation, the following details must be published:

  • Reference number
  • Title
  • Description of the goods and/or services sought
  • Start, end and review dates
  • Local authority department responsible

The code requires that local authorities must also publish details of any contract, commissioned activity, purchase order, framework agreement and any other legally enforceable agreement with a value that exceeds £5,000.

For each contract, the following details must be published:

  • Reference number
  • Title of agreement
  • Local authority department responsible
  • Description of the goods and/or services sought
  • Supplier name and details
  • Sum to be paid over the length of the contract or the estimated annual spending or budget for the contract
  • Value Added Tax (VAT) that cannot be recovered
  • Start, end and review dates
  • Whether or not the contract was a result of an invitation to quote or a published invitation to tender
  • Whether or not the supplier is a small or medium sized enterprise and/or a voluntary or community sector organisation and where it is, provide the relevant registration number.
  • Hassocks Parish publishes details of invitations to tender and contracts as below.
 HASSOCKS PARISH COUNCIL –CONTRACTS/TENDERS > £5,000 FROM 1ST APRIL 2018
DATE REF NO. SUPPLIER NAME TOTAL VALUE NARRATIVE TENDER (T) /QUOTE (Q)
01/06/2018 01/18 Came & Company £9,001.80
(3 Year Cost)
Insurance (Q) Term 3 Years Expires 31/05/21
28/01/2019
 
01/19
PO0420
Bendcrete £100,000 Skate Park (T) PHASED PAYMENTS 2019/20 (April – June)
27/02/2020 PO0581 Hags UK £150,000 Refurb 2 Play Areas in Adastra Park. (T) PHASED PAYMENTS 2020/21
27/07/2020
 
PO0599 Merlin Lighting (Installations) Ltd £8670
(3 Year Cost)
Hassocks Christmas Lights (Q) Term 3 Years.  Expires Jan 2023
01/06/2022 486 Arthur J Gallagher Insurance Brokers Ltd £6,088.50 Insurance Premium 2022-23 (Q) 1 Year.  Expires May 2023.