£20.5m
London Borough of Newham awards £20.5m fire door contract to Gerda Security Products
- Buyer
- London Borough of Newham
- Published
- 2026-08-16
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£10.3m
London Borough of Newham awards £10.3m fire door contract to HLS McConnell
- Buyer
- London Borough of Newham
- Published
- 2026-08-16
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- Guide Getting started: selling to the public sector The UK public sector buys almost everything, from catering to software, and publishes its contract opportunities on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder. This guide explains who buys, where tenders appear, what the value thresholds mean in practice, and the first three steps a small firm should take.
- Guide How frameworks and call-offs work A framework is a pre-approved supplier list; a call-off is a contract awarded under it, either directly or through a further competition. This guide explains how suppliers get onto frameworks, how work actually flows through them, what open frameworks and dynamic markets change, and the traps to avoid.
- Guide Social value: what buyers actually want Social value questions ask what your contract will contribute beyond the specification: jobs, skills, environmental improvement, community benefit. They routinely carry ten per cent or more of the marks. This guide explains where the requirement comes from, what scores well, and the generic promises that score nothing.
- Guide Debarment and the debarment list: what suppliers need to know Under the Procurement Act 2023, exclusion is a buyer keeping a supplier out of one procurement; debarment is a central listing that applies across all of them. This guide explains the mandatory and discretionary grounds, who maintains the published debarment list, how self-cleaning works, and how to reduce your exclusion risk.
- Guide Dynamic markets and DPS, explained A dynamic market is an open list of qualified suppliers that buyers run competitions through, introduced by the Procurement Act 2023 to replace the older Dynamic Purchasing System. Suppliers can apply to join at any time, unlike a closed framework. This guide explains how they work and how to get on them.
- Guide How to read a contract award notice: contract value, award criteria and CPV codes explained A contract award notice is the public record of who won a contract, at what value, and how it was classified, published on Find a Tender under the Procurement Act 2023 before the contract is even signed. This guide explains what 'contract value' means, how CPV codes work, where notices are published, and how suppliers use awards for market intelligence.
- Guide How to read a tender pack A tender pack is the bundle of documents a buyer issues to run a competition: the contract notice, invitation to tender, specification, selection questionnaire, pricing schedule, conditions of contract and the award criteria. This guide explains what each document does, the order to read them in, and how to decide quickly whether to bid.
- Guide Selling technology to government: G-Cloud and the technology frameworks G-Cloud is the UK government's framework for buying cloud hosting, software and support, with approved suppliers listed in an online catalogue that public buyers search. This guide explains how technology firms get listed, how buyers make direct awards, the other Government Commercial Agency technology frameworks, and where the Procurement Act 2023 changes the process.
- Guide Bid or no bid: deciding what to chase Most losing bids were lost at the decision to bid. A disciplined bid or no-bid check covers fit, the incumbent, margin, capacity and evidence before any writing starts. This guide gives a practical qualification checklist and makes the case for walking away from tenders you cannot win.
- Guide Bidding as a consortium or subcontractor Smaller firms that cannot win a large contract alone can still take part: by forming a consortium or joint venture, joining under a lead supplier, or being a named subcontractor. This guide explains how each route is treated in a bid, how buyers assess combined capacity, how exclusion and associated persons work, and the paperwork involved.