Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council

What are the benefits of working with Doncaster Council?

There are a number of advantages you would receive by supplying Doncaster Council with a service you provide.  We are:

• Fair
• Non-discriminatory
• Professional
• A long term established organisation
• Prompt to pay
• Community focused
• Large in size and spending power, providing lucrative and regular contracts
• Able to provide opportunities for Innovation.           

Corporate Procurement Objectives

• To obtain value for money on procured goods and services
• To continuously improve the procurement process to ensure it remains economic, efficient and effective
• To oversee/manage the Authority's supply chains
• To seek out and evaluate procurement best practice and introduce the appropriate elements in the Authority's procurement process
• Working collaboratively with Internal Audit, Legal and Economic Development to ensure that all the Authority's procurement is legal, ethical, transparent whilst looking at wider issues involving equalities and the environment.           

Corporate Procurement Vision

“To obtain best value delivering better quality services for the benefit of the local community by 
introducing a dynamic procurement strategy that allows for innovation and continuous improvement.”

Internal Departments buying goods, services and works and the Corporate Procurement Team

Internal Procurement Managers and the Corporate Procurement Team provide advice and assistance on:

• Sourcing suppliers of products and services
• Negotiating prices and terms
• Drafting invitations to tender
• Managing or advertising on the Tendering process
• Evaluating Tenders
• Managing contract numbers.