We pride ourselves on making the procurement processes simpler and more accessible to suppliers. By using our joint electronic procurement portal, ProContract (powered by PROACTIS) you only need to register once to tender for contracts at authorities where LGSS provides procurement services.

Organisations already using our procurement portal include:

• Cambridge City Council
• Cambridgeshire County Council
• Daventry District Council
• East Cambridgeshire District Council
• Huntingdonshire District Council
• Milton Keynes Council
• Northampton Borough Council
• Northampton Partnership Homes
• Northamptonshire County Council
• Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Suppliers

To bid for contracts, download our user guide and register on the site.

Supplier guide Site registration Supplier login

Use the ProContract electronic ticket logging system:

• include as much detail as possible
• only label your message as ‘urgent’ if time-sensitive
• include your contact information

Log a ProContract ticket or contact the Proactis helpdesk on 0330 005 0352 (9am–5:30pm, Mon-Fri).

Advertising

We advertise our contract opportunities on Contracts Finder,  a central government advertising portal for contract opportunities in the UK.

We advertise all opportunities above:

• £10,000 for Cambridgeshire County Council
• £5,000 for Milton Keynes Council
• £25,000 for Northamptonshire County Council

Suppliers can register on the portal and save their searches to receive email alerts for categories or areas they may be interested in.

Visit Contracts Finder

Tendering guidance

LGSS partners are all bound by the Public Procurement Regulations 2015 which are designed to ensure competition, transparency, fairness and accountability in public sector tendering processes. For more information, visit the GOV.UK website for guidance on tendering for public sector contracts.