Suppliers’ Guide SDP provides free tender training and information to to help Scottish SMEs win City Region public sector contracts. City Deal Glasgow City Region

“Fantastic event City Deal which changed Register on Public Contracts website the way we bid • 26 projects • 8 local authorities • for contrcts.” www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk • £1.13bn investment • and sign up for contract alerts “I was able to learn that the tender process Register with the Supplier Development isn’t too ‘scary’.” Programme at www.sdpscotland.co.uk and see what training is available “SDP has helped us compete with bigger business.” Check all your insurance and policies are up to date “The course helped us score 197/200tender!” for one Attend SDP annual Meet the Buyer event and meet the City Deal team All events are free of charge for Follow SDP on Twitter @sdpscotland and City businesses registered with the Deal @glasgowcitydeal to be kept up to date Supplier Development Programme. with the latest news and developments For booking and venue information visit: www.sdpscotland.co.uk

Supplier Development Programme 154 Montrose Crescent, Hamilton ML3 6LB Phone: 01698 453734 email: [email protected] @sdpscotland A guide for small and medium sized businesses City Deal and the Supplier What are City Deals? What does City Deal mean for my business? Development Programme Scotland’s City Deals are agreements between the The City Deal will support the local area to achieve UK and Scottish Governments and a city or region its shared long-term vision for the local economy The Supplier Development Programme (SDP) is that devolves powers and resources to local through: working to support small and medium sized government. Through investment, it aims to create businesses to make the most of opportunities Improved infrastructure - £1.13 billion fund to economic growth in the region and help local • through the Glasgow City Region Deal. businesses develop. support the delivery of an improved transport network across Glasgow and the Clyde Valley, key development and regeneration sites and What help is available? Glasgow City Region City Deal improved public transport; The Supplier Development Programme is a free The Glasgow City Region City Deal is an Growth in life sciences - establishment of world service which offers training and support to agreement between the UK Government, the • class research and development and help small and medium sized businesses find Scottish Government and eight local authorities commercialisation facilities; contracts, understand the tender process, and across the Clyde Valley. The eight local authorities • Supporting business innovation - providing improve their bids. SDP also provides are: additional business incubator and grow-on downloadable guides and online training, • Council space for entrepreneurs across the region through webinars. • East Council enabling more small and medium enterprises to • grow; SDP runs events year round across Scotland on • Council • Tackling unemployment - creation of thousands a number of tender related topics. Training is • Council of new jobs and establishment of programmes divided into Beginner, Intermediate and • Renfrewshire Council to provide targeted support to 16-24 year olds Advanced levels so you can decide what is • Council and vulnerable residents, and testing new ways best for you. • Council of boosting the incomes of people on low wages to make them more self-reliant. Our training programme includes: This partnership of eight neighbouring local • Introduction to working with the public sector authorities has secured an infrastructure Where can I find these contracts? • Using the Public Contracts Scotland website investment of £1.13 billion, making it one of the Details of upcoming contracts, values and • Improving your bid score largest City Region Deals in the UK. It will focus anticipated procurement timescales can be found • Understanding frameworks improvement in the Glasgow and Clyde Valley on www.glasgowcityregion.co.uk/Procurement • Policy workshops through 27 projects. Of these, 21 are major • And much more! infrastructure projects. This programme of work is • Use the Projects tab on the home page of the projected to add to the value of the local www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk website and economy over 20 years. select Glasgow City Region City Deal to view To book or find out more check out contract opportunities our website www.sdpscotland.co.uk The City Deal encompasses 27 projects across • Once a major contract has been awarded, you three key themes: Infrastructure, Skills & can approach the contractor directly and ask Employment and Innovation and Business Growth. about their requirements • To receive email updates of all notices published A list of all the infrastructure projects can be found at for the Glasgow City Region City Deal projects, www.glasgowcityregion.co.uk/article/7626/Projects add the project to your alert profile on PCS Although the work will take place in the Glasgow and Clyde region, any business from Scotland,the UK and Europe can bid for work.