Selling to Southwark

How to do business with the council

You can find everything you need to know about applying for contracts with Southwark by downloading our guidance on how to do business with Southwark Council.

Go to our economic development page to find out more information on how the council can support your business.

Forthcoming contracts

As part of the council's enhancements to services to support local businesses the council is seeking to develop and implement a method to promote opportunities for Southwark businesses to supply to the council by advertising contracts locally.  

For work contracts, the council requires contractors to register and be accredited with Exor, a public sector accreditation service. For further information please see the approved list.

The council will take the following actions to facilitate businesses in supplying to the council:

• Publication of up-to-date contract tender information on the council's website
• Remind council officers to ensure that local suppliers are aware of all procurements over £5,000 and less than £75,000
• For relevant procurements, require council officers to advertise opportunities in local press outlets or on the council's website and encourage the use of the registration of interest system in the use of this database to source tender lists

Contracts will continue to be let on the basis of evaluation criteria that offer best value to the council.

For information about forthcoming contracts, please contact Southwark Council procurement services. If you are not interested in the current forthcoming procurements but want to register an interest in future procurements, please go to the register of interest page.

Contracts register

The council's contracts register provides details of our significant current contracts for goods, works and services. It is reviewed and updated on a quarterly basis.

Details publicly available are:

• Contract Name
• Contract description
• Lead contract officer (contact for the contract)
• Department responsible
• Supplier name
• Contract start date
• Contract end date

The contract register may also help identify future tender opportunities. For specific contract/procurement information please contact the Lead contract officer.

 You can view and download a list of current contracts here.

Supply Southwark

Southwark Council is committed to supporting the growth of its local economy and has created a coordinated approach to market development through an action group made up of officers, council members and community stakeholders. For more information, go to our supply Southwark page.

Register of interest

This register is for non-construction works or services only.

Fill in the register with details of your organisation and the services or products you provide. This register is available for officers to view as a means of identifying organisations that may be eligible to be invited to quote or tender for services. You can register an interest here.

Approved list of building contractors and consultants 

Go to the approved list page for information about our approved list of building contractors and consultants and what you need to do to apply for inclusion on that list.

Useful websites

For a list of websites with information and resources for businesses, see our page of useful websites.