Apply for an Active Tender
The page outlines current procurement opportunities and invites suppliers to tender for contracts with Fair Oak & Horton Heath Parish Council, in line with transparency and public sector regulations.
How we advertise contract opportunities
We use an open tender process as standard practice. All information about a contract is published in a single pack, and any interested party can submit a tender.
Where the contract requires it, procurement procedures other than the open tender procedure may be selected. This is in accordance with the Public Contract Regulations 2015.
Current invitations to tender
Our current invitations to tender can be found below:
Advertising thresholds
The way we advertise contracts and manage the tendering process depends on the value of the contract.
- Contracts worth less than £5,000 can be managed by email and require only a single quote.
- Contracts worth less than £25,000 can be managed by email, but they require three quotes.
- Contracts worth less than £100,000 must be managed online and advertised for three weeks.
- Contracts worth less than the EU threshold must be managed online and advertised for four weeks.
- Contracts worth more than the EU threshold must be managed online and advertised for five weeks.
The E.U threshold is currently £164,176 for goods and services, and £4,104,394 for works
Online advertising
As required by law, we advertise and publish all contracts worth more than £25,000 on the GOV.UK Contracts Finder.