Local Supplier Pilot Initiative - Kensington and Chelsea

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) would like to develop a local SME supplier brokerage service to support local economic value procurement from major local developments and from key council contracts.

The key objectives of this pilot initiative will be as follows:

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea operates a Procurement Code for qualifying s106 developments and has set a local procurement target of 10% for such developments. It is now seeking to pilot a local SME supplier initiative to facilitate the dialogue with key buyers, to engage and support local suppliers to win such contracts. Previously, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has been covered by London-wide supply chain programmes such as Supply Cross River 2 and Building for Growth and it now wishes to establish a local dedicated local procurement initiative. This pilot will inform the development of a wider programme aimed at establishing a local procurement initiative linked to key current and future developments.

Additional information:

This procurement is being executed through the Council's electronic procurement portal, capitalEsourcing.com where the Procurement Documents are available for immediate, unrestricted electronic access to suppliers who register their details.

The is initial contract period is 12 months with the days of the week to be agreed with an indicative budget of £15,000.