Estimated Value
Not specified
Deadline
Not specified
Published
29 May 2025
Type
works
Overview
The 16th Annual Meet the Buyer National will take place on Wednesday 4 June 2025 at Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh. Join us to discuss contract opportunities with buyers from Scottish Local Authorities, Government Agencies, key contractors, and business support organisations.
Attending Meet the Buyer National is a great way to find how you could join the public supply chain, to win a share of the 16GBP billion that the Scottish public sector spends annually on goods, works and services. Meet the Buyer National is the largest free procurement event in Scotland.
Don’t miss this opportunity to raise your profile as a business and learn how to prepare for upcoming contract opportunities. The event is FREE to attend and open to all, but places are limited.
Additional details
Register now: https://www.sdpscotland.co.uk/events-mtb25/ Meet The Buyer 2025 Now in its 16th year, Scotland’s National Meet the Buyer event will take place on Wednesday 4 June 2025, from 9:30am to 3:30pm.
This free event is hosted by the Supplier Development Programme and partnered by Scottish Government and Scotland Excel. Come along to meet with procurement teams, buyers and supply chain partners.
Meet the Buyer is the place to discuss projects and tender opportunities, on a local and national scale, across Scotland and the UK. Attending Meet the Buyer National is a great way to find how you could join the public supply chain, to win a share of the 16GBP billion that the Scottish public sector spends annually on goods, works and services.
Meet the Buyer National is the largest free procurement event in Scotland. Don’t miss this opportunity to raise your profile as a business and learn how to prepare for upcoming contract opportunities.
Meet the Buyer National is aimed towards helping Small Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) from across Scotland meet buyers. However, all are welcome!
Wherever you are based, and however big your business is, there is something useful to be found here! Register FREE here: https://www.sdpscotland.co.uk/events-mtb25/ Additional information: The event is FREE to attend and open to all, but places are limited. Register now: https://www.sdpscotland.co.uk/events-mtb25/ If you do not have an existing Supplier Development Programme account, select the Register button first.
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East Lothian CouncilKey Dates
Published
29 May 2025
Submission deadline
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Notice type
planning
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