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Date and time
Location
Virtual event
Contact Email
inclusivesupplychain@newable.co.ukGet Set: Central Digital Platform
About this event
Transforming public procurement with the new Central Digital Platform launched in February 2025
£300 billion a year, that's one in every three pounds of public money, is spent on public procurement. The new national supplier onboarding system, Central Digital Platform helps new entrants in public procurement such as small businesses and social enterprises, find, bid and win more public contracts. Join this event to learn how to win public service contracts using the new platform.
What will you learn
- Learn how to maximise your supplier profile using the new public procurement system
- Discover the key changes and benefits and how they directly help small businesses and social enterprises
- Explore the benefits of new, more flexible procurement procedures, and how this may help to showcase innovation
- Learn how changes to framework agreements allow new entrants to the market to join quicker
Why attend?
Your journey towards securing public contracts starts here. Equip yourself with the knowledge to successfully bid for new contracts within the public sector.
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Eligibility
This Inclusive Supply Chain event is funded by the UK Government through the Shared Prosperity Fund. As a result, a range of data points must be collected to assess your company's eligibility for the event.
Companies must:
- Be based in London
- Be registered in the UK
- Meet the SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) criteria according to the European SME definition
- Have a minimum of £50,000 in annual sales in the next year
What's next?
This event is FREE to attend. Attendees must register via the 'Apply Here' button at the top of this page. Eligibility criteria are detailed below, alongside pre-approval questions upon registration. Expressing an interest in this event does not guarantee the opportunity to meet the buyers. Once our buyers have reviewed your registration, you will receive an approval or rejection notification by email.
Please note, due to the nature of the event, places are very limited and therefore, limited to one delegate per company. The above eligibility criteria applies.
Contact us
Have a question about the event? Email our team at inclusivesupplychain@newable.co.uk
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What is the Inclusive Supply Chain Project?
The Inclusive Supply Chain project aims to promote social and economic cohesion across London by helping Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) improve their access to London's Supply Chains.
The project offers an intensive, tailored supply-readiness package of support designed to help SMEs from all sectors become supply chain-ready by building their skills and capabilities to meet the procurement criteria of larger businesses and buyers. The support includes bespoke supply-readiness advice provided by experienced procurement advisers, access to interactive workshops and buyer engagement events.
The Inclusive Supply Chain project is supported by the Mayor of London and delivered by Newable with support from London South Bank University on behalf of the Greater London Authority.
The Inclusive Supply Chain project is funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. The UK Shared Prosperity Fund aims to improve pride in place and increase life chances across the UK, investing in communities and place, supporting local business, and people and skills. For more information, visit www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-shared-prosperity-fund-prospectus.
This event is designed and delivered by Newable as part of the Inclusive Supply Chain project.
The Inclusive Supply Chain project is supported by the Mayor of London and delivered by Newable with support from London South Bank University on behalf of the Greater London Authority.
The Inclusive Supply Chain project is funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. The UK Shared Prosperity Fund aims to improve pride in place and increase life chances across the UK, investing in communities and place, supporting local business, and people and skills. For more information, visit www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-shared-prosperity-fund-prospectus.
As a result, a range of data points must be collected to assess your eligibility and suitability to participate in this funded project.
To comply with the funding requirements the Greater London Authority, Newable and London South Bank University will collect and store your registration data collected through this form for auditing and project evaluation purposes until 2033 before all records are destroyed.
Newable and London South Bank University will not share your data with any other third parties that are not involved with the funding and/or delivery of the Inclusive Supply Chains project listed above and below.
Information regarding the use and processing of personal data by the Greater London Authority, Newable and London South Bank University can be found at:
- Greater London Authority - Privacy Policy
- Newable - Privacy Policy
- London South Bank University - Privacy Policy
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