1. Early Learning and Childcare South Lanarkshire Council
2nd September 2019
Early Learning and Childcare South Lanarkshire Council

2. Supplier Development Programme
Welcome to the
Supplier Development Programme
SDP is a Scottish Local Authority initiative in partnership with Scottish Government.
The aim of the programme is to ensure that Scottish Third Sector organisations and SME’s have access to free procurement advice and training, to ensure they can FIND, WIN and KEEP government contracts
Our aim is to ensure you - as a local home grown supplier... can find win and keep public and private sector contracts

3. Public Contracts Scotland
PCS was designed to connect public sector buyers & private sector business.
PCS is used by all public sector organisations in Scotland (900), to advertise contracts, invite suppliers to provide a ‘Quick Quote’, tender for lower value contacts and mini competitions
900 public sector buyers in Scotland are actively using PCS to advertise contracts, invite you to a Quick Quote’ and tender low value contacts and mini competitions

6. Supplier Development Programme

7. Supplier Development Programme

13. Select ‘Project Code’ from the down arrow and input the code mentioned in the notice within PCS

14. Once you’ve selected ‘Project Code’ from the down arrow and input the code 13956 click on Search

15. Click on the title to access the tender

16. Click to Express Interest and start the process

17. Now that you’ve expressed an interested in this contract, it will move to MY PQQ’s….

18. …it has now moved to the ‘MY PQQ’s’
…it has now moved to the ‘MY PQQ’s’. You can access it from here as often as needed until the deadline date of 14th October ’19. Although it’s recommended that you submit your response at least 1 day before the deadline to give you time to deal with any technical issue

19. Please use the message area to ask questions and access the answers given by the buyer to other bidders.
It’s really important that your read all the Buyer Attachments before you start to answer the questions - as a free text documents has been provided to assist you.

20. Please read all the Buyer Attachments

21. Please access all 3 envelopes containing questions

22. click Create Response

23. All mandatory and optional questions asked by the buyer must be answered

24. next…. please click on Edit Response to open up the text boxes for you to populate with information

26. If you don’t have the required insurance at the moment, you can commit to getting it.

27. Always remember to validate your response to let the system alert you to mandatory questions you might have missed

29. It’s recommended that you save at least every 20mins
It’s recommended that you save at least every 20mins. When you do, the system will inform that you’ve not submitted your response via the pop-up box above.

30. When you’re ready to submit your response, please click on the blue box at the top of the screen

31. Please read all the bidder guidance provided above the questions

34. print and sign

35. scan the signed copy and save to doc’s or desktop

38. Use the little calculator at the top of the screen, after you input the required figures

39. Now to add the requested attachment

41. Choose the document from your Desktop or Documents then click on the document to highlight it and click open

43. ta..dah…

44. Ask as many questions as needed to ensure that you’re confident you know what the buyer requires - and if you’re still not sure .. ask again, there’s no harm in asking!
1) click to Create a message

45. 2) Use the drop down menu to select the most appropriate classification – i.e. pricing, quality envelope or other
3) Give your message a subject heading and type in the box.

46. 3) Then click to send the message to the buyer

47. The buyer has NO access to your submission until the deadline as passed – you can change or tweak your answers at anytime until the deadline
Remember to Submit via the button at the top of the screen when you’re ready. This enables the buyer to access and evaluate your response.

48. Good Luck