Procurement Project for Reading’s third sector organisations
by Tony Davis (Executive Director)
12 January 2010
This is a five minute survey that is designed to help identify the number of third sector organisations across Berkshire that would like to sell their goods and services to the public sector and to other buyers. If you are based in Reading, and this is something that concerns or that could interest your organisation, I urge you to complete the questionnaire.
At a time when grants are harder to come by and the need for supplying goods and services is becoming ever more important, many third sector organisations are eager to engage with the public sector. Historically, seeking to supply services to larger organisations and companies has often proved to be rather frustrating. Sometimes the problem is the process, sometimes the goods and services being offered are not what the buying organisation wishes to acquire, sometimes the paperwork seems – or is - daunting, sometimes the contract seems to be appropriate but too large to manage – there is a long list of past difficulties.
These issues are being reviewed. This survey is part of a process to maximise the potential for local third sector organisations to identify best who they might sell their goods and services to and to develop the third sector’s participation in the local economy. The reason for this survey is because of a current Procurement and Sustainable Supply project funded by SEEDA and the European Regional Development Fund.
Social Enterprise Berkshire CIC is leading the third sector element of this project. Your response will help create a baseline of information that should benefit all of us in the sector.
This survey is not really intended for smaller, unincorporated voluntary organisations that would be unlikely to seek contracts for goods and services in this way.
Please click on the link that follows to complete the brief survey:
Tel: 0118 9015798
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