Small Business Friendly Concordat

We are proud to have signed up for the Small Business Friendly Concordat.

The Concordat is a voluntary, non-statutory code of practice. The Local Government Association (LGA) strongly encourage all Local Authorities (in England) to sign up to the Concordat.

The purpose of the Concordat is to set out what small and medium-size organisations supplying Local Government can expect when tendering for Local Authority contracts. It is not intended that smaller suppliers automatically be given a competitive advantage, but that contracting authorities ensure that all suppliers are treated equally.

The Concordat also sets out the standards that public sector buyers should expect from their suppliers.

Page last reviewed 23 April 2012