3 July 2006
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Government opens for business
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SMALL businesses now have access to more than 7,500 Government contracts through a new business portal which removes the barriers faced by many small businesses to access public sector contracts.
The supply2.gov.uk portal was developed by BiP Solutions on behalf of the Small Business Service and is available through the businesslink.gov.uk website. It is the first Government-supported service of its kind in the UK to give businesses the opportunity to access lower-value public sector contracts, typically under £100,000 in value, from central and local Government.
The supply2.gov.uk portal allows UK public sector organisations to publicise their lower-value contracts free of charge. And, for the first time, businesses will be able to view such contracts in a single place.