South Cambridgeshire District Council - Procurement Information 

It is recommended that local authorities place on Contracts Finder, as well as any other local portal, every invitation to tender or invitation to quote for contracts to provide goods and/or services with a value that exceeds £10,000. 

It is recommended that local authorities should go further than the minimum publication requirements and publish:

• information on a monthly instead of quarterly basis, or ideally, as soon as it is generated and therefore becomes available (commonly known as ‘real-time’ publication)
• every invitation to tender for contracts to provide goods and/or services with a value that exceeds £500 instead of £5,000. 
• details of invitations to quote where there has not been a formal invitation to tender.
• all contracts in their entirety where the value of the contract exceeds £5,000
• company registration number at Companies House
• details of invitations to tender or invitations to quote that are likely to be issued in the next 12 months. 
• details of the geographical (eg. by ward) coverage of contracts entered into by the local authority
• details of performance against contractual key performance indicators, and
• information disaggregated by voluntary and community sector category (eg. whether it is registered with Companies House, Charity or Charitable Incorporated Organisation, Community Interest Company, Industrial and Provident Society, Housing Association, etc)