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Welcome to the BSSEC Purchasing Guide to Social Enterprise and the Voluntary Sector in Birmingham & Solihull.
Public sector purchasers looking to buy more goods and services from social enterprises and the third sector need look no further.
Our web-based Purchasing Guide to Social Enterprise & the Voluntary Sector, a free service to the Birmingham and Solihull social enterprise sector, is designed to meet public purchasers’ need for better market intelligence about what social enterprises are out there, the services they provide and - most importantly - the benefits and added-value of using the social enterprise option.
Using a unique 'enterprise profile', the Guide offers an unprecedented level of information about individual social enterprises and trading voluntary organisations in Birmingham and Solihull and public purchasers will be able to use the Guide to:
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Choose likely third sector suppliers and understand the additional social benefits of purchasing from them |
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Target invitations to tender more accurately |
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Identify service providers in priority areas (both geographic and service-based) |
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And meet the Government’s objectives of diversifying public service provision and other kinds of public purchasing |
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This is a free service for Birmingham & Solihull’s social enterprise sector |
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Get in the Guide
To be listed in the Guide - and inclusion is free - you just need to download the entry questionnaire and complete it as accurately and as fully as possible. Return it as directed on the questionnaire and we’ll do the rest to add your profile to the Guide.
Over the coming weeks and months we shall be continuing to promote the Guide, encouraging purchasers to test it and enterprises to join.
Be part of this unique experiment in bringing together public sector buyers and the third sector!
Entry Questionnaire >>
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