Doing business with the council

Procurement legislation

Procurement Act 2023

The new Procurement Act 2023 came into effect on 24 February 2025. Contracts procured under Public Contract Regulations 2015 will remain subject to this legislation until contract end date.

See guidance for suppliers on the new Procurement Act 2023. You can also see slides from the Cabinet Office and watch a webinar on YouTube below.

To bid for above threshold opportunities, you must have registered on the new Central Digital Platform. You will need a GOV.UK One Login account before you can register.

Provider Selection Regime

The Provider Selection Regime (PSR) came into effect on 1 January 2024. The London Borough of Enfield now uses the PSR when procuring healthcare services.

For guidance, see the PSR Statutory guidance.

Find opportunities to sell to the council

Use our procurement system to:

sign up for updates
find contracts worth more than £30,000

We are changing our procurement system this year (2025). Therefore, if you have been doing business with us, you will need to register onto our new procurement system to receive opportunities and access to tenders. You can get guidance on the Supplier Portal.

Find opportunities on our procurement system

You can find other public sector opportunities on the Find a Tender Service.

Our contracts register

View our contract register of existing contracts. You can improve and narrow your search by choosing the 'Enfield Council' search option.

For more information, view:

UK public contract thresholds

From 1 January 2024, the limits set by the Procurement Act 2023 are:

£5,372,609 (including VAT) for works contracts
£214,904 (including VAT) for supply, services, and design contracts
£663,540 (including VAT) for social and other specific services under the light-touch regime

If the contract value is higher than these limits, the procurement process must follow the Procurement Act 2023.

Contract procedure rules

The council has rules for buying goods, services and works called Contract Procedure Rules (PDF, 467.02 KB). These rules are part of the council's constitution.

National Procurement Strategy and policy notes

The Cabinet Office gives guidelines called Procurement Policy Notes. These notes explain any updates and changes to legislation. The National Procurement Policy Statement sets out the government’s strategic priorities for public procurement.

Enfield’s commitment to Social Value

In January 2013, the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 became law. It asks the council to find ways to improve economic, social, and environmental well-being.

Our sustainable and ethical procurement policy (PDF, 772.41 KB) explains how we will deliver Social Value and sustainable and ethical procurement.

Our Modern Slavery Statement (PDF, 112.85 KB) explains what Enfield is doing to stop modern slavery.

We have signed the Unite Construction Charter, and the Fair Tax Declaration.

Framework agreements

We use a variety of frameworks that have been set up by contracting authorities. Some of the framework providers we use are:

Crown Commercial Service
Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation
Yorkshire Purchase Organisation
NHS frameworks
Construction and housing frameworks

How to become a supplier

Suppliers are only set up following successful contract award (either via tendering or user choice contracts).

In order to be set up quickly and securely, you need to complete the supplier creation form which is sent to you.

To help prevent fraud, you will need to provide the documents listed below, and you will be contacted to verify details by Exchequer Services.

Documents required

Company information provided on headed paper of the company in PDF format. It must confirm the following supplier details:

Company name
Registered address
Trading address (if different to registered address)
Bank details
Contact person
Contact email and telephone
VAT number

How to invoice the council

Invoices and credit notes for payment must be sent to enfieldteam@restoredigital.co.uk.

Do not send invoices directly to council officers.

We will not process or pay against pro-forma invoices, account statements or remittance advice notes.

All payments will be made as per our agreed payment terms and conditions.

It is essential that your invoice/credit note is in PDF format, and:

is addressed to London Borough of Enfield or Enfield Council
contains a valid purchase order number
has a unique invoice number
has an invoice date
showing the net, VAT and gross amounts
has a VAT registration number (where applicable)

Each invoice or credit note needs to be sent in as a single PDF, not as multiple invoices or credit notes on 1 PDF. Each PDF must not contain password protection.

If you do not have a valid purchase order number, contact the department or person who ordered the goods/services. Download the purchase order terms and conditions (PDF, 28.93 KB).

Our payment policy is to pay suppliers 30 days after receipt of an acceptable invoice, which must quote the purchase order number. This is in line with the prompt payment rules.

As a supplier, if you subcontract any work in relation to the provision of goods or services to us you must also ensure that you comply with the prompt payment rules.

If you cannot email your invoice, please post it to:

BMR1-London Borough of Enfield
PO Box 497
Zeus
2 Tally Close
Manchester
M28 8EB