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UK Portals & Platforms

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Atamis

Atamis is a UK cloud-based eProcurement and contract management platform adopted by NHS trusts, local authorities, and other public bodies to manage the full procurement lifecycle electronically, including sourcing, supplier qualification, tender management, evaluation, and post-award contract administration.

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UK Portals & PlatformsCDP

Central Digital Platform (CDP)

The Central Digital Platform is the UK government's new unified procurement infrastructure introduced under the Procurement Act 2023, providing a single system for supplier registration, notice publication, and procurement data, designed to replace the fragmented landscape of multiple portals and reduce administrative burden for suppliers and buyers alike.

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Contracts Finder

Contracts Finder is the UK government's free online portal where public sector organisations publish contract opportunities and awarded contracts, covering both above-threshold notices alongside FTS and below-threshold opportunities, giving suppliers a single searchable view of UK public procurement activity.

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UK Portals & PlatformsCCS

Crown Commercial Service (CCS) Portal

The Crown Commercial Service Portal is the UK government's central procurement hub where CCS publishes framework agreement opportunities, manages supplier registration, and gives public sector buyers access to hundreds of commercial agreements covering technology, professional services, travel, facilities, and more.

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UK Portals & PlatformsDSEP

Defence and Security Electronic-Procurement (DSEP)

Defence and Security Electronic-Procurement is the UK Ministry of Defence's secure eProcurement platform for managing defence and security contract competitions, providing a controlled environment for publishing notices and receiving bids for sensitive government contracts governed by the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011.

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Digital Marketplace (G-Cloud, DOS)

The Digital Marketplace is the UK Crown Commercial Service's online platform for buying and selling digital, data, and technology products and services to the public sector, hosting frameworks including G-Cloud for cloud services and the Digital Outcomes and Specialists (DOS) framework for bespoke digital projects.

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UK Portals & PlatformsESPO

ESPO (Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation)

ESPO is a local authority-owned public sector buying consortium based in the East Midlands that operates collaborative framework agreements and procurement services, giving schools, councils, NHS bodies, and other public organisations across the UK access to pre-competed contracts for goods and services.

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eTendersNI

eTendersNI is the official electronic procurement portal for Northern Ireland's public sector, used by central Northern Ireland departments, local councils, health and social care trusts, and other public bodies to publish contract opportunities and manage tender processes electronically.

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UK Portals & PlatformsFTS

Find a Tender Service (FTS)

Find a Tender Service is the UK government's official portal for publishing procurement notices above the post-Brexit statutory thresholds, replacing the EU's TED for UK buyers after 1 January 2021 and operating under the Procurement Act 2023 and its predecessor the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

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In-tend

In-tend is a UK eProcurement platform used by local authorities, NHS trusts, housing associations, and other public bodies to manage the full procurement process online, from publishing contract notices and distributing tender documents to receiving electronic submissions and recording evaluation decisions.

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MOD Contracts Online

MOD Contracts Online is the Ministry of Defence's public-facing contracts database where awarded defence contracts and some prior information notices are published, giving the defence supply chain visibility of MOD spending patterns and upcoming opportunities outside the classified eProcurement environment.

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NHS Supply Chain Portal

The NHS Supply Chain Portal is the procurement platform through which NHS Supply Chain, the body that manages product and supply chain services for NHS England, runs competitive tenders for medical devices, consumables, and non-clinical goods, offering suppliers access to centralised NHS purchasing frameworks covering the majority of English NHS trusts.

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PCS-Tender

PCS-Tender is the Scottish Government's eProcurement platform for managing live tender processes in Scotland, enabling contracting authorities to issue tender documents, receive electronic submissions, and manage evaluation, fully integrated with the Public Contracts Scotland notice portal.

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Proactis (Due North)

Proactis, formerly known as Due North, is a UK eProcurement software provider whose platform is used by public sector contracting authorities to manage procurement processes electronically, including notice publication, tender management, supplier registration, and contract award, particularly across local government, health, and education sectors.

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ProContract

ProContract is a widely-used UK eProcurement platform developed by Due North (now Proactis) that enables public sector contracting authorities to publish contract notices, manage tender processes electronically, and receive supplier submissions, used by hundreds of local authorities, NHS trusts, and other public bodies across the UK.

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UK Portals & PlatformsPCS

Public Contracts Scotland (PCS)

Public Contracts Scotland is the Scottish Government's official procurement portal where Scottish contracting authorities publish contract notices, prior information notices, and award notices, serving as the primary transparency platform for public procurement across Scotland's devolved public sector.

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Sell2Wales

Sell2Wales is the Welsh Government's official public procurement portal where Welsh contracting authorities publish contract opportunities and award notices, serving as the primary gateway for suppliers seeking to do business with the Welsh public sector, from local councils to the NHS in Wales.

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UK Portals & PlatformsYPO

YPO Procurement Portal

The YPO Procurement Portal is the online platform operated by YPO, a local authority-owned buying organisation, through which public sector buyers in education, local government, and the wider public sector access YPO's framework agreements and collaborative procurement arrangements covering goods, services, and energy.

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