Public Procurement and Property

3 months to go until Meet the Buyer National 2025!

March 4, 2025 by Teigan Kelly No Comments | Category Procurement news, Scottish Procurement, Supplier Development Programme

The countdown to Scotland’s largest free procurement event is on. The 16^th annual Meet the Buyer National is set to return to Murrayfield Stadium on Wednesday 4 June 2025, from 9:30am to 3:30pm.

Meet the Buyer National is hosted by the Supplier Development Programme and partnered by Scottish Government and Scotland Excel.

Why should you attend?

This in-person event provides Scottish businesses with an opportunity to connect with public sector buyers and private sector main contractors, to discuss contract and supply chain opportunities.

Meet the Buyer National is the perfect place for suppliers to discover how they can win their share of Scotland’s £16 billion annual public sector procurement spend.

Who’s exhibiting?

Public sector exhibitors at Meet the Buyer will include Headline Partners Scottish Government and Scotland Excel. In addition, buyers from hub East Central Scotland, PfH, Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT), Police Scotland, and Historic Environment Scotland will be in attendance.

Additionally, we are delighted to announce the return of the NHS Health Zone, which will feature Zone Sponsors NHS National Services Scotland, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, among others.

Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire, City of Edinburgh, Dumfries and Galloway, East Dunbartonshire, East Lothian, East Renfrewshire, Falkirk, Fife, Glasgow City, Inverclyde and Renfrewshire Councils are also already confirmed to attend.

Private sector exhibitors will include Athlon, Bumblebee EV, Ogilvie Construction, Robertson Facilities Management, and Wills Bros Civil Engineering Ltd.

Buyers will be on their stands ready to answer suppliers’ questions and discuss their pipeline of work. Business support bodies will also be on hand, including the Supplier Development Programme, Police CyberAlarm and Scottish Enterprise, with more exhibitors soon to be confirmed.

Discover contract and Quick Quote opportunities

With a diverse range of exhibitors, Meet the Buyer National allows visitors to find out about different types of upcoming contracts and discuss Quick Quote opportunities with the Buyers.

To win a Quick Quote, suppliers must first make their business visible to buyers, so face to face networking at Meet the Buyer National provides the perfect chance to pitch ideas and raise your profile.

Keynote sessions

Alongside the exhibition, the event will include keynote sessions from experts offering hints and tips to get tender ready.

During these sessions, visitors can put their questions to speakers using the live Q&A on the Meet the Buyer National app and leave feedback on its polls.

Keep an eye on the Meet the Buyer event page for speaker announcements.

How to prepare

To get ready for Meet the Buyer National, businesses must first register with the Supplier Development Programme.

Once registered with SDP, organisations can then book a free place at Meet the Buyer National.

For more information contact info@sdpscotland.co.uk

For further information on public procurement in Scotland please visit www.gov.scot/procurement

Please email enquiries to scottishprocurement@gov.scot

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