Procurement with Be One Homes:
Our Procurement Strategy covers both procurement and contract management. These objectives support the delivery of our strategy:
- Thinking more strategically about what we buy.
- Being more consistent and compliant in how we buy.
- Delivering additional social, economic, and environmental value when we buy.
- Managing our supply chain more effectively after we buy.
- Developing colleagues and improving skills.
As a key link in our supplier chain, as a potential or existing supplier, you can help us to deliver our procurement strategy and meet these objectives.
Understanding the Procurement Act 2023:
- The Procurement Act 2023 went live on the 24 February 2025. These handy video guides help to explain how it works:
Procurement within Be One Homes:
- Each year, we spend approximately £50m with suppliers on delivering goods, services or works in the borough of Bolton, which is where we're based.
As a public authority, we need to ensure that we make the best use of public funds and are transparent and fair in procuring and awarding contracts. Each pound that we spend must:
- Deliver the maximum value for money.
- Contribute to our strategic objectives.
- Deliver additional benefits to our customers and communities.
- Comply with public procurement legislation and our own procurement rules.
What we look for in suppliers:
- Financial, commercial, and technical capability to meet our business requirements.
- Compliance with relevant standard and legislation including Equalities, Health and Safety, and Environmental Sustainability.
- Commitment to supporting the delivery of our social, economic, and environmental strategies.
What we look for in suppliers:
Be One Homes is a public contracting authority and is governed by the procurement regulations.
Since 24 February 2025, all above threshold procurement activity has been advertised via Find a Tender, which is the central digital platform for public procurement.
We’ve included videos above to support you to register onto the central digital platform. All suppliers will need to be registered on the central digital platform in order to bid for above threshold contracts.
Our current thresholds:
Tap on a tab to view our current procurement thresholds:
Below threshold:
Find a tender threshold:
1 January 2024 to 31 December 2025 (including VAT):
- Suppliers/Services: up to £214,904
- Works: up to £5,372,609
You can register as a potential supplier and access new business opportunities on The Chest, the North West’s e-tendering portal. Registration is free of charge and once registered you can:
- Set up your supplier profile and indicate which opportunities you're interested in.
- Receive email notifications which match your profile when opportunities become available.
- Register your interest once opportunities are published.
- Receive tender documentation for opportunities you've expressed an interest in.
- If shortlisted, upload your tender response and supporting documents.
- Receive responses to frequently asked questions.
- Receive contract award information and tender feedback.
