A new website - the Glasgow Business Portal - will allow
businesses to compete for more than £1 billion worth of public and
private sector contracts in the city.
Organisations will be able to bid through the new portal for
contracts associated with the likes of the 2014 Commonwealth Games,
the New South Glasgow Hospital, the first phase of the Glasgow
School of Art's Garnethill campus redevelopment, 185-221 Buchanan
Street (opposite Buchanan Galleries) and the University of
Strathclyde's Technology and Innovation Centre.
These projects alone represent contract opportunities worth well
over one billion pounds.
Examples of the contract opportunities on offer include
everything from service contracts like catering and security to the
different elements necessary to deliver massive construction
projects. Companies of all sizes can compete for these
contracts.
The Glasgow Business Portal is based on the successful
Commonwealth Games Business Portal platform, which has attracted
more than 17,000 registrations since its launch just over two years
ago.
The Glasgow Business Portal has been developed by Glasgow City
Council, with the council's IT partner, ACCESS and Brookfield, main
contractor for the New South Glasgow Hospital.
Businesses interested in registering for the Glasgow Business
Portal should visit www.glasgow.gov.uk/businessportal.