PAE Buyers
The PAE represents 15 Essex Local Authorities, Essex County Fire & Rescue Service and St Georges Community Housing and provides procurement related support and training for its members and encourages and facilitates collaborative procurement and best practices in procurement.
The PAE Procurement Portal, which is a national pre-qualification service for the public sector, brings buyers into direct contact with suppliers for all the products and services purchased by the public sector across Essex.
The use of the BiP Select Service assists the PAE achieve its procurement aims by:
- Improving efficiency by sharing a single simplified procurement process
- Gaining greater knowledge about the Essex supplier community
- Maintaining a central database of prequalification information to avoid duplication
- Facilitating the engagement of SMEs and third sector organisations
Current PAE members:
- Basildon District Council
- Braintree District Council
- Brentwood Borough Council
- Castlepoint Borough Council
- Chelmsford Borough Council
- Colchester Borough Council
- Essex County Council
- Essex County Fire and Rescue Service
- Epping Forest District Council
- Harlow Council
- Maldon District Council
- Rochford District Council
- Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
- St Georges Community Housing
- Tendring District Council
- Thurrock Council
- Uttlesford District Council
As a PAE member you are entitled to access the BiP Select Service where you can:
- Access innovative products and services from wide range of suppliers
- Search the database by location, product or service to assist in expanding and stimulating competition in your supplier base
- Access a profile of each business listed to quickly pinpoint the right type of product or service and generate a shortlist
- Easy access to a pool of specialists with experience in niche markets
- Develop your existing supplier base free of charge
- Locate more competitive businesses resulting in better value procurement solutions
- Obtain real-time supplier information
To register as a PAE Member, please click here.