Craven District Council is currently reviewing the National Procurement Concordat for SMEs (small and medium size enterprises).

The strategy requires local authorities to adopt a SME friendly procurement concordat and to encourage a mixed range of suppliers in order to help develop and stimulate a varied and competitive marketplace. 

The concordat sets out the actions that Local Authorities should take to make their contracts more accessible to SMEs.

A copy of the Concordat can be found on this page.