Supplier pre-qualification
SOPO Accredit is the national pre-qualification service for the public sector. It has been developed to reduce the amount of administration that suppliers and public sector buyers face during the tender process. SOPO Accredit offers a simple and structured approach to pre-qualification via supplier assessment across a range of commonly evaluated criteria. Once registered, SOPO Accredit will allow you to be regarded as a company that is fit to do business with.
There are two Select registration options for suppliers to consider:
SOPO Accredit
SOPO Accredit - If your company tenders regularly for public sector contracts, you will save time, effort and cost by applying for SOPO Accredit status. Once you have achieved the Accredit standard, your registration will be accepted by all public bodies that have adopted the SOPO Accredit service - giving your business visibility to thousands of public sector buyers.
A business with SOPO Accredit accreditation will be known as financially stable, compliant with relevant legislative standards, reliable and able to provide a successful trading history - in short a company that is ´fit´ to do business with
SOPO Accredit provides third party endorsed assessment across a common range of requirements and demonstrates to public sector buyers that you have achieved a recognised public sector standard
The SOPO Accredit standard matches the robust standards set by UK government.
SOPO Certify
If you do not tender for many public sector contracts or are perhaps looking to do business with the public sector for the first time, you can instead choose to self-certify by completing the online questionnaire, which is free of charge - this service is known as SOPO Certify.
SOPO Certify allows suppliers to detail the information commonly requested by public sector buyers. In addition, SOPO Certify provides access to a centralised database for storing and maintaining your pre-qualification information and a standardised format for submitting Expression of interest data.