Buying and paying for goods and services

Purchasing, receiving and paying for goods and services for the council.

Services List

Procurement

Support with buying goods and services and managing suppliers and contracts.

Purchase cards (P-Cards)

Information about how to apply for and use purchase cards when making one-off purchases of less than £2,000 (two thousand).

Petty cash

Petty cash is used by a small number of teams to make payments where there is no alternative, such as when making a one-off allowance payment to an asylum seeker.

Making an exceptional payment

This should only be used where no other approved payment option is available, including making a payment to a foreign bank account.