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CompeteFor - current contract opportunities

CompeteFor is the chosen website of London 2012 for the publication of Games-related contract opportunities. Once registered with CompeteFor businesses will automatically receive news of future tender opportunities from tier two suppliers or below.

Register for CompeteFor to view current London 2012 tender opportunities

Delivering the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games will require the procurement of goods, works and services from an enormous range of firms.

We expect to have around 7,000 direct contracts which, together with our suppliers, will form supply chains of around 75,000 opportunities.

They range from construction, engineering and manufacturing to creative, merchandising and retail. 

London 2012 will directly buy and manage a comparatively small number of contracts with tier one suppliers or contractors.

Most of the opportunities for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are likely to come from further down the supply chains.

Terms and definitions

Procurement: term used to describe how a company buys or agrees contracts for goods, works and services.

Works: used to refer to the construction works to build the venues and infrastructure for the London 2012 Games.

Goods: products bought by London 2012 directly, such as construction materials and products, stationery items and computer equipment

Services: providing London 2012 with services such as accounting, design and other consultancy services.
Tier one: the main contractor who supplies direct to London 2012. An organisation that supplies to tier one is a tier two supplier and any organisation that supplies to tier two is a tier three and so on.

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