{"id":647,"date":"2017-06-05T14:02:52","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T13:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/economy\/?page_id=647"},"modified":"2025-08-06T15:02:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T14:02:59","slug":"how-to-do-business-with-dcc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/economy\/business-support\/how-to-do-business-with-dcc\/","title":{"rendered":"How to do business with Devon County Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In order to carry out its day-to-day business, the Council procures goods, services and works from many different external sources (suppliers), and we must do so in a way that secures the best possible value for money for the taxpayers of Devon.<\/p>\n<p>Procurement is an important driving force in Devon County Council for identifying and realising cost efficiencies and guiding the improvement of Value for Money in the Council\u2019s \u00a3460m annual procurement spend.<\/p>\n<p>Procurement also works closely with local business support organisations and public sector business support units to ensure improved access to business opportunities with the Council and assist small to medium enterprises (SMEs) and third sector organisations to understand the tender process and produce quality responses to invitations to tender.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/economy\/document\/procurement-strategy\/\">Procurement Strategy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Find out more<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/economy\/business-support\/how-to-do-business-with-dcc\/doing-business-with-us\">Doing business with DCC &#8211; a guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/economy\/business-support\/how-to-do-business-with-dcc\/faq\">Doing business with DCC &#8211; frequently asked questions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/equality\/guidance\/guidance-for-doing-business-with-dcc\">Doing Business with DCC \u2013 clarity over the equality standards expected <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/economy\/document\/purchase-order-policy\/\">Purchase order policy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/economy\/business-support\/how-to-do-business-with-dcc\/supplying-dcc\">Supplying DCC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Contact us<\/h2>\n<p>Devon Procurement Services<br \/>\nCounty Hall<br \/>\nTopsham Road<br \/>\nExeter<br \/>\nEX2 4QD<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"tel:01392383000\">01392 383000<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:procure@devon.gov.uk\">procure@devon.gov.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In order to carry out its day-to-day business, the Council procures goods, services and works from many different external sources (suppliers), and we must do so in a way that secures the best possible value for money for the taxpayers &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/economy\/business-support\/how-to-do-business-with-dcc\/\" aria-label=\"Continue reading How to do business with Devon County Council\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":8,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-sidebar.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-647","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-13 02:50:25","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/economy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/economy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/economy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/economy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/economy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=647"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/economy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5554,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/economy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/647\/revisions\/5554"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/economy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/economy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}