Central Digital Platform registration: a guide for suppliers

What the Central Digital Platform is

The Central Digital Platform is the enhanced Find a Tender service. Buyers publish notices on it, suppliers search for opportunities and set alerts, and suppliers store the core business information that every procurement under the Act needs, so it doesn't have to be re-entered for each bid.

Who needs to register

• ●Suppliers bidding for above-threshold contracts under the Procurement Act 2023. Part 1 of the Procurement Specific Questionnaire asks you to confirm your information is up to date and share it.
• ●Suppliers awarded notifiable below-threshold contracts from 1 April 2026: contracts worth at least £12,000 including VAT for central government (including NHS bodies) or £30,000 for other contracting authorities, such as councils. Only a short basic registration is needed to get a unique identifier, which the buyer publishes in its contract details notice.
• ●The below-threshold rule does not apply to procurements regulated by the Welsh Ministers. Scottish authorities use their own systems.
• ●If you already registered (for example for an earlier tender), you keep the same identifier and don't need to register again.

What you need before you start

• ●A GOV.UK One Login for the person who will be your first administrator: a work email address and a phone or authenticator app for security codes.
• ●Your Companies House number, or an equivalent such as a Charity Commission number. If you have none, the platform generates a unique identifier (a Public Procurement Organisation Number, or PPON).
• ●Your registered address and a shared organisation email that colleagues can access.
• ●For full supplier information: basic information, connected persons, qualifications, trade assurances, exclusions and financial information.

How to register, step by step

• ●Go to Find a Tender and sign in with, or create, your GOV.UK One Login.
• ●Agree to the platform's privacy policy and enter your name.
• ●Choose "Register an organisation", select Supplier and enter your Companies House number (or equivalent).
• ●Check your organisation name, email and registered address, then save.
• ●Select "Complete Supplier Information" and work through each section.
• ●Read and agree the declaration, then choose "Share my information" to create a share code or download your information file for the buyer.
• ●When anything changes, update it and create a new share code before your next bid.

Connected persons and exclusions: take care with these

Connected persons are people or organisations with significant influence or control over your business, or over which you have it, such as directors, majority shareholders and parent or subsidiary companies. You also self-declare whether any exclusion grounds apply and, if so, what has been done to stop it happening again. Buyers rely on these answers, so keep them accurate and current. Our Procurement Act 2023 guide for SMEs explains the exclusion regime.

After you register: get bid-ready

Registration is only the first step. Check which policies your sector and buyer will ask for with the free tender policy checker, then work through the tender policy checklist.

Frequently asked questions