Meet the Buyer 2025

Venue: | Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium 25 Roseburn Street Edinburgh EH12 5PJ View larger map |
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Join us for Meet the Buyer 2025, Scotland’s largest free procurement event!
Now in its 16th year, Scotland’s National Meet the Buyer event will take place on Wednesday 4 June 2025, from 9:30am to 3:30pm. This free event is hosted by the Supplier Development Programme, and partnered by Scottish Government and Scotland Excel.
Come along to meet procurement teams, buyers and supply chain partners. Meet the Buyer is the place to discuss projects and tender opportunities, on a local and national scale, across Scotland and the UK.
What is Meet the Buyer?
This free to visit event gives you access to buyers and decision makers, from organisations across the public and private sectors. You’ll have the chance to introduce your company, talk to key buyer contacts, and discover opportunities in their pipelines.
Whether you are a micro, small or medium sized supplier, Meet the Buyer National can help you get into public sector supply chains. You will meet buyers connected to public sector projects, who are looking for suppliers that enrich local economies and support Community Wealth Building.
Who should attend Meet the Buyer National?
Meet the Buyer National is aimed towards helping Small Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) from across Scotland meet buyers. However, all are welcome! Wherever you are based, and however big your business is, there is something useful to be found here!
Not sure if your business’ products and services have a place in public and private sector procurement? You may be able to provide peripheral products and services nearby - for example, MOTs, food and drink, cleaning services, security services, local B&Bs, grounds maintenance.
You can’t afford to miss out on the chance to hear about upcoming projects and contracts.
You’ll only know if you go...
Attendance is key. If you don’t sign up for this free event in advance, you will miss out on the opportunity to introduce your business to Scottish local authorities, framework providers, and big contractors.
If your business can attend just one event this year, make it Meet the Buyer 2025!
All suppliers are eligible to attend for free. However, you must register an account with SDP to book a place.
Join the conversation: #MeetTheBuyer2025
Who is Exhibiting at Meet the Buyer National?
Headline Partners:
Aberdeen Hydrogen Hub Zone - Sponsored by bp Aberdeen Hydrogen Hub Zone:
Health Zone - Sponsored by NHS National Services Scotland:
Education Zone - Sponsored by Advanced Procurement for Universities and Colleges (APUC):
Food Industry Zone - Sponsored by Brakes (a Sysco Company)
Private Sector:
Public Sector:
Federation of Small Businesses (FSB)
Historic Environment Scotland
hub East Central Scotland
Northern Lighthouse Board
PfH Scotland
Police Scotland
Police Scotland – Police Cyber Alarm
Registers of Scotland (RoS)
ScotRail Trains Limited
Scottish Enterprise
Scottish Fire and Rescue Service
Social Security Scotland
Strathclyde Passenger for Transport (SPT)
Transport Scotland
Local Authorities:
Aberdeen City Council
Aberdeenshire Council
Clackmannanshire Council
Dumfries and Galloway Council
East Dunbartonshire Council
East Lothian Council
East Renfrewshire Council
The City of Edinburgh Council
Falkirk Council
Fife Council
Glasgow City Council
Highland Council
Inverclyde Council
North Lanarkshire Council
Renfrewshire Council
Scottish Borders Council
South Lanarkshire Council
Stirling Council
West Lothian Council
Top Tip: This event is expected to be very busy. Peak times are in the morning, and there will be queues at each exhibition stand. Suppliers are asked to consider attending in the afternoon to avoid the largest crowds.
Travel to Meet the Buyer 2025:
Parking is extremely limited at Meet the Buyer National, so we highly recommend visitors travelling by car use the Park and Ride at Ingliston, which offers a tram directly to Murrayfield Stadium.
Travel by Tram Discount
We are pleased to offer a 20% discount for those travelling to Meet the Buyer National via tram - using the discount code MTB20.
To activate this discount, go to the Edinburgh Tram website, add your tickets to the ‘cart’ and once in the cart hit the ‘Apply a Discount Code’ button and copy and paste MTB20.
Create an account
If you’re planning to do business with the public sector, registering with SDP is a must. Learn more about why you should register, or log in to your account now.
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