Public Procurement and Property

• Public Contracts Scotland: SPD module workshop sessions

  18th November 2024 by Lauryn Ewing

  

  This year, we hosted a large number of workshops for all public sector buyers on the Single Procurement Document (SPD) module within Public Contracts Scotland (PCS). The SPD is a standard questionnaire that allows buyers to identify suitably qualified and experienced bidders. It contains questions on both exclusion and selection criteria. Bidders will use their...

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• Recent Changes to Public Contracts Scotland

  11th April 2024 by Ray Knox

  

  Changes have been made to improve the readability of SPD Module content and responses, remove duplication in the SPD Module, improve the Search Notices and Search Buyer pages and to allow Buyers to create copies of previous Quick Quotes (QQ).

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• Working with the Scottish Public Sector – How to Make the Most of Public Contracts Scotland

  19th February 2024 by Chris McLean

  

  All Scottish public sector buying organisations must use PCS to advertise their regulated procurements. Regulated Procurements are procurements with an estimated value of £50k and over for goods and services or £2m and over for works.

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• Working with the Scottish Public Sector – How to search for opportunities on Public Contracts Scotland

  26th January 2024 by Melissa Reilly

  

  Find opportunities from across the Scottish public sector from Local Authorities, NHS Scotland, the Scottish Government, Agencies and Non Departmental Public Bodies to Higher & Further Education and the Emergency Services using PCS.

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• Single Procurement Document: Buyer awareness sessions

  22nd November 2023 by Ray Knox

  

  A series of online workshops on an easy-to-use service that enables buyers to electronically create and issue SPD requests and to link them to their contract notices.

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