Public Procurement and Property

• World Water Week: Talking sustainable supply chains with Scottish Water

  23rd August 2021 by Guest Blogger

  

  To mark the start of World Water Week and the countdown to #ScotClimateWeek, we welcome a guest blog from Scottish Water on how they are driving a more sustainable supply chain to support net zero ambitions.

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• Changes to Scottish procurement legislation following the UK’s exit from the EU SPPN 5/2021

  18th August 2021 by Fiona McCaig

  

  This note covers the changes to procurement legislation that have arisen from the UK’s exit from the European Union (EU).

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• #NoWrongPath to discover the Power of Procurement

  10th August 2021 by Niamh Duncan

  

  To support young people across Scotland through #NoWrongPath day we asked some of our staff to reflect on their careers so far and how they got into procurement. Sophie and David, some of our portfolio specialists have had very different routes to the same team, while Jayne, one of our eCommerce specialists shows how one...

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• New Construction Policy Note (CPN) 3/2021

  28th July 2021 by Fiona McCaig

  

  We have published a new Construction Policy Note (CPN) setting out measures for contracting authorities to manage and mitigate market pressures affecting the availability and affordability of construction sector resources.

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• Working together to maximise the Power of Procurement

  22nd July 2021 by Niamh Duncan

  

  An update from the annual Public Procurement Group and Procurement Supply group joint meeting. Written jointly by guest bloggers Ian Howie, Deputy Director, Collaborative and Scottish Government Procurement, and Gillian Cameron, Programme Manager, Supplier Development Programme.

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