Public Procurement and Property
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SME roundtables review: “Levelling the playing field”
1st December 2021 by Niamh Duncan
Director of Scottish Procurement and Property, Nick Ford reflects on the recent set of SME roundtable discussions.
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Talking “sustainable change” and supplying the public sector with Hey Girls
30th November 2021 by Melissa Reilly
We talk "sustainable change" with Hey Girls - an award-winning ‘buy one, donate one’ social enterprise, producing environmentally-friendly period products that fund the fight to end period poverty in the UK.
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Re-let of National Framework for the Provision of Interpreting, Translation and Transcription Services
24th November 2021 by Melissa Reilly
The framework is now live for a period of 4 years until 11 November 2025. All three suppliers are SMEs and committed to paying the real Living Wage.
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Scotland’s Baby Box on display in Philadelphia
21st September 2021 by Melissa Reilly
Earlier this year, we shared a blog post announcing a new contract between Scottish Government and APS Group (Scotland) to continue to support the supply and distribution of Scotland’s Baby Box and support for the Best Start Grant. One of Scotland's Baby Boxes is now on display as part of the second 'Designing Motherhood' exhibition at the Centre for Architecture + Design in Philadelphia.
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Social Enterprise Scotland encouraging values-led procurement
20th September 2021 by Guest Blogger
Scottish Procurement welcome back Social Enterprise Scotland to discuss the launch of a new Buy Social Scotland campaign to encourage values-led procurement with social enterprises.
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Talking Supported Businesses with Social Security Scotland
8th September 2021 by Guest Blogger
Scottish Procurement are delighted to welcome a guest blog from Natalie McCrindle, Head of Procurement and Commercial at Social Security Scotland to discuss their use of Scottish Government Frameworks to deliver social and economic benefits at their recently launched offices in Glasgow and Dundee.
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Meet The Buyer North 2021 – what’s it all about?
24th August 2021 by Jennifer Payne
It's time to grow your business in the North of Scotland - #MeetTheBuyerNorth2021 on 7th September is a virtual networking event connecting suppliers with public sector buyers in the North of Scotland, Highlands and Islands.
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Scottish organisations shortlisted at the UK National GO Awards 2021
18th August 2021 by Melissa Reilly
A number of Scottish organisations have been shortlisted as Finalists at the UK National GO Awards 2021, demonstrating the #PowerOfProcurement here in Scotland.
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Buy Social Scotland – Procurement for Good
15th July 2021 by Melissa Reilly
Scottish Procurement are delighted to welcome a guest blog from Naomi Johnson at Social Enterprise Scotland on how the organisation is creating positive impacts through social enterprise supply chains with FREE online bootcamp sessions and a new B2B social enterprise suppliers directory.
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Speaking up for suppliers…
10th June 2021 by Niamh Duncan
Our latest guest blogger giving an update from Procurement Supply Group meetings.
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