Public Procurement and Property

  • Engaging with Public Procurement in Scotland

    7th October 2024 by

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    Did you know that as of March 2022, there were 358,575 Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) operating in Scotland?  SMEs provided an estimated 1.2 million jobs, which was 55.9% of private sector employment. SMEs also accounted for 99.4% of all private sector businesses and 40.2% of private sector turnover.  These organisations are critical to the economic,...

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  • Supplier Survey

    10th September 2024 by

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    We are currently undertaking a survey of suppliers to the public sector in Scotland on a range of issues related to public procurement and the tendering process.

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  • Anti-Racism Observatory for Scotland

    11th July 2024 by

    Anti-Racism Observatory for Scotland

    We are seeking to contract with a host organisation for two years to incubate the Anti-Racism Observatory for Scotland (AROS).

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  • Digital Technology Assurance Framework – Procurement insights

    8th February 2024 by

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    The DAO administer the Technology Assurance Framework (TAF), which was introduced in 2017 to support digital programmes and projects to deliver successful outcomes.  We work with project teams from a wide range of organisations, providing independent assurance to major digital projects and new or transformed digital services.

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  • Driving sustainable procurement outcomes

    24th October 2023 by

    Scotland's journey of achieving sustainable procurement outcomes (2002 - 2022)

    As a follow up to the publication of Scotland's journey of achieving sustainable procurement outcomes 2002-2022: independent review, we have interviewed key organisations representing and working with the business and the third sector in Scotland about sustainable procurement outcomes.

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