Public Procurement and Property

• Legislative and system changes – SPPN 2/2024

  11th December 2024 by Teigan Kelly

  We have published a new Scottish Procurement Policy Note (SPPN) on changes to Scottish procurement legislation and minor system updates to Public Contracts Scotland (PCS).

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• 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 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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• We have published SPPN 1/2023 on Free Trade Agreements

  23rd March 2023 by Fiona McCaig

  This SPPN, gives advance notice of changes to Scottish procurement legislation and to Public Contracts Scotland (PCS) that will be made to implement the Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) between the UK and Australia, and the UK and New Zealand.

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