Public Procurement and Property

• Supporting pre-procurement reviews: a valuable opportunity for procurement professionals

  7th October 2025 by Scottish Procurement

  Would you like to support pre-procurement reviews?

  Major digital project reviews apply at key stages in the project lifecycle and projects must satisfy the conditions of the review before moving to the next stage.

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• Fair Work First eLearning Launches: Empowering a Fairer, More Diverse Workforce in Scotland

  10th December 2024 by Teigan Kelly

  We’re pleased to announce the launch of the Fair Work First in Procurement eLearning, designed to help organisations across Scotland embrace Fair Work First — a Scottish Government policy aimed at promoting high-quality, fair work and workforce diversity.

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• Retention in construction contracts – publishing requirements: CPN 1/2024

  17th June 2024 by Teigan Kelly

  We have published a new Construction Policy Note (CPN) providing advice to public bodies of the new requirements for publishing information on their use of cash retention in construction contracts.

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• Coastal Flood Protection case study – Sustainable Procurement Tools

  31st May 2024 by Emma Hall

  This case study looks at North Ayrshire Council’s procurement for the construction of an offshore breakwater and onshore flood walls of the Millport Coastal Flood Protection Scheme.

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• 2023 – A year in review with the Public Procurement Group

  20th December 2023 by Ray Knox

  As 2023 draws to a close, we take a look back at what has been achieved over the last year in Public Procurement in Scotland. We asked members of the Public Procurement Group (PPG) to summarise their sector’s 2023 achievements. You can watch the video below, or read the transcript at the bottom of the…

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