Public Procurement and Property

• Procurement thresholds and VAT inclusion in estimated contract value: SPPN 8/2021

  13th December 2021 by Fiona McCaig

  This note covers new Procurement thresholds and the inclusion of value added tax in calculation the estimated value of contracts from 01 January 2022.

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• Preparing to transition towards a National Care Service for Scotland SPPN 7/2021

  6th December 2021 by Fiona McCaig

  This note covers actions public bodies should take now to prepare for the transition toward a National Care Service for Scotland (NCS).

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• Changing lives through Supported Employment

  3rd December 2021 by Melissa Reilly

  On the UN Day of Persons with Disabilities, we hear from an award-winning individual and an employer on how lives are positively improved through meaningful work.

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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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