Public Procurement and Property

• #NoWrongPath to discover the Power of Procurement

  10th August 2021 by Niamh Duncan

  To support young people across Scotland through #NoWrongPath day we asked some of our staff to reflect on their careers so far and how they got into procurement. Sophie and David, some of our portfolio specialists have had very different routes to the same team, while Jayne, one of our eCommerce specialists shows how one…

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• New Construction Policy Note (CPN) 3/2021

  28th July 2021 by Fiona McCaig

  We have published a new Construction Policy Note (CPN) setting out measures for contracting authorities to manage and mitigate market pressures affecting the availability and affordability of construction sector resources.

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• Working together to maximise the Power of Procurement

  22nd July 2021 by Niamh Duncan

  An update from the annual Public Procurement Group and Procurement Supply group joint meeting. Written jointly by guest bloggers Ian Howie, Deputy Director, Collaborative and Scottish Government Procurement, and Gillian Cameron, Programme Manager, Supplier Development Programme.

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• Annual procurement reports for 2020 – 2021: revised procurement strategies and notifying Scottish Ministers: SPPN 4/2021

  15th July 2021 by Fiona McCaig

  This note provides details of how a public body should notify Scottish Ministers of the publication of their annual procurement report covering the financial year 2020/21.

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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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