Public Procurement and Property

• Scottish Procurement vlog with Nick Ford

  5th October 2021 by Melissa Reilly

  Introducing the second of a series of Scottish Procurement vlogs, Nick Ford, director of Scottish Procurement and Property, reflects on the key achievements and challenges of recent months.

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• Talking responsible procurement with Zero Waste Scotland

  4th October 2021 by Guest Blogger

  As we mark the final countdown to COP26, Scottish Procurement are delighted to welcome a guest blog from Zero Waste Scotland to discuss the advantages of a “circular procurement” model and actions the public procurement community can take to support Scotland’s Net Zero ambitions.

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• Implementation of Fair Work First in Scottish Public Procurement Update SPPN 6/2021

  24th September 2021 by Fiona McCaig

  This note covers the expansion of Fair Work First with the addition of two new Fair Work elements.

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• Scotland’s Baby Box on display in Philadelphia

  21st September 2021 by Melissa Reilly

  Earlier this year, we shared a blog post announcing a new contract between Scottish Government and APS Group (Scotland) to continue to support the supply and distribution of Scotland’s Baby Box and support for the Best Start Grant. One of Scotland’s Baby Boxes is now on display as part of the second ‘Designing Motherhood’ exhibition at the Centre for Architecture + Design in Philadelphia.

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• Social Enterprise Scotland encouraging values-led procurement

  20th September 2021 by Guest Blogger

  Scottish Procurement welcome back Social Enterprise Scotland to discuss the launch of a new Buy Social Scotland campaign to encourage values-led procurement with social enterprises.

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