Public Procurement and Property

• SME Day Podcast: Local authorities engaging more SMEs

  27th June 2022 by Melissa Reilly

  Are you a public sector organisation? Would you like to engage more SMEs in your supply chains? Listen to our latest podcast!

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• New ‘Circular Procurement and Supply’ eLearning on the Sustainable Procurement Tools

  16th June 2022 by Melissa Reilly

  We have launched new Circular Procurement and Supply eLearning to support the transition to net zero. This eLearning was developed by Zero Waste Scotland, as one of the 11 partners within the Interreg programme, ProCirc project.

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• Pushing forward Fair Work First through procurement

  31st May 2022 by Niamh Duncan

  New Fair Work requirements chapter added to our statutory procurement guidance!

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• New ‘Vehicle emissions guidance’ on the Sustainable Procurement Tools

  30th May 2022 by Melissa Reilly

  Updated Vehicle emissions guidance is now live on the Sustainable Procurement Tools website.

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• Interviewees sought for international survey on social procurement

  11th May 2022 by Melissa Reilly

  The public procurement community in Scotland are being asked for their involvement in the international comparative study of ‘sustainable procurement’ being carried out by Glasgow Caledonian University and Swinburne University in Australia.

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• Have your say on ‘Scotland’s Air Ambulance’ re-procurement

  5th May 2022 by Melissa Reilly

  The Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) has launched a public consultation to inform the re-procurement of its Air Ambulance Service prior to its renewal.

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• Sustainable procurement answers ‘Mother Earth’s Call’

  22nd April 2022 by Melissa Reilly

  On World Earth Day, we focus on the impact of our Sustainable Procurement Tools in supporting Scotland’s Net Zero ambitions.

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• Talking sustainable procurement with ‘The National Galleries of Scotland’

  14th April 2022 by Guest Blogger

  To celebrate ‘World Art Day’, we welcome a guest blog from The National Galleries of Scotland on how they are embedding sustainable procurement in their Environmental Response Plan (ERP).

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• Single Procurement Document (SPD) standardised statements for a ‘Net Zero Nation’!

  13th April 2022 by Niamh Duncan

  We’re pleased to launch new Single Procurement Document (SPD) standardised statements to empower organisations to address climate impact in their contracting!

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• Webinar on sustainability objectives with HP

  17th March 2022 by Melissa Reilly

  The HP Global Sustainability team are hosting a webinar on Thursday 24 March at 3.30pm to provide an update on their latest sustainability initiatives and what HP are doing to help your sustainability objectives in relation to the Mobile and Desktop Client Device Frameworks.

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