{"id":1327,"date":"2019-08-13T11:00:06","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T10:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/?p=1327"},"modified":"2021-08-23T13:10:41","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T12:10:41","slug":"hello-from-the-supplier-development-programme-sdp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2019\/08\/13\/hello-from-the-supplier-development-programme-sdp\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello from the Supplier Development Programme (SDP)!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sdpscotland.co.uk\/events\/meet-the-buyer-north-2019\/\">SDP<\/a> was established 11 years ago. We are a partnership of local authorities, Scottish Government and other public bodies that works together to support Scottish-based SMEs in all aspects of tendering.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Making you tender ready<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We help businesses that are often too small to have dedicated bid\/tender resources to be able to think about bidding for public sector contracts. SDP aims to help such businesses become what we call &#8216;tender ready&#8217;. In Scotland there is an annual public spend of \u00a311billion and in the UK the figure is \u00a3240billion \u2013 being tender ready improves your prospects of winning some of that business! We deliver this support through a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sdpscotland.co.uk\/events-training\/\">programme of free training and events<\/a>, including\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>The North of Scotland is Open for Business: Meet the Buyer North 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We are holding the second annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sdpscotland.co.uk\/events\/meet-the-buyer-north-2019\/\">Meet the Buyer North<\/a> event on <strong>Wednesday 4 September<\/strong> at Macdonald Aviemore Resort. Confirmed headline partners include Scottish Government and Highlands and Islands Enterprise.<\/p>\n<p>The open and transparent model we use for our Meet the Buyer events is different to most exhibitions and trade shows, in that public sector buyers are the exhibitors. Hundreds of businesses attend to meet procurement officers face-to-face. It costs precious time and effort for suppliers to find contacts for procurement departments and upcoming contracts. Not to mention travel time for meetings and time spent out of the office to network. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sdpscotland.co.uk\/events\/meet-the-buyer-north-2019\/\">Meet the Buyer North 2019<\/a> brings together buyers from Scotland and the UK\u2019s public sector, private contractors and business support providers. All under one roof!<\/p>\n<p><strong>A golden opportunity<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Are you a public sector buyer in the north of Scotland? Or a tier one contractor wanting to open your supply chain? This free event offers businesses a unique chance to meet buyers and decision makers from across the public and private sector. It\u2019s a golden opportunity for SMEs to raise business profiles and prepare for upcoming contract opportunities. We\u2019ve even put together a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sdpscotland.co.uk\/resources\/meet-the-buyer-resources-for-smes\/\">guide on how to optimise your time on the day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There will also be a programme of speakers and workshops, where you can hear from a range of expert speakers. This year\u2019s agenda will feature Moray Council and Scottish Government Cyber Resilience team, as well as Crown Commercial Services. Non-SME suppliers are also welcome. Check out our website to see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sdpscotland.co.uk\/events\/meet-the-buyer-north-2019\/\">which SDP members and exhibitors are going to be there<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Building on success<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Meet the Buyer North 2018 in Inverness was a smash success. Over 400 people attended and gave highly positive feedback. 89% of suppliers rated their overall event experience as either good or excellent, while 62% of suppliers said they would definitely or very likely bid for public contracts after attending the event.<\/p>\n<p>There are still exhibition opportunities for public sector buyers and tier one contractors available for 2019. For more information, contact <a href=\"mailto:info@sdpscotland.co.uk\">info@sdpscotland.co.uk<\/a>. If you know businesses that want to find, win and keep public sector contracts in Scotland, encourage them to attend Meet the Buyer North 2019.<\/p>\n<p>See you there!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In their guest blog for August, SDP look ahead to Meet The Buyer North 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":526,"featured_media":1314,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[188,271,505,29,365,10,27,26,28],"tags":[165,366,371,370,368,367,178,369,182],"class_list":["post-1327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buyers","category-central-government-procurement-shared-services","category-guest-blog","category-meet-the-buyer","category-meet-the-buyer-north","category-procurement-news","category-smes","category-supplier-development-programme","category-suppliers","tag-buyers","tag-meet-the-buyer-north","tag-networking","tag-open-for-business","tag-public-sector-contracts","tag-sdp","tag-smes","tag-tender-ready","tag-tendering"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hello from the Supplier Development Programme (SDP)! - Public Procurement and Property<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2019\/08\/13\/hello-from-the-supplier-development-programme-sdp\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hello from the Supplier Development Programme (SDP)! - Public Procurement and Property\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In their guest blog for August, SDP look ahead to Meet The Buyer North 2019.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2019\/08\/13\/hello-from-the-supplier-development-programme-sdp\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Public Procurement and Property\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-08-13T10:00:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-08-23T12:10:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2019\/08\/SDP-Guest-blog-August-2019.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"315\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jennifer Payne\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jennifer Payne\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2019\/08\/13\/hello-from-the-supplier-development-programme-sdp\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2019\/08\/13\/hello-from-the-supplier-development-programme-sdp\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jennifer Payne\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/#\/schema\/person\/8da4426f87b5ec7de832c5379835f48c\"},\"headline\":\"Hello from the Supplier Development Programme (SDP)!\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-08-13T10:00:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-08-23T12:10:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2019\/08\/13\/hello-from-the-supplier-development-programme-sdp\/\"},\"wordCount\":500,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2019\/08\/13\/hello-from-the-supplier-development-programme-sdp\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2019\/08\/SDP-Guest-blog-August-2019.png\",\"keywords\":[\"buyers\",\"Meet the Buyer North\",\"networking\",\"Open for business\",\"Public sector contracts\",\"SDP\",\"SMEs\",\"tender ready\",\"tendering\"],\"articleSection\":[\"buyers\",\"Central Government Procurement Shared Services\",\"Guest Blog\",\"Meet the Buyer\",\"Meet the Buyer North\",\"Procurement news\",\"SMEs\",\"Supplier Development Programme\",\"suppliers\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2019\/08\/13\/hello-from-the-supplier-development-programme-sdp\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2019\/08\/13\/hello-from-the-supplier-development-programme-sdp\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2019\/08\/13\/hello-from-the-supplier-development-programme-sdp\/\",\"name\":\"Hello from the Supplier Development Programme (SDP)! - Public Procurement and Property\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2019\/08\/13\/hello-from-the-supplier-development-programme-sdp\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2019\/08\/13\/hello-from-the-supplier-development-programme-sdp\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2019\/08\/SDP-Guest-blog-August-2019.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-08-13T10:00:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-08-23T12:10:41+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/#\/schema\/person\/8da4426f87b5ec7de832c5379835f48c\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2019\/08\/13\/hello-from-the-supplier-development-programme-sdp\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2019\/08\/13\/hello-from-the-supplier-development-programme-sdp\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2019\/08\/13\/hello-from-the-supplier-development-programme-sdp\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2019\/08\/SDP-Guest-blog-August-2019.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2019\/08\/SDP-Guest-blog-August-2019.png\",\"width\":560,\"height\":315},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2019\/08\/13\/hello-from-the-supplier-development-programme-sdp\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Hello from the Supplier Development Programme (SDP)!\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/\",\"name\":\"Public Procurement and Property\",\"description\":\"Scottish Government Blog\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/#\/schema\/person\/8da4426f87b5ec7de832c5379835f48c\",\"name\":\"Jennifer Payne\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-content\/wphb-cache\/gravatar\/abf\/abf8b2c21848e332e68ae9c4cd1d28a7x96.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-content\/wphb-cache\/gravatar\/abf\/abf8b2c21848e332e68ae9c4cd1d28a7x96.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Jennifer Payne\"},\"description\":\"Development Officer \u2013 Events and Marketing Supplier Development Programme Scotland (SDP)\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/author\/jenniferpayne\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Hello from the Supplier Development Programme (SDP)! - Public Procurement and Property","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2019\/08\/13\/hello-from-the-supplier-development-programme-sdp\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Hello from the Supplier Development Programme (SDP)! - Public Procurement and Property","og_description":"In their guest blog for August, SDP look ahead to Meet The Buyer North 2019.","og_url":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2019\/08\/13\/hello-from-the-supplier-development-programme-sdp\/","og_site_name":"Public Procurement and Property","article_published_time":"2019-08-13T10:00:06+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-08-23T12:10:41+00:00","og_image":[{"width":560,"height":315,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2019\/08\/SDP-Guest-blog-August-2019.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Jennifer Payne","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jennifer Payne","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2019\/08\/13\/hello-from-the-supplier-development-programme-sdp\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2019\/08\/13\/hello-from-the-supplier-development-programme-sdp\/"},"author":{"name":"Jennifer Payne","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/#\/schema\/person\/8da4426f87b5ec7de832c5379835f48c"},"headline":"Hello from the Supplier Development Programme (SDP)!","datePublished":"2019-08-13T10:00:06+00:00","dateModified":"2021-08-23T12:10:41+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2019\/08\/13\/hello-from-the-supplier-development-programme-sdp\/"},"wordCount":500,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2019\/08\/13\/hello-from-the-supplier-development-programme-sdp\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2019\/08\/SDP-Guest-blog-August-2019.png","keywords":["buyers","Meet the Buyer North","networking","Open for business","Public sector contracts","SDP","SMEs","tender ready","tendering"],"articleSection":["buyers","Central Government Procurement Shared Services","Guest Blog","Meet the Buyer","Meet the Buyer North","Procurement news","SMEs","Supplier Development Programme","suppliers"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2019\/08\/13\/hello-from-the-supplier-development-programme-sdp\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2019\/08\/13\/hello-from-the-supplier-development-programme-sdp\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2019\/08\/13\/hello-from-the-supplier-development-programme-sdp\/","name":"Hello from the Supplier Development Programme (SDP)! - Public Procurement and Property","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2019\/08\/13\/hello-from-the-supplier-development-programme-sdp\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2019\/08\/13\/hello-from-the-supplier-development-programme-sdp\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2019\/08\/SDP-Guest-blog-August-2019.png","datePublished":"2019-08-13T10:00:06+00:00","dateModified":"2021-08-23T12:10:41+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/#\/schema\/person\/8da4426f87b5ec7de832c5379835f48c"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2019\/08\/13\/hello-from-the-supplier-development-programme-sdp\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2019\/08\/13\/hello-from-the-supplier-development-programme-sdp\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2019\/08\/13\/hello-from-the-supplier-development-programme-sdp\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2019\/08\/SDP-Guest-blog-August-2019.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2019\/08\/SDP-Guest-blog-August-2019.png","width":560,"height":315},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2019\/08\/13\/hello-from-the-supplier-development-programme-sdp\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hello from the Supplier Development Programme (SDP)!"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/","name":"Public Procurement and Property","description":"Scottish Government Blog","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/#\/schema\/person\/8da4426f87b5ec7de832c5379835f48c","name":"Jennifer Payne","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-content\/wphb-cache\/gravatar\/abf\/abf8b2c21848e332e68ae9c4cd1d28a7x96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-content\/wphb-cache\/gravatar\/abf\/abf8b2c21848e332e68ae9c4cd1d28a7x96.jpg","caption":"Jennifer Payne"},"description":"Development Officer \u2013 Events and Marketing Supplier Development Programme Scotland (SDP)","url":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/author\/jenniferpayne\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/526"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}