{"id":1404,"date":"2019-09-10T16:22:47","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T15:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/?p=1404"},"modified":"2019-09-10T16:22:47","modified_gmt":"2019-09-10T15:22:47","slug":"updated-procurement-benefits-reporting-guidance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2019\/09\/10\/updated-procurement-benefits-reporting-guidance\/","title":{"rendered":"Updated procurement benefits reporting guidance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year we published an updated version of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/publications\/procurement-benefits-reporting-guidance\/\">procurement benefits guidance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The guidance was jointly developed by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nhsnss.org\/services\/procurement\/\">NHS NSS<\/a> covering the NHS sector<\/li>\n<li>Scottish Procurement for central government<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.apuc-scot.ac.uk\/\">Advanced Procurement for Universities and Colleges<\/a> (APUC) for universities and colleges<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scotland-excel.org.uk\/\">Scotland Excel<\/a> for local authorities in Scotland<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Why use the guidance?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The guidance has been developed to help procurement teams identify where they can save money and create benefits through their procurement activity. It is also important that these savings and benefits are reported consistently across sectors.<\/p>\n<p>All organisations should use the new guidance for reporting their savings from the start of financial year 2019\/20.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Further information<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions please contact Scott McCrindle, Collaborative Delivery Manager on 0141 242 5759 or email <a href=\"mailto:scottishprocurement@gov.scot\">scottishprocurement@gov.scot<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Please share this blog within your organisation or sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Improved guidance to help identify savings and benefits from procurement activity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":450,"featured_media":1141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[381,209,271,78,382,10,49,55],"tags":[383,384,302,120,52,6],"class_list":["post-1404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advanced-procurement-for-universities-and-colleges","category-best-practice","category-central-government-procurement-shared-services","category-nhs-scotland","category-procurement-benefits-guidance","category-procurement-news","category-scotland-excel","category-scottish-procurement","tag-apuc","tag-benefits-guidance","tag-nhs","tag-procurement","tag-scotland-excel","tag-scottish-procurement"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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