{"id":185,"date":"2017-10-26T16:16:07","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T15:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/?p=185"},"modified":"2017-10-30T08:38:35","modified_gmt":"2017-10-30T08:38:35","slug":"our-cabinet-secretary-launches-new-dynamic-purchasing-system-for-digital-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2017\/10\/26\/our-cabinet-secretary-launches-new-dynamic-purchasing-system-for-digital-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Cabinet Secretary launches new Dynamic Purchasing System for Digital Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Derek Mackay, <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.gov.scot\/about\/who-runs-government\/cabinet-and-ministers\/cabinet-secretary-finance-constitution\/\">Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Constitution,<\/a> launched our new Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.scot\/Topics\/Government\/Procurement\/directory\/itms\/DynamicPurchasingSystem\">Digital Services<\/a> at our National Procurement Conference earlier\u00a0this week.<\/p>\n<p>There has been significant interest from digital technology suppliers to join the DPS and on launch there was over 240 suppliers on-boarded of which 75% are small and medium sized enterprises. Suppliers can continue join the DPS at any time (see our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.scot\/Topics\/Government\/Procurement\/directory\/itms\/DynamicPurchasingSystem\">Suppliers Guide<\/a>) so we expect that number to grow.<\/p>\n<p>The DPS will allow organisations to run tenders through it, with immediate effect, relating to the delivery of digital services within the 3 lots : Digital Projects; Digital Resources; and Cyber Security Services.<\/p>\n<p>The DPS is a fully electronic system and organisations can now run their tenders through the PCS-Tender <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk\/esop\/pts-host\/public\/pts\/web\/login.html\">system<\/a> or alternatively use other electronic processes to run their tenders \u2013 see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.scot\/Topics\/Government\/Procurement\/directory\/itms\/DynamicPurchasingSystem\/DigitalServicesDPSGuidance\">Buyers Guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Further information<\/h2>\n<p>For additional information please see our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.scot\/Topics\/Government\/Procurement\/directory\/itms\/DynamicPurchasingSystem\">Contracts Register<\/a> or contact Margaret Anne McKeown by email <a href=\"mailto:margaretann.mckeown@gov.scot\">margaretann.mckeown@gov.scot<\/a> or phone 0141 242 0111.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Cabinet Secretary launches the new Digital Services \u2013 Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":406,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,55,27],"tags":[56,64,65],"class_list":["post-185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contracts","category-scottish-procurement","category-smes","tag-contracts","tag-digital-services","tag-dynamic-purchasing-system"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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