{"id":2025,"date":"2020-06-01T15:02:02","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T14:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/?p=2025"},"modified":"2020-06-02T08:50:14","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T07:50:14","slug":"we-have-published-two-new-construction-policy-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2020\/06\/01\/we-have-published-two-new-construction-policy-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"We have published two new Construction Policy notes."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/publications\/coronavirus-covid-19-preparations-for-contracting-authorities-to-restart-the-procurement-and-management-of-construction-contracts---cpn-3-2020\/\">CPN 3\/2020: Coronavirus (COVID-19):<\/a> sets out procurement procedure considerations when preparing for new projects and reopening public construction sites which are currently closed due to restrictions relating to COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>This CPN is NOT an instruction to reopen closed sites or to begin work on new sites where the project is not for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/publications\/coronavirus-covid-19-construction-sector-guidance\/\">essential work<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/publications\/coronavirus-covid-19-managing-disputes-and-cashflow-cpn-4-2020\/\">CPN 4\/2020<strong>:<\/strong> Coronavirus (COVID-19):<\/a> explains how contracting authorities can manage disputes held over from COVID-19 related site suspension and any issues arising from project restart.<\/p>\n<p>It also outlines steps contracting authorities should take to progress outstanding accounts and encourage the settling of disputes in order to reinforce main contractors\u2019 and supply chain cashflow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guidance for the construction sector during COVID-19<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":453,"featured_media":1181,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,459,55],"tags":[315,344,466,332,120],"class_list":["post-2025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-construction-policy-notes","category-covid-19","category-scottish-procurement","tag-construction","tag-construction-policy-note","tag-covid-19","tag-cpn","tag-procurement"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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