{"id":2083,"date":"2020-06-30T12:36:01","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T11:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/?p=2083"},"modified":"2020-06-30T12:36:01","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T11:36:01","slug":"digital-technology-services-dynamic-purchasing-system-dps-delivering-economic-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2020\/06\/30\/digital-technology-services-dynamic-purchasing-system-dps-delivering-economic-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Technology Services Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) \u2013 delivering economic benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/publications\/digital-technology-services-dynamic-purchasing-system-guide\/\">Digital Technology Services DPS<\/a> has been operating for over a year and it&#8217;s been a busy but successful year.<\/p>\n<p>There are approximately 270 suppliers on the DPS and SMEs make up almost 80% of that number and impressively SMEs have secured over 70% of the call-off contract spend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2020\/02\/19\/dynamic-purchasing-systems-dps-survey-results\/\">A recent survey<\/a> found that over 81% of suppliers realised the DPS experience is better than other procurement routes.<\/p>\n<p>The DPS is split into three lots:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Digital projects<\/li>\n<li>Digital resources<\/li>\n<li>Cyber resilience<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Key benefits<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>access to a wide\u00a0range of digital technology suppliers<\/li>\n<li>easy access for suppliers, encouraging competition and SME participation<\/li>\n<li>suppliers can join the DPS at any time, provided they meet the selection criteria<\/li>\n<li>completely electronic process<\/li>\n<li>streamlined procurement process<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Additional<\/strong><strong> information<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Buyer and supplier guidance can be found on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/publications\/digital-technology-services-dynamic-purchasing-system-guide\/\">website<\/a> and further information can also be found within the \u2018Procurement Information Network\u2019 within <a href=\"https:\/\/khub.net\/\">Knowledge Hub<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t have access to the secure stakeholder site, please register by completing and returning the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/publications\/scottish-procurement-knowledge-hub-membership-request-form\/\">membership request form<\/a> and email <a href=\"mailto:Scottishprocurement@gov.scot\">Scottishprocurement@gov.scot<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join our DPS and have access to more contract opportunities<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":450,"featured_media":896,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[188,452,94,109,54,10,55,27,28],"tags":[165,327,65,178,35],"class_list":["post-2083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buyers","category-cyber-security","category-digital-technology-products-and-services","category-dynamic-purchasing-system","category-ict","category-procurement-news","category-scottish-procurement","category-smes","category-suppliers","tag-buyers","tag-digital-technology-services","tag-dynamic-purchasing-system","tag-smes","tag-suppliers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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