{"id":2226,"date":"2020-09-22T16:14:50","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T15:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/?p=2226"},"modified":"2020-09-23T08:05:53","modified_gmt":"2020-09-23T07:05:53","slug":"helping-scotland-and-businesses-recover-and-grow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2020\/09\/22\/helping-scotland-and-businesses-recover-and-grow\/","title":{"rendered":"Helping Scotland and businesses recover and grow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To support businesses that want to engage with public procurement and win public contracts we have created a number of valuable resources.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Essential resources for suppliers<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk\/\">Public Contracts Scotland<\/a> (PCS) is our one-stop-shop for you on how to engage with procurement and help local businesses build their capability.<\/p>\n<p>Within PCS you can:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>search current contracting opportunities and set prompts for the future<\/li>\n<li>explore opportunities within the supply chain of current contracted<br \/>\nsuppliers<\/li>\n<li>review procurement pipelines to anticipate opportunities<\/li>\n<li>access related third party information, engage with our news and<br \/>\nevents, as well as links and advice we think are useful to support you at<br \/>\nany given time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supplierjourney.scot\/\">Supplier Journey<\/a> uses an interactive journey to provide relevant and useful advice, guidance and support for potential suppliers. It\u2019s free to use with no need to register, and includes a comprehensive Frequently Asked Questions section that helps to demystify public procurement. There\u2019s also the opportunity to sign up and receive automatic emails when changes are made to the Supplier Journey.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sdpscotland.co.uk\/\">Supplier Development Programme<\/a> is a business support initiative that uses training and information to help businesses become \u2018tender ready\u2019 and improve competitiveness. By assisting businesses SDP improves all-round efficiency, sustainability and market potential, and supports local wealth creation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scottishbusinesspledge.scot\/\">Business Pledge<\/a> A values-led partnership between Government and business that is based on boosting productivity, competitiveness through fairness, equality and sustainable employment. A voluntary and free commitment that shows a business\u2019 commitment to our aspirations for Scotland.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/findbusinesssupport.gov.scot\/\">Find Business Support Scotland<\/a> helps Scottish businesses of all sizes find the information and support they need. Quick and easy access to all business support services provided by public sector organisations in Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Further resources that may be useful<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Although these resources are designed to support buyers, they can also be used by suppliers to build their public procurement knowledge and capability.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.procurementjourney.scot\/\">Procurement Journey<\/a> provides guidance for public sector buyers who procure goods, services and care and support services. It can also be used to support the development of procurement capability in businesses.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainableprocurementtools.scot\/\">Sustainable Procurement Toolkit<\/a>\u00a0is a recently refreshed key resource that supports us in planning and prioritising how and where we should focus our procurements to deliver on social, economic and climate related aspirations.<\/p>\n<p>We hope these resources give businesses the best chance possible to join us, through procurement, in helping Scotland to recover, grow and thrive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Find the support your business needs to enter the world of Public Procurement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":608,"featured_media":2230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,55,26],"tags":[120,13,178,35,182],"class_list":["post-2226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-public-contracts-scotland","category-scottish-procurement","category-supplier-development-programme","tag-procurement","tag-public-sector-procurement","tag-smes","tag-suppliers","tag-tendering"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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