{"id":2277,"date":"2020-11-03T11:37:56","date_gmt":"2020-11-03T11:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/?p=2277"},"modified":"2020-11-03T14:27:19","modified_gmt":"2020-11-03T14:27:19","slug":"survey-of-suppliers-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2020\/11\/03\/survey-of-suppliers-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Survey of Suppliers 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are currently undertaking a survey of suppliers to the public sector in Scotland on a range of issues related to public procurement and the tendering process.<\/p>\n<p>The survey will provide a supplier perspective on a range of topics including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>your organisation\u2019s experiences of bidding for and\/or delivering Scottish public sector contracts;<\/li>\n<li>the provision of training, support and advice on tendering;<\/li>\n<li>barriers to bidding for and\/or delivering contracts;<\/li>\n<li>the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We are encouraging all suppliers to take part, as the feedback you provide will be invaluable in helping us to shape future thinking on the policy and delivery of public procurement in Scotland. The survey should take around <strong>20-30 minutes <\/strong>to complete, participation is voluntary and your responses will be <strong>completely anonymous<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The survey can be accessed <a href=\"https:\/\/response.questback.com\/scottishgovernment\/supplierssurvey2020\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please note, the closing date for the survey is <strong>Friday 11 December 2020 at 5pm.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Further information<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions about the survey, please contact <a href=\"mailto:Scottishprocurement@gov.scot\">scottishprocurement@gov.scot<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Help to shape future thinking on the delivery of public procurement in Scotland. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":453,"featured_media":2280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,27,28,354],"tags":[6,35,41],"class_list":["post-2277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-scottish-procurement","category-smes","category-suppliers","category-survey","tag-scottish-procurement","tag-suppliers","tag-survey"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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