{"id":2283,"date":"2020-11-11T11:30:58","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T11:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/?p=2283"},"modified":"2020-11-12T15:09:10","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T15:09:10","slug":"sustainable-procurement-duty-tools-update-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2020\/11\/11\/sustainable-procurement-duty-tools-update-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainable procurement duty tools update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following the launch of our new platform for the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2020\/06\/03\/new-platform-for-the-sustainable-procurement-duty-tools\/\">sustainable procurement duty tools<\/a> back in June, work has been ongoing to produce further support for users.<\/p>\n<p>A new user guide for the Sustainability Test has been developed which provides step-by-step instructions with screen shots on how to use this tool. The user guide can be accessed <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainableprocurementtools.scot\/index.cfm\/user-guides\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Sustainability Test along with the Flexible Framework, Prioritisation Tool and supporting sustainable procurement guidance are available from the single platform for the sustainable procurement duty tools and can be accessed <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainableprocurementtools.scot\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A new and improved user guide for Prioritisation Tool is currently being developed, and as soon as its available will be publicised here on the Public Procurement blog.<\/p>\n<p>We would welcome your feedback which can be e-mailed to <a href=\"mailto:scottishprocurement@gov.scot\">scottishprocurement@gov.scot<\/a> .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New user guide available for the Sustainability Test<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":608,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,138,397,235],"tags":[12,97,224],"class_list":["post-2283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-scottish-procurement","category-sustainability","category-sustainable-procurement-tools","category-useful-tools","tag-scottish-government-procurement","tag-scottish-public-sector","tag-sustainable-procurement"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sustainable procurement duty tools update - Public Procurement and Property<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2020\/11\/11\/sustainable-procurement-duty-tools-update-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sustainable procurement duty tools update - Public Procurement and Property\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"New user guide available for the Sustainability Test\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2020\/11\/11\/sustainable-procurement-duty-tools-update-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Public Procurement and Property\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-11-11T11:30:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-11-12T15:09:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Niamh Duncan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Niamh Duncan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2020\/11\/11\/sustainable-procurement-duty-tools-update-2\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2020\/11\/11\/sustainable-procurement-duty-tools-update-2\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Niamh Duncan\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/#\/schema\/person\/c7891e18c0c0a41dbc1ce25520caf76e\"},\"headline\":\"Sustainable procurement duty tools update\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-11-11T11:30:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-11-12T15:09:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2020\/11\/11\/sustainable-procurement-duty-tools-update-2\/\"},\"wordCount\":135,\"commentCount\":0,\"keywords\":[\"Scottish Government procurement\",\"Scottish public sector\",\"sustainable procurement\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Scottish Procurement\",\"Sustainability\",\"Sustainable Procurement Tools\",\"Useful tools\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2020\/11\/11\/sustainable-procurement-duty-tools-update-2\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2020\/11\/11\/sustainable-procurement-duty-tools-update-2\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2020\/11\/11\/sustainable-procurement-duty-tools-update-2\/\",\"name\":\"Sustainable procurement duty tools update - Public Procurement and Property\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-11-11T11:30:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-11-12T15:09:10+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/#\/schema\/person\/c7891e18c0c0a41dbc1ce25520caf76e\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2020\/11\/11\/sustainable-procurement-duty-tools-update-2\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2020\/11\/11\/sustainable-procurement-duty-tools-update-2\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2020\/11\/11\/sustainable-procurement-duty-tools-update-2\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Sustainable procurement duty tools update\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/\",\"name\":\"Public Procurement and Property\",\"description\":\"Scottish Government Blog\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/#\/schema\/person\/c7891e18c0c0a41dbc1ce25520caf76e\",\"name\":\"Niamh Duncan\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-content\/wphb-cache\/gravatar\/d42\/d42b15fbd79bc39045338be8e44580dcx96.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-content\/wphb-cache\/gravatar\/d42\/d42b15fbd79bc39045338be8e44580dcx96.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Niamh Duncan\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/author\/niamhduncan\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Sustainable procurement duty tools update - Public Procurement and Property","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2020\/11\/11\/sustainable-procurement-duty-tools-update-2\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Sustainable procurement duty tools update - Public Procurement and Property","og_description":"New user guide available for the Sustainability Test","og_url":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2020\/11\/11\/sustainable-procurement-duty-tools-update-2\/","og_site_name":"Public Procurement and Property","article_published_time":"2020-11-11T11:30:58+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-11-12T15:09:10+00:00","author":"Niamh Duncan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Niamh Duncan","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2020\/11\/11\/sustainable-procurement-duty-tools-update-2\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2020\/11\/11\/sustainable-procurement-duty-tools-update-2\/"},"author":{"name":"Niamh Duncan","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/#\/schema\/person\/c7891e18c0c0a41dbc1ce25520caf76e"},"headline":"Sustainable procurement duty tools update","datePublished":"2020-11-11T11:30:58+00:00","dateModified":"2020-11-12T15:09:10+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2020\/11\/11\/sustainable-procurement-duty-tools-update-2\/"},"wordCount":135,"commentCount":0,"keywords":["Scottish Government procurement","Scottish public sector","sustainable procurement"],"articleSection":["Scottish Procurement","Sustainability","Sustainable Procurement Tools","Useful tools"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2020\/11\/11\/sustainable-procurement-duty-tools-update-2\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2020\/11\/11\/sustainable-procurement-duty-tools-update-2\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2020\/11\/11\/sustainable-procurement-duty-tools-update-2\/","name":"Sustainable procurement duty tools update - Public Procurement and Property","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/#website"},"datePublished":"2020-11-11T11:30:58+00:00","dateModified":"2020-11-12T15:09:10+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/#\/schema\/person\/c7891e18c0c0a41dbc1ce25520caf76e"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2020\/11\/11\/sustainable-procurement-duty-tools-update-2\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2020\/11\/11\/sustainable-procurement-duty-tools-update-2\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2020\/11\/11\/sustainable-procurement-duty-tools-update-2\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sustainable procurement duty tools update"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/","name":"Public Procurement and Property","description":"Scottish Government Blog","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/#\/schema\/person\/c7891e18c0c0a41dbc1ce25520caf76e","name":"Niamh Duncan","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-content\/wphb-cache\/gravatar\/d42\/d42b15fbd79bc39045338be8e44580dcx96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-content\/wphb-cache\/gravatar\/d42\/d42b15fbd79bc39045338be8e44580dcx96.jpg","caption":"Niamh Duncan"},"url":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/author\/niamhduncan\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/608"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2283\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}