{"id":2443,"date":"2021-03-12T13:17:20","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T13:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/?p=2443"},"modified":"2021-03-12T13:17:20","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T13:17:20","slug":"procurement-activity-during-the-scottish-parliament-election-period-sppn-02-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2021\/03\/12\/procurement-activity-during-the-scottish-parliament-election-period-sppn-02-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Procurement activity during the Scottish Parliament election period: SPPN 02\/2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have published a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/publications\/procurement-activity-during-the-scottish-parliament-election-period-sppn-02-2021\/\">new Scottish Procurement Policy Note 02\/2021.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This note reminds staff involved in procurement activity of the need to consider their organisation&#8217;s guidance on conduct of business during the formal Scottish Parliament election period.<\/p>\n<p>The pre-election period runs from 25 March 2021 until 6 May 2021.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reminder to public procurement staff to consider their organisation&#8217;s guidance on conduct during the formal Scottish Parliament election period.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":608,"featured_media":1949,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,68],"tags":[31,111,6,158,90],"class_list":["post-2443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-scottish-procurement","category-scottish-procurement-policy-note","tag-public-procurement","tag-public-sector","tag-scottish-procurement","tag-scottish-procurement-policy-note","tag-sppn"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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