{"id":2483,"date":"2021-03-24T10:20:36","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T10:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/?p=2483"},"modified":"2021-03-24T10:25:13","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T10:25:13","slug":"new-construction-policy-note-cpn-1-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2021\/03\/24\/new-construction-policy-note-cpn-1-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"New Construction Policy Note (CPN) 1\/2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have published a new construction policy note.<\/p>\n<p>CPN 1\/2021 reminds public sector clients of their responsibilities in handling abnormally low tenders, as set out in Chapter 8 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/publications\/construction-procurement-handbook\/\">construction procurement handbook<\/a> of the <em>Client G<\/em><em>uide to Construction Projects.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The policy note highlights the importance of bidders putting in realistic and sustainable bids and of clients ensuring that only those bids that represent the best value in terms of whole life cycle and project delivery are accepted.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New policy note reminds public sector clients on responsibilities and highlights the expectation of realistic bids.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":633,"featured_media":1181,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[123,37,55],"tags":[315,344,332,70,120,6],"class_list":["post-2483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-construction","category-construction-policy-notes","category-scottish-procurement","tag-construction","tag-construction-policy-note","tag-cpn","tag-policy-note","tag-procurement","tag-scottish-procurement"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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