{"id":5462,"date":"2024-02-08T14:09:48","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T14:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/?p=5462"},"modified":"2024-02-09T12:12:17","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T12:12:17","slug":"digital-technology-assurance-framework-procurement-insights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2024\/02\/08\/digital-technology-assurance-framework-procurement-insights\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Technology Assurance Framework &#8211; Procurement insights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We welcome a guest blog from Laura Johnstone-Continuous Improvement lead for the Scottish Government\u2019s Digital Assurance Office (DAO). Today Laura is going to introduce her team\u2019s work and highlight how the #PowerOfProcurement is essential in delivering better outcomes for Scotland.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Background<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The DAO administer the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/policies\/digital\/technology-assurance-framework\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Technology Assurance Framework (TAF),<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> which was introduced in 2017 to support digital programmes and projects to deliver successful outcomes.\u00a0 We work with project teams from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/publications\/technology-assurance-framework-central-government-organisations\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">a wide range of organisations<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> providing independent assurance to major digital projects and new or transformed digital services. We do this through major digital project reviews and Digital Scotland Service Standard assessments.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Our Continuous Improvement team has been cataloguing and analysing the recommendations made from these assurance reviews and want to share the insights from this work to help others to successfully deliver digital projects.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Pre-procurement assurance<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Pre-procurement is a key project stage for major digital project reviews and makes up about a quarter of reviews conducted.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In our analysis of recommendations from major digital reviews we have found three distinct themes relating to procurement and contract management.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">These relate to :<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"7\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">invitation to tender (ITT) and evaluation criteria<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"7\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">procurement strategy and planning<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"7\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">contract management and supplier relations\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">You can read about the themes in detail on our latest insight <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/digital\/2024\/01\/23\/technology-assurance-framework-effective-procurement-and-contract-management\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">blog<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We have already published<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/digital\/tag\/digital-assurance-office\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">insight blogs on the 2022\/23 assurance themes<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, and started publishing <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/digital\/tag\/census\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">our first case study series, focusing on the Census 2022 programme<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">! <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">You can keep up <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">to date with the work of the Continuous Improvement team by subscribing to the Digital blog. If you want to get involved &#8211; or have thoughts on what insights would be helpful to share &#8211; contact us at <\/span><a href=\"mailto:DigitalAssurance@gov.scot\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">DigitalAssurance@gov.scot<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>For further information on public procurement in Scotland please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.scot\/procurement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.gov.scot\/procurement<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please email enquiries to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:scottishprocurement@gov.scot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">scottishprocurement@gov.scot<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow us online:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScotProcurement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2908 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