{"id":5887,"date":"2025-01-14T15:33:23","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T15:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/?p=5887"},"modified":"2025-01-14T15:33:23","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T15:33:23","slug":"updated-biosecurity-guidance-is-now-live-on-the-sustainable-procurement-tools-website-biosecurity-is-protection-from-biological-risks-which-could-affect-human-animal-and-plant-health-or-the-wider-e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2025\/01\/14\/updated-biosecurity-guidance-is-now-live-on-the-sustainable-procurement-tools-website-biosecurity-is-protection-from-biological-risks-which-could-affect-human-animal-and-plant-health-or-the-wider-e\/","title":{"rendered":"New Biosecurity Guidance &#8211; Sustainable Procurement Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re pleased to announce that updated <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainableprocurementtools.scot\/index.cfm\/guidance\/biosecurity\/\">Biosecurity guidance<\/a> is now live on the <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainableprocurementtools.scot\/\">Sustainable Procurement Tools<\/a> website. Biosecurity is protection from biological risks which could affect human, animal and plant health, or the wider environment.<\/p>\n<p>This guidance has been updated with the help of subject matter experts from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.scot\/\">NatureScot<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sasa.gov.uk\/plant-health\">Science &amp; Advice for Scottish Agriculture<\/a> (SASA), and we thank them for their help.<\/p>\n<p>As part of a series of sustainable procurement guidance, the guidance complements other related guides such as climate change, materials, waste, biodiversity and hazardous materials and emissions.<\/p>\n<p>This resource provides relevant procurement guidance, aligned with the Procurement Journey, and also contains an Annex of example contract clauses and key performance indicators.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Support and resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All sustainable procurement guidance is available within the <a 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