{"id":6197,"date":"2025-08-26T09:35:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T08:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/?p=6197"},"modified":"2025-08-26T09:35:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T08:35:16","slug":"annual-update-published-sme-and-third-sector-procurement-action-plan-2024-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2025\/08\/26\/annual-update-published-sme-and-third-sector-procurement-action-plan-2024-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual update published &#8211; SME and Third Sector Procurement Action Plan (2024-2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Annual update<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We published the first ever <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/publications\/scottish-government-sme-third-sector-procurement-action-plan-2024-2026\/\">Scottish Government SME and Third Sector Procurement Action Plan<\/a> in April 2024. This strengthens and reiterates our commitment to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and third sector organisations as well as setting out how we continue collaborating with industry and the wider public sector in Scotland.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>A year of progress<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our working group have been meeting regularly to drive forward the actions in the plan.<\/p>\n<p>We have been collaborating and engaging with internal and external stakeholders to understand how we can leverage the full power of procurement to support SMEs and third sector organisations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You can see what the working group had to say in the annual update video &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"SME and Third Sector Action Plan - with captions and VO\" data-src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1111637215?h=41a2587fed&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Public Procurement Strategy for Scotland\u2019s vision is \u2018putting public procurement at the heart of a sustainable economy to maximise value for the people of Scotland\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The Action Plan supports the implementation of this strategy as part of its \u2018Good for Businesses and their Employees\u2019 objective.<\/p>\n<p>The importance of feedback forms the basis of this action plan \u2013 and it is built on a history of listening to industry using a we said, we did approach.<\/p>\n<p>The plan is split into three themes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>oversight and communications<\/li>\n<li>policy and practice<\/li>\n<li>systems and tools<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can read about the progress being made in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/publications\/procurement-sme-and-third-sector-action-plan-updates\/\">SME and Third Sector Procurement Action Plan annual update.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>For further information on public procurement in Scotland please visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.scot\/procurement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.gov.scot\/procurement<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please email enquiries to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:scottishprocurement@gov.scot\">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 ls-is-cached lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2021\/10\/Twitter-social-icons-square-blue-150x150.png\" alt=\"Follow us on Twitter\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" 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