{"id":702,"date":"2018-07-31T14:59:35","date_gmt":"2018-07-31T13:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/?p=702"},"modified":"2018-07-31T14:59:35","modified_gmt":"2018-07-31T13:59:35","slug":"scottish-governments-annual-procurement-report-published","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2018\/07\/31\/scottish-governments-annual-procurement-report-published\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottish Government\u2019s annual procurement report published"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Scottish Government has published its first annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/Publications\/2018\/07\/3850\">procurement report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The report charts the progress against the intentions set out in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/Publications\/2016\/12\/1660\">Scottish Government\u2019s first procurement strategy<\/a>, published in December 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Key highlights set out in the report include that over the reporting period:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Scottish Government contracts saved the public sector almost \u00a3160 million.<\/li>\n<li>SMEs won \u00a3250 million of Scottish Government contracts.<\/li>\n<li>99% of valid invoices were paid within ten days, getting cash into the economy as quickly as possible.<\/li>\n<li>A range of Fair Work practices were secured across Scottish Government contracts, improving pay and conditions for those working in our supply chain.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>From this year, all public bodies with a significant procurement spend are required to report on how their procurement activities were carried out in the previous financial year.<\/p>\n<p>As this is the first report, it covers a slightly longer period, from January 2017 to March 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Annual reports published by all relevant public bodies in Scotland will inform a separate report on public procurement activity across Scotland which will be prepared by Scottish Ministers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Scottish Government has published its first annual procurement report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":407,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,55,27],"tags":[159,231,232,6,178],"class_list":["post-702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-procurement-news","category-scottish-procurement","category-smes","tag-annual-procurement-report","tag-economy","tag-scottish-government-contracts","tag-scottish-procurement","tag-smes"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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