{"id":867,"date":"2018-11-22T11:17:31","date_gmt":"2018-11-22T11:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/?p=867"},"modified":"2018-11-22T11:17:31","modified_gmt":"2018-11-22T11:17:31","slug":"network-advice-dynamic-purchasing-system-dps-now-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2018\/11\/22\/network-advice-dynamic-purchasing-system-dps-now-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Network Advice Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) now live!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are delighted to announce that our <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.scot\/Topics\/Government\/Procurement\/directory\/Telecoms\/NetworkAdviceDPS\">Network Advice Dynamic Purchasing System<\/a> (DPS) is now live and available to use.<\/p>\n<p>We received a good response from suppliers with 70% being SMEs who are able to deliver a wide variety of vendor neutral network advice for organisations seeking to develop, enhance and secure their network infrastructure. Suppliers can continue to apply to join the DPS at any time (see our <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.scot\/Topics\/Government\/Procurement\/directory\/Telecoms\/NetworkAdviceDPS\/NetworkAdviceDPSsupplierguidance\">suppliers guide<\/a>) so we expect the number to grow.\u00a0In addition, all suppliers are committed to paying the real <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livingwage.org.uk\/\">Living Wage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The DPS is an electronic system and Scottish Procurement has set up a dedicated area within <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk\/esop\/pts-host\/public\/pts\/web\/login.html\">Public Contracts Scotland-Tender<\/a> (PCS-T) through which organisations can run their tenders. Alternatively, other electronic processes may also be used &#8211; see the <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.scot\/Topics\/Government\/Procurement\/directory\/Telecoms\/NetworkAdviceDPS\/NetworkAdviceDPSbuyersguide\">buyers guide<\/a> for information.<\/p>\n<p>For further information please contact <a href=\"mailto:dawn.swan@gov.scot\">Dawn Swan<\/a> on 0141 242 5595.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve launched our third DPS!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":450,"featured_media":877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[188,109,147,54,267,292,10,33,55,27,28,1],"tags":[165,121,293,62,57,265,294,6,178,35],"class_list":["post-867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buyers","category-dynamic-purchasing-system","category-framework-agreements","category-ict","category-living-wage","category-network-advice","category-procurement-news","category-public-contracts-scotland-tender","category-scottish-procurement","category-smes","category-suppliers","category-uncategorized","tag-buyers","tag-dps","tag-dynamic","tag-framework-agreements","tag-ict","tag-living-wage","tag-network-advice","tag-scottish-procurement","tag-smes","tag-suppliers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Network Advice Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) now live! 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