Scottish Government Procurement

DECEMBER 20, 2023

As 2023 draws to a close, we take a look back at what has been achieved over the last year in Public Procurement in Scotland. We asked members of the Public Procurement Group (PPG) to summarise their sector’s 2023 achievements. You can watch the video below, or read the transcript at the bottom of the page.

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How to Crack a Nut

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

This guest post by Giuseppe Bitti* explores the broad policy approaches that can be followed to slow down AI adoption by the public sector, with a focus on risk mitigation and management. It was submitted to the ‘a book for a blog’ competition and has won Giuseppe a copy that will soon be on the post.

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Tenders Direct

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Details of current EU Public Procurement Thresholds for different types of goods, works and services. The post EU Public Procurement Thresholds appeared first on Tenders Direct Blog.

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Tenders Direct

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Details of current UK Public Procurement Thresholds for different types of goods, works and services. The post UK Public Procurement Thresholds appeared first on Tenders Direct Blog. Thresholds in effect from 1 January 2022.

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Public Contracting Institute

APRIL 1, 2024

In the era of digital transformation, blockchain technology emerges as a beacon of hope for enhancing transparency and integrity in public procurements. By leveraging blockchain’s capabilities, these entities can significantly mitigate corruption risks, streamline operations, and foster a more transparent procurement environment.

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How to Crack a Nut

JULY 9, 2024

It was great to receive a submission for the ‘a book for a blog’ competition, which you can read here. Original call for blogs* I am increasingly interested in the ways public procurement can contribute to slowing down public sector AI adoption. So I am launching ‘a blog for a book’ competition.

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BLP

JULY 20, 2023

Through the official letter MH-DCoP-OF-0458-2023 of the Public Procurement Directorate of the Ministry of Finance, an interpretation has been made of Article 44 of the Regulations to the new Public Procurement Law regarding the obligation of the Administration to conduc t market research.

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Tenders Direct

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Details of current EU Public Procurement Thresholds for different types of goods, works and services. The post EU Public Procurement Thresholds appeared first on Tenders Direct Blog.

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Tenders Direct

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Details of current UK Public Procurement Thresholds for different types of goods, works and services. The post UK Public Procurement Thresholds appeared first on Tenders Direct Blog. Thresholds in effect from 1 January 2022.

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ivalua

APRIL 17, 2023

Ivalua Spend Management Insights [ivory-search] Source Wisely: Your Top 3 Public Procurement Software Essentials April 17, 2023 | | Public Sector by Jarrod McAdoo Today, state and local governments are tackling top priorities such as legacy modernization, cybersecurity, and cloud computing.

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Scottish Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

To celebrate Scot Climate Week 2023 , in this blog we want to remind you of the eLearning available to help you to embed climate action in your procurement activity. We know that procurement professionals have an appreciation of how public procurement activity can support net-zero aims for their organisation and Scotland as a whole.

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How to Crack a Nut

DECEMBER 11, 2023

I am eagerly awaiting the official publication of my OUP monograph ‘ Digital Technologies and Public Procurement. Gatekeeping and Experimentation in Digital Public Governance ’ (currently announced for 25 Jan 2024). I hope your desks are not too full, or that at least you manage to empty them before the break.

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ivalua

JANUARY 12, 2023

As public procurement teams face increasing pressure to improve efficiency while upholding compliance and transparency, it’s essential that they have the right strategies in place. After all, how can you streamline procurement processes without sacrificing your standards? Processes and Compliance. Scalability.

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Bestek Procurement

JUNE 14, 2023

This blog examines the ever-growing catalogue of restrictions on who can participate in the EU public procurement market and, consequently, with whom the public buyer (the contracting authority) cannot contract. Next, we look outside of EU Public Procurement Directives to sources of additional restrictions.

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Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

On November 16, 2017, I had the privilege of speaking before approximately 125 public procurement officials at the annual luncheon of the Central Ohio Organization of Public Purchasers in Columbus, Ohio. Mike Purdy's Public Contracting Blog © 2017 by Michael E. Click here to listen to my talk.

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Scottish Government Procurement

JUNE 6, 2024

In this edition, Nick provides an update reflecting on the first few months of the year – highlighting key achievements, events, publications and successes from across the procurement community. Nick also shares some of the events and publications you can look forward to seeing in the upcoming months.

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Open Contracting Partnership

MAY 6, 2024

Thanks to a small grant from Schmidt Futures , we had the opportunity to experiment with applying artificial intelligence technologies to green public procurement. With so many actors in our field talking about AI more generally, this blog post is meant as a gentle introduction to getting started on applying AI in practice.

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Scottish Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

In his latest vlog, Nick provides an update highlighting what we’ve achieved over the last quarter, including exciting events and recent publications, as well as what’s coming up over the next few months across the Scottish procurement community. You can watch the video below. Welcome to my second vlog of 2024.

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Scottish Government Procurement

OCTOBER 24, 2023

As a follow up to the publication of Scotland’s journey of achieving sustainable procurement outcomes 2002-2022: independent review , we have interviewed key organisations representing and working with the business and the third sector in Scotland about sustainable procurement outcomes.

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How to Crack a Nut

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

These conversations led to a series of blog posts that are being published in our Law School blog. This prompted me to think a bit more in detail about how the public interest is articulated in public procurement law and policy. Available at SSRN: [link].

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Bestek Procurement

MAY 16, 2023

The blog post first examines relevant EU law provisions, facts of the case and the question submitted to the CJEU. The last section concludes the blog post. It also clarified the conditions under which Member States may exclude economic operators from the reserved contracts.

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BLP

MAY 31, 2023

As of the entry into force of the new Public Procurement Law No. 9986 and its Regulations, all procedures related to public procurement must use the SICOP platform, including appeals to object to the solicitation and revocation or appeal against the awarding act. appeared first on BLP Legal.

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Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 28, 2024

Bridging the digital divide: Implementing open procurement for effective digital transformation Digital transformation is arguably the most important administrative undertaking of governments around the world. This involves breaking down larger projects into smaller, more manageable components and using iterative development processes.

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Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

APRIL 15, 2020

Written by Elizabeth David-Barrett and originally published on the ACE-Global Integrity blog. Public procurement is one of the key ways of corruptly channelling money out of the state, not least because it is one of the few areas of public spending in which there is significant discretion.

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Inter-American Development Bank

MARCH 9, 2023

Public procurement accounts for around 13-20% of global GDP , so it has the potential to be an important tool for governments to promote gender equality. Women-led businesses are currently underrepresented in public procurement awards. It can also have benefits for governments.

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PwC: Government & Public Sector

JULY 28, 2022

L'articolo European public procurement market: approved Regulation (EU) 2022/1031 of the European Parliament and of the Council on relations with non-EU countries proviene da PwC TLS Blog.

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University of Bristol

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Albert Sanchez-Graells , Professor of Economic Law, University of Bristol Law School This blog post is based on the paper that was jointly awarded the Best Paper Prize Award 2024 by the Society of Legal Scholars. Sanchez-Graells 2015 , addressing the objections raised by Arrowsmith 2012 and Kunzlik 2013 ).

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LoupedIn

DECEMBER 15, 2021

A look at Procurement Policy Note 08/21 Background Applicability Mechanism Criteria From 1 April 2022, in all relevant procurements: The bottom line The post UK public procurement: Poor payers may find it harder to win government contracts appeared first on LoupedIn.

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PwC: Government & Public Sector

OCTOBER 17, 2022

50 of April 18, 2016 (“Italian Public Procurement Code”), the Decree defines limits and operating terms of “serious tax violations that have not been definitively sanctioned”, suitable to determine the exclusion of the economic operator from participation in public tenders.

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How to Crack a Nut

JANUARY 12, 2024

I have put together a consolidated overview of the primary challenges for the implementation of the Procurement Act 2023, to be included as a country report in a forthcoming issue of the European Procurement & Public Private Partnership Law Review. In case of interest, it can be downloaded from SSRN: [link].

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LoupedIn

DECEMBER 16, 2021

As 2021 draws to a close, we can report on a number of interesting developments relevant to anyone involved in public procurement in the UK. Whether you’re at the coalface organising a public tendering procedure or are a supplier bidding for a contract, you might want to find out more below.

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Scottish Government Procurement

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

We welcome a guest blog from Laura Johnstone-Continuous Improvement lead for the Scottish Government’s Digital Assurance Office (DAO). You can keep up to date with the work of the Continuous Improvement team by subscribing to the Digital blog.

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Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

MARCH 4, 2015

Dear Friends and Colleagues, As I wrote in my blog of January 11, 2015 , I have decided to stop writing regular blog postings as part of scaling back my consulting and training work, and to give me more time to focus on other interests such as writing. All the best, Mike Mike Purdy's Public Contracting Blog © 2015 by Michael E.

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Scottish Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

We recently caught up with our Director, Nick Ford, to hear his reflections on recent months, highlighting some key achievements and successes across the procurement community. Looking ahead, Nick also shares some of the events and publications you can look forward to seeing in the near future.

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LoupedIn

JANUARY 7, 2022

As of 1 January 2022, the minimum financial thresholds for the procurement regime to apply changed, so new ones are now in force. The change has two key features: The new thresholds only affect procurements commencing on or after 1 January 2022. Procurements already commenced before then are unaffected.

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VWV

OCTOBER 15, 2024

With the Procurement Act 2023 now set to come into force on 24 February 2025, contracting authorities have been given an additional four-month extension to prepare. The changes to the go live date have been confirmed under The Procurement Act 2023 (Commencement No. Where are we now? This is the date everyone must now work toward.

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Scottish Government Procurement

JULY 2, 2024

We’re pleased to welcome a blog from Denis McFadden, Deputy Director, Procurement Services Division to reflect on the procurement role MPIP have played in supporting and enabling the delivery of new Social Security benefits in Scotland. MPIP adapted the procurement documentation to meet the demands of Agile delivery.

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