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3 months to go until Meet the Buyer National 2025!

Scottish Government Procurement

Keynote sessions Alongside the exhibition, the event will include keynote sessions from experts offering hints and tips to get tender ready. Once registered with SDP, organisations can then book a free place at Meet the Buyer National. Keep an eye on the Meet the Buyer event page for speaker announcements.

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Understanding Minor Deviations in Public Procurement

The Procurement ClassRoom

Determining Minor Deviations Determining minor deviations during bid evaluation could be a controversial issue between the procuring entity and the evaluation panel if there is no clear guideline stating what is or is not considered. Minor deviations are a subtle area that requires clear guidelines to ensure fairness and transparency.

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Meet The Buyer 2024 – less than one month to go

Scottish Government Procurement

You don’t have to wait until 5 June, why not brush up on your tendering skills before the event with the Supplier Development Programme’s free training! SDP offers a range of courses to suit every level – whether you are new to tendering or have years of experience. Browse SDP’s free tender training here!

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A gentle introduction to applying AI in procurement

Open Contracting Partnership

For our project, we compared green criteria against real tender notices, using data from the European Union and the Dominican Republic. If your task is sensitive, like criminal sentencing – well, consider reading books like Weapons of Math Destruction , first.) Your task here would be sentiment analysis.

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Meet the Buyer North – one week to go!

Scottish Government Procurement

You don’t have to wait until 11 September, why not brush up on your tendering skills before the event, with the Supplier Development Programme’s free training! SDP offers a range of courses to suit every level – whether you are new to tendering or have years of experience. Browse SDP’s free tender training here!

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Meet the Buyer North – two weeks to go!

Scottish Government Procurement

Alongside networking opportunities, delegates can gain top tendering tips, by attending speaker sessions in the keynote arena. Book your free place now via the SDP website! Meet the Buyer North 2024 is aimed at all micro, small and medium size organisations, looking to win work in the North of Scotland.

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Slowing Down Public Sector AI Adoption -- guest post by Saema Jaffer

How to Crack a Nut

This guest post by Saema Jaffer* explores the policy approaches that can be followed in the UK, and elsewhere, in relation to the use of AI in the writing and evaluation of tender documents. It was submitted to the ‘a book for a blog’ competition and has won Saema a copy that will soon be on the post. says a buyer.

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