Scottish Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Prepare your business for Meet the Buyer North 2024 With just one week to go until Meet the Buyer North, now is the perfect time to plan your visit. Look at the buyers listed on the Meet the Buyer North event page and consider who you would like to meet. Do your homework!

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Scottish Government Procurement

AUGUST 27, 2024

Only two weeks to go until the Supplier Development Programme’s seventh annual Meet the Buyer North event , on 11 September at The Music Hall in Aberdeen. The Supplier Development Programme is also delighted to introduce the first ever Health Zone at Meet the Buyer North, sponsored by NHS National Services Scotland.

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Scottish Government Procurement

APRIL 8, 2024

For the first time ever, the Supplier Development Programme is pleased to announce that all four of the Procurement Centres of Expertise (CoE) are taking part in Meet the Buyer National , at Hampden Park, Glasgow on 5 June and they will be ready to talk procurement frameworks!

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Scottish Government Procurement

MARCH 6, 2024

The 15 th annual Meet the Buyer National event takes place on Wednesday, 5 June 2024 at Hampden Park, Glasgow. Meet the Buyer 2024 Alongside headline partners, Scottish Government and Scotland Excel, over 55 exhibitors have already signed up to engage with suppliers on the day. However, all are welcome!

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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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American City & Country

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

With the help of a cooperative purchasing organization, you can increase savings at your organization by leveraging pre-awarded cooperative contracts and streamlining your purchasing process, resulting in a stronger overall strategy. These roadblocks reveal opportunity though, as teams look toward cooperative purchasing for relief.

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Scottish Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Earlier in 2023 we hosted a series of workshops for all public sector buyers on the Single Procurement Document (SPD) module within Public Contracts Scotland (PCS). The SPD is a standard questionnaire that allows buyers to identify suitably qualified and experienced bidders.

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Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Government expenditure through public procurement is essential since it ensures that there are contracts available to be bid in a fair, open, and competitive manner. Having a solid understanding of public procurement principles enables procurement professionals and suppliers to confidently navigate public sector procurement.

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Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 28, 2024

More often than not, public procurement of technology is viewed as non-transparent, uncompetitive, poorly planned, inefficient, costly, and having high failure rates. The G-Cloud initiative in the UK provides a framework for public sector organizations to easily and cost-effectively procure cloud computing services.

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Mercell

APRIL 2, 2019

The 2 purchasers were highly interested and impressed in the solicitation and contract modules we showed and discussed. By telephone, the buyer let me know that the offer seemed very reasonable and that she was going to ask for approval from her manager. As a seasoned buyer, she went to her manager with 2 other offers.

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Challenge : In 2020, only 5% of Lithuania’s public procurement spending by value used green criteria that favor environmentally friendly products and services. Results : Levels of green procurement uptake across Lithuanian public institutions have increased to 94% by value and 93% by total procedures as of 1 December 2023.

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Scottish Government Procurement

APRIL 11, 2024

Based on user feedback some changes have been made to improve Public Contracts Scotland (PCS). Changes have been made to improve the readability of SPD Module content and responses, remove duplication in the SPD Module, improve the Search Notices and Search Buyer pages and to allow Buyers to create copies of previous Quick Quotes (QQ).

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Scottish Government Procurement

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The CGPSS team provides access to a team of highly skilled procurement professionals who can cover skills gaps and workload peaks within Central Government organisations to deliver contracts which comply with procurement legislation.

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Open Contracting Partnership

APRIL 4, 2025

Improving public procurement, which accounts for one in every three dollars spent by governments, is one of the core ways countries can do more with the same – or less. As theOpen Contracting Partnership, we support transformational procurement reforms in over 50 countries.

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Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

It was even worse than we thought: Massive Spending: The UK government handed out a staggering £48 billion in Covid-related contracts across 400 public bodies and 5,000 deals. Political Connections: Nearly 10% of these contracts, totalling £4.1 Political Connections: Nearly 10% of these contracts, totalling £4.1

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Tracker Intelligence

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Competition in public procurement is not limited to financial competition; it is a key source of innovation and guarantees the fair allocation of public contracts. If not resolved quickly, these issues could lead to higher costs, less innovation and missed opportunities to improve public services.

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Tracker Intelligence

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Public procurement these days is not just about acquiring goods and public services at low costs. Social value is a transformative approach shaping how public contracts are awarded and executed. What Is Social Value In Public Procurement? Why Does Social Value Matter In Public Procurement?

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Scottish Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Earlier in 2023 we hosted a series of workshops for all public sector buyers on the Single Procurement Document (SPD) module within Public Contracts Scotland (PCS). The SPD is a standard questionnaire that allows buyers to identify suitably qualified and experienced bidders.

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Challenge: In 2020, public procurement in the Dominican Republic lacked public trust and credibility due to several high-level corruption scandals. The island’s procurement agency faced more than 250 open complaints and allegations of collusion and low competition in the procurement process.

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Scottish Government Procurement

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

What is Public Contracts Scotland (PCS)? Public Contracts Scotland (PCS) is the one-stop shop for suppliers to access Scottish public sector contract opportunities. All Scottish public sector buying organisations must use PCS to advertise their regulated procurements.

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Open Contracting Partnership

MAY 23, 2024

It was impossible to analyze the decisions of Ukraine’s procurement review body, the Antimonopoly Committee, in a comprehensive way to understand when the outcome favored the buyer and when it favored the vendor. In 2023, Ukraine awarded 270,000 public contracts through competitive procedures , worth 555 billion UAH ($15.2

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Scottish Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

New guidance, developed to assist buyers and suppliers has now been published on both the Procurement Journey and Supplier Journey websites: Artificial Intelligence (AI) | Procurement Journey What do Buyers Need to Know About AI? If you require additional information, please email scottishprocurement@gov.scot.

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How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

On 13 November 2023, the UK Government published guidance setting out its ambitions for innovation procurement under the new Procurement Act 2023 (not yet in force, of which you can read a summary here). This further expands on the ambitions underpinning the Transforming Public Procurement project that started after Brexit.

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The Procurement School

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

To accept the bid would put the organization at risk of being sued by all the other 6 compliant bidders for the value of this contract of $9 million plus up to 2 years of lost profit”, the Director replied. “I For example, a Buyer was tasked with ordering scientific equipment and lab supplies for a university in Africa.

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Witt says he often points government buyers to the following quote as they begin any initiative: “If you can’t describe what you are doing as a process, you don’t know what you’re doing.” – Dr. W. OMNIA Partners , who sponsors this page, offers a robust portfolio of cooperative contracts in the public procurement space.

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Scottish Government Procurement

JANUARY 26, 2024

Public Contracts Scotland (PCS) is the one-stop shop for suppliers to access Scottish public sector contract opportunities. All Scottish public sector buying organisations must use PCS to advertise their regulated procurements. Go to Public Contracts Scotland and click Search Notices at the top of the page.

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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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Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Japan is the world’s third biggest spender on public contracts at US$788 million. Over the last two years, 21 Japanese cities have been working on opening up their public contracting for better efficiency, oversight and outcomes as part of the G20 Smart Cities Model Policy on Open Contracting (also available in Japanese ).

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Scottish Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

For further information on public procurement in Scotland please visit www.gov.scot/procurement Please email enquiries to scottishprocurement@gov.scot Follow us online: Single speaker transcript, Nick Ford: Hi everyone. Welcome to my second vlog of 2024. A really good and enjoyable event.

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Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 5, 2024

Public procurement should be all about people. We want to enable one billion people to live in more equitable, prosperous and sustainable communities by 2030 by improving US$2 trillion in public procurement spending. Our world runs on public contracts. Open contracting has been the gift that keeps giving.

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Scottish Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The system is a secure and efficient way for Buyers and Suppliers to manage tender exercises online. The standard templates enable Buyers to easily create consistent tender documentation and allows Suppliers to save and reuse tender responses. All opportunities are first advertised on Public Contracts Scotland (PCS).

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Scottish Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Embedding sustainability into procurement can support organisations’ wider economic, social and environmental objectives as set out in relevant policies and/or strategies and can be adapted to reflect the nature of the contract. eLearning is available from the Sustainable Procurement Tools platform.

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Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 1, 2024

Public procurement is an expression of your city’s values: Through public procurement, cities not only spend taxpayers money, they also deliver essential services and infrastructure to their residents and interact with businesses on a daily basis. But what if the procurement analyst were calling to offer their help?

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Tracker Intelligence

JULY 20, 2022

In the UK, the government spends around £284 billion on public sector contracts every year. With so much money in play, it should be unsurprising that government procurement attracts so much interest. Even big names like Amazon, Dell, and Apple hold government contracts in England. What is Government Contracting?

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Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

JULY 18, 2017

Salary: $80,244 - $95,832 annually Job Summary: The Public Works Purchasing Manager oversees city-wide procurement processes that ensure compliance with applicable federal, state and local laws and City policies and procedures. Oversees and directs staff on development of contracting forms and contracting documents.

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American City & Country

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Iron Mountain has maintained a variety of cooperative contracts with public sector agencies. The firm also has a federal GSA Multiple Award Schedule that is open to all public sector organizations. “We Mitchell believes that cooperative contracts can save time for agencies. “In

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Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

OCTOBER 5, 2020

The Corruption Cost Tracker: Quantifying the costs of corrupt contracting and the savings to be made from reform. Public procurement constitutes about one-third of government spending or 13 trillion USD per year. GTI-R/2020:02, Budapest: Government Transparency Institute.

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