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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AWS Public Sector

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Public procurement—the process where public authorities like government departments or local councils purchase goods or services from companies—is a vital economic driver in Europe, accounting for more than 13 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP). On the left side, various data providers supply information to the PPDS.

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 4, 2024

There are specific dashboards that analyze prices on the central e-catalog , medical procurement , buyer evaluations , Energy Services Company (ESCO) procurement, or internal auditing practices.

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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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Inter-American Development Bank

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Public procurement spending accounted for an average of 30% of total public spending across the region [1] and as much as 74% of that spending is wasted due to inefficiencies [2] , according to data from FISLAC , an analytics platform developed by the IDB’s Fiscal Management Division (FMM). What is Smart Public Procurement?

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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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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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Mercell

APRIL 2, 2019

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. Why would the ‘free-for-buyers’ solution care about increasing the efficiency and raising the quality of the work of buyers?

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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. Access to technical expertise Problem: Lack of specific technical expertise for informed choices within government.

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Tracker Intelligence

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Public procurement plays a significant role in economic and social growth by assuring that governments deliver vital services and infrastructure to their societies. This article will focus on tackling challenges in the public procurement process and suggests practical solutions for these challenges.

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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

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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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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Scottish Government Procurement

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

This year, we hosted a large number 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

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. percentage points more than the average success rate for appeals in Prozorro (72%), excluding Clarity App buyers.

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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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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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Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Here is Colombia setting up an open framework to better connect buyers and sellers in an orderly and transparent manner. Meanwhile, Germany used buyers lists with specified maximum prices as another effective tool. The market is disrupted, buyers and suppliers urgently need to connect.

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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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Scottish Government Procurement

APRIL 11, 2024

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). Updates for Buyer users include: SPD Module – The SPD Module is now available for all users.

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Scottish Government Procurement

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Go to PCS then click the Search Buyers tab. From the Buying Organisation’s page you can view information including their Current, Future and Past Notices. Buyers use Supplier Finder to search for and invite suppliers to quote for low value/low risk procurements (also known as Quick Quotes).

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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. You can find out more information about these on our Scottish Procurement blog.

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

New systems installations need to go smoothly, says Steve Witt , director of public sector at Nintex , a global provider of process and workflow automation software with clients that include public sector entities, including the U.S. Go to the following link for information on Nintex’s work with governments.

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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. It’s a means to an end, not an end in itself.

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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

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. eLearning is available from the Sustainable Procurement Tools platform.

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Scottish Government Procurement

JANUARY 26, 2024

How to Search Public Contracts Scotland for Opportunities You do not need an account to search for opportunities on PCS. The Search Notices area allows you to search for Notices based on the information which Buyers provide when they publish a Notice. The information provided may differ across Buying Organisations.

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Scottish Government Procurement

AUGUST 22, 2024

This one-day event attracts public sector buyers, heads of department and contract managers responsible for managing the national public procurement expenditure of £16 billion a year. Running alongside Procurex Scotland, our conference will take place at SEC Glasgow on Thursday 24 October 2024.

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Scottish Government Procurement

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The Scottish Government Civil Engineering Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for projects up to £5 million can now be used by buyers to issue calls for competition. We have worked with internal and external stakeholders on the development of this collaborative DPS for use across the Scottish public sector.

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Scottish Government Procurement

OCTOBER 11, 2023

For buyers We have been working hard to enable our public sector to harness innovation to improve public services and the lives of people in Scotland. You are also reminded to have a read SPPN 03/2023 Supporting innovation through procurement.

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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. The post 2023 – A year in review with the Public Procurement Group appeared first on.

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Scottish Government Procurement

MAY 10, 2024

For further information, or to provide feedback, please contact us at scottishprocurement@gov.scot.

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Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Open data is often lauded as a magic pill for anti-corruption: reveal what’s going on, inform the public, and, presto, government will become more accountable. If we lack codes for suppliers and buyers, we cannot build indicators of supplier and buyer risk. Oh, and big data just means bigger gains, right?

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Scottish Government Procurement

JUNE 6, 2024

So looking back, we’ve published our Annual Ministerial Report on Procurement Activity in Scotland for 2021-2022, again, demonstrating the power of procurement. Highlights include over £16 billion of public procurement spend on goods and services, which is up £1.5

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Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

JULY 18, 2017

Provides input and makes recommendations to City Administration on purchasing and procurement policies and procedures. Implements city wide policies and procedures, oversees the creation of manuals, forms, charts, informational materials, related training programs and briefings. For More Information and to Apply: Click here.

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Scottish Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

As part of Scot Climate Week 2023 , we hear from some members of the Public Procurement Group (PPG) on how their organisations are embedding climate action in their procurement activities. This approach empowers our clinicians and service users to make informed choices that benefit not only patients but also our environment.

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Scottish Government Procurement

DECEMBER 13, 2023

New best practice sustainability tests are now available on the Sustainable Procurement Tools website. They will help buyers undertaking the sustainability test for similar commodities, or for those new to the tools. The new products join the six best practice completed sustainability tests added to the website in 2022.

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