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In May 2024, we held a series of PublicProcurement Policy Training for Scotland sessions. These were run by Morton Fraser MacRoberts LLP in collaboration with the Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate. The videos are supported by the slide pack, relevant case summaries, and a Q&A document.
A long road to implementation The journey to the Acts implementation started over 5 years ago with the Green Paper on Transforming PublicProcurement in December 2020. The Procurement Bill was introduced in the House of Lords in May 2022, receiving Royal Assent on 26 October 2023.
We are delighted to announce the establishment of a new National FrameworkAgreement for the supply of Web Based and Proprietary Devices. The framework provides Scottish public sector bodies with access to Chromebook, Windows SE, Apple, Microsoft, Thin Client and Open Source Tablet Devices.
federal government awarded a total of $759 billion in public sector contracts , representing a $33 billion increase from the previous year. This emphasises the importance of being on the right frameworkagreements for suppliers. ps://link.springer.com/ What Is A ProcurementFramework And Why They Matter?
We are delighted to announce the establishment of a new National FrameworkAgreement for the supply of Desktop Client Devices. The framework provides desktops, monitors, fixed workstations and accessories. The framework is a single-supplier agreement with HP Inc.
Managed Print Solutions (SP-21-046) Please note that one of the framework suppliers on the Managed Print Solutions framework has changed its name from Capital Document Solutions Ltd to Agilico (Scotland) Ltd. Capital Document Solutions supply an extensive range of managed print services to public bodies.
Publicprocurement is at the forefront of the response to the challenges of COVID-19. The importance of publicprocurement and supply chain management has rarely been so prominently in the public eye and political debate—except, perhaps, in the case of notorious procurement scandals, such as the recent Brexit-related #ferrygate.
Transitional provisions With this delay, any procurements of new contracts, including frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems (DPS), that begin before February 24, 2025, will continue to be governed by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. For DPS, there is a long stop date of 24 February 2029. What can you do to prepare?
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Critical and urgent procurements, together with other procurements which may not have started as urgent, have become priorities, due to the volume of additional work created by the pandemic. These actions help to maintain the public trust in these processes and to prevent procurement decisions being the subject of challenge ”.
More often than not, publicprocurement of technology is viewed as non-transparent, uncompetitive, poorly planned, inefficient, costly, and having high failure rates. From healthcare management and social safety net technology to managing vaccine sign-ups during the pandemic , governments simply need to buy IT better.
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