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Scottish Government launches SPD standardised statements updates on Environmental Management Criteria
New Scottish Procurement Policy Note: public procurement - prompt payment in the supply chain SPPN 2/2022
The Scottish Government has published a new Scottish Procurement Policy Note 2/2022, to provide details of how public bodies are to embed prompt payment performance in the supply chain through procurement processes. This policy note replaces SPPN 08/2009.
SDP welcomes inclusion in the latest Scottish Government Procurement Report
Registration for the 'Heat in Building Scotland - New National Scheme' Supplier Event
Media Release: Open supplier meeting details announced by Supplier Development Programme and The Scottish Government
Public Procurement and Property International survey on social procurement
Scottish Government is seeking suppliers for the future National Civil Engineering Framework
New Scottish Procurement Policy Note: Preparing to transition towards a National Care Service for Scotland (7/2021)
Scottish Procurement has issued a new Scottish Government Policy Note 7/2021 to advise public bodies involved in the commissioning and procurement of social care services of the action they can take to prepare for the transition towards a National Care Service for Scotland (NCS).
Scottish Government seeks views on the public procurement system in Scotland
New Scottish Procurement Policy Note: Fair Work First has been expanded from 5 elements to 7 elements in Scottish Public Procurement (6/2021)
Scottish Procurement has issued a new Scottish Government Policy Note 6/2021 detailing that the Fair Work First criteria has been expanded from 5 elements to 7 elements. This Scottish Procurement Policy Note (SPPN) explains the change and how it can be implemented in procurement processes. This policy note supersedes advice contained in SPPN 3/2021 – Implementation of Fair Work First in Scottish Public Procurement, which was published on 15 March 2021, and has now been withdrawn.
Call for Highlands and Islands Businesses at Virtual Meet the Buyer North Event
Further Extension to the Scottish Government's Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for Internet of Things (IoT)
Meet the Buyer 2021: 2,000 suppliers registered for largest, free procurement event in Scotland
The Scottish Government and Scotland Excel announced as headline partners at Meet the Buyer 2021
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