Sustainable procurement duty - impact and value analysis: research findings

Foonotes

1. Scottish Government, Public Sector Procurement, Sustainable Procurement Duty, https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/sustainable-procurement-duty/

2. When we refer to 'public bodies' throughout this document, we are referring to bodies to which the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 applies. A directory of public bodies can be found here: https://www.gov.scot/publications/national-public-bodies-directory/. In the context of procurement, they may also be referred to as a 'contracting authority' or 'procuring organisation'.

3. Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014, http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2014/12/section/9

4. Scottish Government, National Performance Framework, https://nationalperformance.gov.scot/

5. Scottish Government, National Performance Framework, https://nationalperformance.gov.scot/

6. In doing this, it is important that public bodies award scores appropriately, in proportion to the scale of the contract and in a way that does not unfairly benefit any particular supplier or group of suppliers. For example, it would not be appropriate to award points to a supplier just because it is an SME, although evidence of the suppliers' activities to involve SMEs in sub-contracting opportunities might be appropriate, depending on the scale of the contract.