Public procurement - views and experiences: research

Footnotes

1. The McClelland Report

2. The Second Phase of public procurement reform

3. Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014

4. For further information see Procurement (Scotland) Regulations 2016

5. Outcomes for Procurement

6. Procurement Reform Act (Scotland) 2014

7. Social Enterprise in Scotland: Census 2019

8. The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) Broken Contracts Policy Report (March 2019)

9. Public Procurement Survey of Suppliers: analysis 2020 (March 2021)

10. Social Enterprise Action Plan (March 2021)

11. Note that not all questions in the survey were made compulsory and some questions allowed for multiple answer options to be selected. This means that the total number of responses to each question will not always equal 48 but may be greater or smaller than this.

12. For more information, please see the SCVO State of the Sector report for 2020 and the 2019 Social Enterprise Census

13. SCVO, State of the Sector report; Social Enterprise Census

14. Annual Report on Procurement Activity in Scotland 2019-20

15. Multiple responses to this question were possible, therefore percentages do not add to 100.

16. Multiple responses to this question were possible, therefore percentages do not add up to 100

17. Public Contracts Scotland Quick Quote Process - Purchaser Guide

18. Public Contracts Scotland Quick Quote Process - Supplier Guide

19. Meet the Buyer events are organised by the Supplier Development Programme and delivered at both national and regional levels. The purpose is to provide suppliers with an opportunity to meet public sector buyers and learn about upcoming contract opportunities.