Procurement: SME and third sector action plan 2024-2026

Resources for any organisation engaging with public sector contract opportunities

Research:

Factors that enable third sector and new business engagement with Scottish public procurement - Public procurement - views and experiences: research - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

Public Procurement Survey of Suppliers: analysis 2020 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

Sustainable procurement duty - impact and value analysis: main report - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

Recent policy notes of interest to suppliers:

Public procurement - supporting innovation through procurement: SPPN 3/2023 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

Public procurement - taking account of climate and circular economy considerations: SPPN 3/2022 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

Public procurement - prompt payment in the supply chain: SPPN 2/2022 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

Preparing to transition towards a National Care Service for Scotland: SPPN 7/2021 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

Fair work and procurement - Public sector procurement - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

Measuring social impact in public procurement: SPPN 10/2020 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

Publications:

Public Procurement and Property Scottish Government Annual Report on Procurement Activity 2021 to 2022 published - Public Procurement and Property (blogs.gov.scot)

Public procurement strategy: 2023 to 2028 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

Programme for Government - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

Scotland’s National Strategy for Economic Transformation - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

Resource Spending Review 2022 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

Scotland’s Social Enterprise Strategy 2016-2026 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

Case Studies:

Case Study - Hey Girls

Rural SME Case Study - Lewis Builders

Case Study – Levenseat

Public Procurement and Property Marketing Services Framework – Micro & Minority Led Businesses

Tools & Resources:

One Stop Shop: Public Procurement Guidance for SMEs & Third Sector Suppliers available at: SME & Third Sector Guidance

The Supplier Journey, available at: Supplier Journey

The Procurement Journey, available at: Procurement Journey

Sustainable Procurement Tools, available at: Sustainable Procurement (sustainableprocurementtools.scot)

Single Point of Enquiry: Single Point of Enquiry (SPoE) service for public sector suppliers - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

Scotland Innovates, available at:

Home - Scotland Innovates (innovator.scot)

Civtech - Civtech

Supported Businesses - Procurement: requirements reserved for supported businesses dynamic purchasing system - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)