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The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations is the membership organisation for Scotland's charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises. Charity registered in Scotland SC003558. Registered office Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG.

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Embedding Social Value through Sustainable Procurement

This report examines the approach by public sector commissioners and procurement staff in Scotland to,sustainable procurement, social value, and the development of the Third Sector.

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/embedding-social-value-through-sustainable-procurement

Post-legislative scrutiny: Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014

Paul Bradley
27 September 2023
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SCVO recognises its potential in enhancing public procurement in Scotland.,Procurement: This refers to the actual contracting based on commissioning.,Procurement should only be used if it is the right fit, not as default.,While the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 requires large suppliers to include in Annual Procurement,than 100 procurement professionals from across the public sector.

https://scvo.scot/p/62600/2023/09/27/post-legislative-scrutiny-procurement-reform-scotland-act-2014

Making Procurement Work for All: Procurement practices as a route to fulfilling work in North East England

Public sector organisations around the UK are asking how they can use their powers of procurement to,of practical, technical, legal and behavioural barriers to overcome for the power of good work procurement,Durham University, explores these barriers and how they can be overcome in consultation with senior procurement,stakeholders in the North East of England, with the aim of developing a good work procurement strategy

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/making-procurement-work-for-all-procurement-practices-as-a-route-to-fulfilling-work-in-north-east-england

Living in a new procurement landscape

OPINION 24 May 2016 Guest post
Management
Kelly Sleight explains what new procurement laws mean for the third sector

https://tfn.scot/opinion/living-in-a-new-procurement-landscape

Social economy and public sector procurement in Renfrewshire

examined the opportunities to develop the social economy in Renfrewshire through public sector procurement

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/social-economy-and-public-sector-procurement-in-renfrewshire

Social economy and public sector procurement in Renfrewshire

examined the opportunities to develop the social economy in Renfrewshire through public sector procurement

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/social-economy-and-public-sector-procurement-in-renfrewshire

Banking and buying

Procurement Procurements is the process of buying goods or services from someone else.,You are likely to need to procure a number of goods and services for your community space.

https://scvo.scot/support/village-community-halls/facilities-management/operational-management/banking-buying

Procurement: SME and third sector action plan 2024-2026

engage and reduce the barriers for SMEs and third sector organisations when engaging with public procurement,will take to support and improve opportunities for SMEs and third sector organisations within the procurement,https://blogs.gov.scot/public-procurement/2024/04/29/sme-and-third-sector-procurement-action-plan/

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/procurement-sme-and-third-sector-action-plan-2024-2026

Procurement will be the death of us

OPINION 8 April 2014 Guest post
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Buying human services in the same way one buys pencils or sacks of cement is to ignore the human aspect, argues Martin Sime, chief executive of SCVO

https://tfn.scot/opinion/procurement-will-be-the-death-of-us

Civil society groups demand ethical procurement laws

NEWS 30 April 2015 by Paul Cardwell
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Rules need to tackle tax dodging, blacklisting and climate change, according to a coalition of civil society coalitions

https://tfn.scot/news/civil-society-groups-demand-ethical-procurement-laws

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2025. The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation.
Charity registered in Scotland SC003558. Registered office Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG.