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Supporting Scotland's vibrant voluntary sector

Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

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 Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh EH3 6BB.

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Call for Affordable Internet

The Reaching 100% (R100) public consultation was launched in July 2017 in advance of an open procurement

https://scvo.scot/p/22875/2017/12/06/call-for-affordable-internet

Fair Start Scotland: contracts, commissioning and the marginalisation of the third sector and those we support

The procurement process has clearly favoured private companies at the expense of the third sector, and,The time afforded to the procurement process was not conducive to the forming of new consortia.

https://scvo.scot/p/16239/2017/10/04/fair-start-scotland-contracts-commissioning-and-the-marginalisation-of-the-third-sector-and-those-we-support

An Unfair Start

Instead we have been treated to a classic procurement exercise, divided up like an auction into lots,

https://scvo.scot/p/16265/2017/10/04/an-unfair-start

Devolved Employability Programmes: A third sector critique

minimised the involvement of small and medium-sized third sector organisations The time afforded to the procurement,Procurement The relatively short length of time allocated to the procurement process actively militates,Other considerations relating to procurement are: The procurement process is also considerably less-generous,Learning from the on-going procurement process should most definitely be taken seriously and Scottish,The procurement system needs to be more straightforward and accessible.

https://scvo.scot/p/15405/2017/05/26/devolved-employability-programmes-a-third-sector-critique

The Future of Social Care in Scotland

Survey 60% of respondents answered yes to the question ‘have you abstained from or withdrawn from a procurement,This is not to say that merely redesigning procurement processes will be enough to ensure sustainability

https://scvo.scot/p/15370/2017/05/23/the-future-of-social-care-in-scotland

Local funding survey

either applying for grants, and/or negotiating a service level agreement, and/or going through a procurement,also worth stating that a number of respondents commented on the difficulties of going through procurement

https://scvo.scot/p/15064/2017/04/25/local-funding-survey

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