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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 Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG.

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Carers Week legacy – better social care

Yet, we continue to "procure" care in the same way we procure desks or pencils.

https://scvo.scot/p/9310/2015/06/10/carers-week-legacy-better-social-care

What the does the Budget 2015 mean for the third sector?

OCS It was also announced that the Office for Civil Society will take forward the procurement of a partner

https://scvo.scot/p/8348/2015/03/19/what-the-does-the-budget-2015-mean-for-the-third-sector

How do the manifestos measure up for the Scottish third sector?

Use government procurement to promote Living Wages and tax rebates to businesses who sign up to pay Living

https://scvo.scot/p/8791/2015/04/21/how-do-the-manifestos-measure-up-for-the-scottish-third-sector

Rural poverty: inescapable, ignored, forgotten

Squeezes to public sector funding have affected smaller local organisations and procurement procedures

https://scvo.scot/p/7637/2015/01/22/rural-poverty-inescapable-ignored-forgotten

More employers must pledge to pay the living wage

When the Procurement Reform Bill was going through parliament, we argued that the living wage should,Three, Scottish Government should use the new EU Directive on Public Procurement to make payment of the

https://scvo.scot/p/6577/2014/11/03/more-employers-must-pledge-to-pay-the-living-wage

The human cost of welfare reform

Procurement must better support local organisations especially in rural and remote areas.

https://scvo.scot/p/7155/2014/12/04/the-human-cost-of-welfare-reform

Why Scottish Enterprise signed the Digital Participation Charter

Finally, but perhaps not right now, I’d like to explore how procurement can be used to promote digital,to make statements demonstrating their practical alignment with such policies as part of the pre-procurement

https://scvo.scot/p/6505/2014/10/21/why-scottish-enterprise-signed-the-digital-participation-charter

SCVO response: The Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act, 2014 - Draft Regulations, Set 2 of 2

available working with providers to develop the services people will need in future developing procurement,strategies and plans undertaking procurement exercises monitoring and reviewing the services" [v] Regulations,This is not helped by how services are planned for and procured.

https://scvo.scot/p/5540/2014/08/14/scvo-response-the-public-bodies-joint-working-scotland-act-2014-draft-regulations-set-2-of-2

Procurement Bill: Stage 1 Debate

Summary This Bill fails to address how procurement can be used to benefit people and communities across,Without changes, the opportunity of this Bill to truly imbed sustainable procurement into contracting,The Bill should create a differentiated approach to procurement between “Classic” procurement (buying,to procurement practices between “Classic” procurement (buying of things) and “Service” procurement,, then the Bill could fail in its attempt to make procurement in Scotland truly sustainable.

https://scvo.scot/p/3567/2014/02/18/procurement-bill-stage-1-debate

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