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sustainability of the third sector’ and cited longer-term funding arrangements and flexible approaches to procurement

governments and public bodies can use to encourage a shift away from existing ‘value-for-money’ driven procurement,Link in with ongoing efforts in Scotland to make progress on partnership working, funding and procurement,This is especially true in procurement processes, where value is about pounds over people.,Traditional procurement models also do not consider the capacity issues felt by many specialist organisations

Since the launch of the 2016 Fair Work Framework and the challenge set down by the Fair Work Convention for Scotland to be a world leading Fair Work nation by 2025, there has been much support, new government departments established, a Fair Work Implementation Plan and high level...

SCVO response to the call for views on procurement (PDF version)Download SCVO response to the call for,’s for views on the post-legislative scrutiny of the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014.,Sustainable procurement duty Questions Has the sustainable procurement duty helped to improve social,,in the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014.,How can the impact of the sustainable procurement duty be measured?

boards or lead agency must take into account the challenges faced by service providers in delivering procured

Medicines, procurement and data protection policies may also be affected to name just a few.

its part in this “new normal”, attention must also be paid to voluntary sector funding and the procurement,Rethinking procurement There must be a significant shift to person-centred procurement models that put,Existing procurement models often do not respect the harsh realities that voluntary organisations are,Traditional procurement models also do not take account of the capacity issues felt by many specialist,Local Equality Impact Assessments on procurement must take this into serious consideration.

year around the need for longer term funding, core funding, strategic commissioning and funding/procurement

significant economic actor and employer and the need for long-term funding models, a flexible approach to procurement

the government to consider the implementation of long-term funding models, a flexible approach to procurement,In relation to the AGER report’s consideration around procurement, SCVO believes that there should be,a shift to person-centred procurement models that put the needs of beneficiaries of services ahead of,New procurement models are required should Scotland wish to build the wellbeing economy cited in AGER