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Yet, the Scottish Government’s Public Service Reform Strategy recognises that “limitations in procurement,To elaborate, too often, public bodies default to procurement, creating rigid and disproportionately,Ending the default to procurement within public bodies, recognising that commissioning should be flexible,and proportionate, and that formal procurement is not always the most appropriate route.,Consistency of good practice across public bodies, ensuring that commissioning and procurement is guided

Summary for both reports Across both reports emerges a clear picture of a sector under growing and ongoing pressure. Funding challenges, such as short‑term and competitive funding, are made worse by a difficult social and political climate. The first report shows that the funding...

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Competitive procurement processes can help demonstrate that the terms being offered do represent ‘market,subsidy control guidance (the “Guidance”) sets out further information on particular circumstances: Procurement,: goods and services purchased through “appropriate procurement processes at market rate” are not subsidies

Scotland’s Essential Sector Priorities for the next Scottish Government SCVO’s 2026 Scottish Parliament election manifesto A call to action https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxzLnCgKsNE&controls=0 Voluntary organisations are at the heart of Scotland’s response to the biggest...

commissioning and ending the default use of commercial procurement.Too often, public bodies default to procurement

commissioning and ending the default use of commercial procurement.Too often, public bodies default to procurement

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