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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

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.

New Procurement Act has long way to go to deliver real change

female applicants to the Fund, and the need to investigate this furtherxv Operation of IT systems procured

public – the public test The above activities can be “reasonably regarded as intending to promote or procure

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.

The Procurement Bill and the Public Bodies Bill are examples which demonstrate that sometimes, people

Yesterday’s Procurement Reform Bill session would suggest not, but changes are afoot.

John Downie blogs on the failings of the Procurement Bill to include the Living Wage and to help people

Shouldn’t we be focussing on charity tax, third sector procurement and water rates?