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

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

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

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.

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

The use of vouchers and of pre-procured goods suggests that fraud is expected and not the exception.

to see why the Scottish Government is not planning to legislate for the Living wage within the Procurement

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

limited number of CPPs, treated as a contractor, when their specialist employability services were procured,negative impact on working capital and cashflow, as a consequence of inefficient and/or protracted procurement,Will this be open procurement and will this apply for every action?,Do we need to put in place an agreed code of practice which governs the procurement/commissioning of

see improved strategic coordination of services, expanded eligibility of concessions, reformed procurement