The public sector spends over £11 billion a year on goods and services across the public sector. This provides an excellent platform to work with the public, private and third sectors to “deliver procurement that improves public services for a prosperous, fairer and more sustainable Scotland.”

Public procurement is a key partner and enabler to deliver Scotland’s economic strategy. We invest in our people, infrastructure and assets in a sustainable way, encourage innovation, and promote inclusive growth

Legislation has re-enforced the principles of the Scottish Model of Procurement. It maintains the ethos of the public procurement reform programme – business friendly, socially responsible procurement that delivers better outcomes for Scotland.

Our public procurement contracts are amongst the most accessible in the world for micro, small and medium size organisations. We are providing opportunities for Scotland’s small and medium sized enterprises and third sector organisations to benefit through public sector business both domestically and in other countries.

NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) provides national strategic support services and expert advice to NHSScotland in order to ‘support Scotland’s health’.

NSS National Procurement provides a single procurement service for NHSScotland, using years of experience in procurement in order to achieve the best results for customers and deliver maximum savings.

Scotland Excel is the Centre of Procurement Expertise for local government in Scotland. Established in 2008, we provide contracts, accredited learning, and consultancy services to local authorities, housing associations and other public bodies.

Our £1bn contract portfolio supports the delivery of a wide range of essential public services provided by councils including social care, construction, roads, transport, environment, corporate and education. The Scotland Excel Academy offers accredited learning opportunities in procurement, leadership and management, and project management.

Our procurement capability programme for the affordable housing sector sees us working with a growing number of housing associations across Scotland

APUC (Advanced Procurement for Universities and Colleges) Limited is the procurement centre of expertise for Scotland’s 62 universities and colleges. It is a private limited company, owned by its client institutions and established in response to the McClelland Report: Review of Public Procurement in Scotland, which made recommendations for public procurement reform.

We’re one of the biggest public procurement organisations in Europe. We help organisations across the whole of the public sector find the right commercial solutions covering everything from locum doctors to police cars. Our customers include NHS, local authorities, police forces, schools, colleges, government departments and charities across the UK.

CIPS is the premier global organisation serving the procurement and supply profession, with a community of 118,000 in over 150 countries. Dedicated to promoting best practice, CIPS provides a wide range of services for the benefit of members and the wider business community.

The Procurement People of Tomorrow (PPoT) programme was launched to address a recognised skills gap in both private and public sectors with a history of challenges across industry in attracting, recruiting and retaining talent. This is an opportunity to leave a sustainable legacy for the procurement profession in Scotland by working together to grow our own talent and support youth employment.

If you want to work with the public sector, the Supplier Development Programme (SDP) can help. We offer free tender training and support to SME’s and the third sector to help unravel the tender process, improve your bids and win valuable public sector contracts. Visit sdpscotland.co.uk for more information

The MOD’s Doing Business with Defence team facilitates the entry of new innovative and non traditional businesses into the defence supply chain. The team provide advice and guidance to companies on how to become a defence supplier and access MOD tender and contract opportunities through a variety of channels:

– Helpdesk facility

-Attendance at trade exhibitions across the UK where they will deliver presentations on request

-Webinars

-Publication of various sources of useful information via the supplier portal hosted on Defence Contracts Online and their Twitter account @defenceproc

PASS procurement consultants present at over one hundred conferences and events each year as well as delivering in-house training and consultancy for both public and private sector clients.

Our training sessions are designed to cover the legal requirements of public procurement in a non-legalistic manner, using real life examples to help simplify the rules.

Thousands of organisations, public and private, have already benefited from PASS best practice tendering/procurement events and advice.

Whether you work within public sector procurement or tender for public sector contracts, PASS can help you improve your efficiency and effectiveness.

Cyber Essentials is a Government-backed and industry-supported scheme that helps businesses protect themselves against the growing threat of cyber attacks and provides a clear statement of the basic controls organisations should have in place to protect them.
Gaining Cyber Essentials certification enables organisations to showcase their credentials as trustworthy and secure when it comes to cyber security.

Tracker is the only end-to-end business development solution with the unique intelligence you need to find, bid for and win more business. With access to Europe’s largest database of opportunities and competitive insights – you can engage earlier to sell more effectively and win more business. And Tracker’s just got even better – now you can also upload opportunity documents and manage your bid responses all in the one place. Focus on winning business – not looking for it.

At Supply2Gov, we have one goal – to make business growth simpler for sole traders, micro and small businesses. Powered by the UK and Republic of Ireland’s largest database of public sector contract notices and awards, combined with our daily email alerts sent straight to your inbox, we’ve made it as easy as possible for you to find relevant opportunities as soon as they become available – giving you more time to focus on putting your bids together and growing your business. You can register for a free local area of your choice or take advantage of our flexible monthly payment options – giving you a no risk, scalable, cost effective contract alerts service option.

We are trusted by the MoD and dozens of other government departments and purchasing authorities worldwide, and we help thousands of suppliers of all sizes to win UK and international defence and civil tenders. Beyond rolling over 4000 tender sources into one, we also connect you with early engagement contracting intelligence, competitor analysis, purchasing frameworks and more.

Our 35 years’ experience and expertise in defence procurement has laid the groundwork for some of the world’s biggest brands to discover their true potential in supplying to defence and security buyers across the entire supply chain.

Delta eSourcing is a simple tool that centralises purchasing and procurement.

We offer an end-to-end web-based service that allows buying organisations to manage tenders, suppliers and contracts in a single solution in accordance with EU regulatory requirements. The simple navigation is perfect for beginners and moving from an existing eProcurement platform is as easy as ABC.

Together with unrivalled training and support, we’re the right partner to deliver value for money.