Scottish Procurement Reform

Opportunities – Working with Scottish Enterprise

Phil MartinDirector, Network Procurement

The Opportunity

Scottish Enterprise will procure approximately £150m worth of goods, services and construction contracts in 2008/9

Our portfolio is wide, covering everything from Facilities Management to delivery of expert advisory services to high growth companies

Our Commitment

We are committed to continuously improving our procurement processes We’ll provide transparency of how we make contracting decisions by

providing appropriate details in all tenders We’ll provide detailed feedback to assist suppliers in improving tenders To date we have:

• Have introduced a dedicated procurement team to handle all tenders over £50k• Signed up to the Suppliers’ Charter• Adopted the standard Pre-Qualification Questionnaire• Introduced advertising for all tenders where appropriate, thus improving

transparency of opportunity• Committed to adopting the ‘advertising portal’ once launched

Collaborative Procurement

Scottish Enterprise are working closely with both NPCoE and CGCoPE

We aim to ensure better value for tax payers, whilst, as far as is possible, ensuring access to contracts for suppliers of all sizes

Collaborative Procurement

We’ll shortly be commencing a study into how we can further improve access to contract opportunities and remove unnecessary barriers, particularly for SME’s.

In scope will be:• Procurement Strategies

– Proportionality, access of opportunity

• Procurement Processes– Consistency– Proportionality– Modernisation

• Terms and Conditions– Simplifying– Sharing risk

• Insurance requirements– Proportionality

• Transparency of opportunity– SE Website, National Portal

• Constructive feedback– Assisting suppliers in improving their tenders

Contact

Phil Martin

philip.martin@scotent.co.uk

0141 228 2233

Or log on to:

www.scottish-enterprise.com/procurement