This seminars will allow private sector suppliers to gain
an understanding of the review's recommendations
and will provide the knowledge required to successfully work with the Scottish Public Sector

The Scottish Government, as part of its Effective Government Initiative, last year published the Review of Public Procurement in Scotland by John F McClellan CBE

The Review's terms of reference were to consider:

• Current structure and organisation of procurement activity
• Current skills and capabilities deployed on procurement
• Current practices and procedures
• Performance indicators and targets applied to procurement activity
• Ways to achieve efficiency improvements through greater collaboration
• Whether e-procurement techniques such as eProcurement Scotl@nd and purchasing cards are being fully and effectively utilised
• Whether there is scope for the Gateway process to be further deployed across the public sector, to ensure that proper project management arrangements are in place for major procurement decisions
• What lessons can be drawn from experience elsewhere