A one-day seminar providing private sector suppliers
with an insight into recent developments and the
opportunities to sell to the Scottish public sector

The profile of public sector procurement has never been higher, and the McClelland Review of Public Procurement in Scotland has identified significant opportunities for improvement. The review also recommends sweeping changes in procurement practice and structures.

The McClelland Review challenges all public sector bodies to meet advanced standards of procurement performance, and improved procurement has a key role to play in meeting Efficient Government targets.

This event is designed to ensure you and your organisation understand and are able to plan for the changes ahead.

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