Parliamentary committees have the opportunity to bring scrutiny both through the publicly available annual reports from public bodies, and the ministerial report. The legislation and embedded reporting requirements change the Public Procurement in Scotland landscape. Public Bodies are required to publish open and transparent procurement strategies as well as annual progress.
Key changes that arise from this change are:
1. The Procurement Reform Delivery Group (PRDG) is now the Public Procurement Group (PPG).
2. The Procurement Supplier Group (PSG) is now the Procurement Supply Group (PSG).
3. The Ministerial Strategic Group – Procurement (MSG-P) has been replaced with a ‘by invitation’ annual workshop for cross-sector stakeholders, including public sector, business, trade unions and third sector, to preview Scottish Ministers Annual Report to Parliament.
The minutes of previous MSG-P meetings are published on our webpages.
Public Procurement in Scotland continues to focus on the strategic objectives aligned to the Scottish Model of Procurement. The procurement Workplan outlines the proposed deliverables and milestones for Public Procurement in Scotland.