Scottish Government

National Category Forum (NCF) organisations

• APUC (Advanced Procurement of Universities & Colleges)
• City of Edinburgh Council
• Forth Valley Health Board
• Glasgow City Council
• Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board
• National Procurement
• Scottish Procurement
• Scottish Local Government Procurement Forum (SLGPF)
• Scotland Excel

History

2008

• Contract Award Announcement: Scottish Procurement has concluded on its development of a national strategy for the procurement of office supplies which has resulted in the award of national frameworks, covering General Stationery, Office Paper and IT Consumables. This has followed significant engagement with key stakeholders across Scotland, which includes suppliers and supply chain partners and an extensive analysis of economic, social and environmental drivers within the Scottish office supplies market.
  
  The award has been developed to meet the demanding requirements of end user organisations and, in doing so, balance sustainable best value, environmental and economic objectives in a market heavily influenced by transactional and delivery costs. The contract went live on 1 September 2008.
• Office Supplies ITT: The office supplies framework was advertised under a restricted process. The initial OJEU advertisement was published on the 26th January 2008 and the contract was formerly awarded on the 5th August 2008
• Completed Strategic Sourcing Document: The Office Supplies Strategic Sourcing plan was published and endorsed by both the NCF and all the sectoral Centres of Expertises at the start of 2008. The document provides an overview of the Scottish Public sector Office Supplies portfolio and documents the options considered and chosen for the formation of a national Office Supplies framework.

2007

• Office Supplies Workshops: To enable wider consultation a series of workshops were held across Scotland during October and November 2007. The workshop agenda focussed around the proposed Strategic Sourcing Strategy.
• Stationery spend Template: Templates were issued to key suppliers to the Scottish Public Sector and public sector organisations during 2007 to capture details of the stationery products being purchased. This information supported the development of the tender bid sheet. Further information was then sought from suppliers, sector Centres of Expertise and public sector organisations to establish the 2007-8 baseline.
• Collaboration: During the development of the strategy, the Corporate Services team endeavoured to comprehensively consult and inform both the customer and the external supply base. Various presentations and workshops were completed together with individual site visits for one to one communication during 2007 and 2008.
• National Category Forum: The NCF is fully established, including members from across the Scottish Public Sector.