Scotland’s national eProcurement portal
- a project overview
In 2006 John McClelland CBE published his report Review of Public Procurement in
Scotland and called for a single public sector “electronic portal” to help resolve
a number of issues which he found. A competitive tendering exercise was undertaken
to find a suitable supplier with Millstream being awarded a 5 year contract to provide
www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
Working closely with the Scottish Procurement Directorate, Millstream have built
upon the existing functionality used on their portals to provide a solution to:
- Have all Scottish public sector opportunities advertised in one location (those
OJEU notices that
are not processed through PCS
are uploaded to the portal).
- Allow authorities to conduct request for quotation exercises for low value
procurements (”Quick Quotes”).
- Transfer data on contract awards to the Scottish Government’s external procurement
hub.
- Sub-contract notices.
Sub-contract notices
The sub-contract notice facility allows prime contractors on public contracts to
advertise their sub-contract opportunities on the portal. The sub-contract notice
facility has two main benefits:
- It provides opportunities to suppliers who may not be in a position to bid for the
main public contract but who are capable of delivering works, products or services to the project.
- It provides the prime contractor with an opportunity to establish their supply chain in a competitive environment.
Public Contracts Scotland also provides a procurement app. A world first enabling
users to access information on their iPhone or iPad.
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