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Procurement Policy & Guidance

Sector Procurement Manual
Procurement Manual for APUC staff
Procurement policy and advice from SPD
How to run a mini competition

Sector Procurement Manual

In conjunction with a multi-disciplinary working group, APUC has created a procurement manual for the further and higher education sectors. It was published on 29 May 2009, followed by interactive familiarisation workshops around Scotland during the first week of June 2009. Feedback from the workshops - and other ad hoc comments - will inform developments on an ongoing basis.

Benefits include consistency between the approach to Category B, C, and C1 procurements, demonstration of governance and compliances issues, and central updating via the pan Scotland Policy & Best Practice Forum and People & Skills Working Group. See the Manual here.

Procurement Manual for APUC staff

APUC's procurement manual is guiding APUC's Collaborative Procurement team in EU Open and Restricted procurement procedures.

Procurement policy and advice from the Scottish Procurement Direcrotate

See the Scottish Procurement Policy Handbook from the Scottish Government, containing useful information on key procurement roles and responsibilities.

The Scottish Procurement Directorate regularly issues Scottish Procurement Policy Notes (SPPNs). These contain information on procurement policy and guidance.

Download advice from the Scottish Procurement Directorate on the use of the Accelerated Restricted Procurement Procedure (54kb).

How to run a mini competition

APUC has produced guidance on how to run a mini competition under a framework agreement. Download our leaflet here (95 kb).