The Sector Procurement Manual and Procurement Journey
The APUC Sector Procurement Manual was launched in 2009 with the aim of providing procurement guidance and templates for the higher and further eduction sector in Scotalnd. Since that time the Scottish Government has developed the Procurement Journey which now supercedes the Sector Manual. The Procurement Journey was developed with extensive input from the various procurement centres of expertise (including APUC) and represents a comprehensive guide to public procurement. Furthermore it will be maintained and updated centrally in light of user feedback and changes to legislation.
In order to avoid duplication of effort the Sector Manual will no longer be maintained and updated by APUC and the Procurement Journey should be considered the main source of guidance and best practice. APUC continue to have input into the ongoing management and content of the Procurement Journey.
Transition to the Procurement Journey
The existing flowcharts that formed the Sector Manual will still be live and can be accessed on the links on the left-hand side of the page. However these will no longer be updated and will eventually be removed from the APUC website.
Templates can from the various Flowcharts that were in place prior to the Procurement Journey can still viewed and accessed;
Additional HE/FE Sector documents
In order to ease the transition from the Sector Manual to the Procurement Journey some of the key documents have been retained from the original flowcharts which are not currently included in the Procurement Journey. These documents are highlighted in the flow-chart below. Further documents may be added as required but we will try to minimise duplication of the Procurement Journey. If you would like to see specific documents from the Sector Manual added to the flowchart below please email
Stephen Connor
Procurement Journey as a flowchart