Useful Links

The links to external websites on this page are organised into the following groups to help you find what you're looking for. All external website links open in a new window.

• eProcurement
• Scottish Government procurement resources
• UK Government procurement resources
• Other procurement Centres of Expertise (CoEs)
• Resources and organisations for colleges and universities
• Skills and knowledge
• Scottish Higher Education Institutions (18)
• Scottish Further Education Colleges (42)
• Supplier organisations and resources
• Tender advertisements

eProcurement 

• eProcurement Scotl@nd (ePS)

Scottish Government procurement resources

• Consultation Report (198 KB) on Public Contracts and Utilities Contracts (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2007.
• McClelland Report Review of Public Procurement in Scotland - Report and Recommendations
• People and Skills Workstream - nurturing procurement talent through developmental tools and training
• Scottish Procurement and Commercial Directorate (SPCD)
• Single Point of Enquiry (SPoE) for suppliers
• Suppliers' Charter

UK Government procurement resources

• Office of Government Commerce (OGC)
• Buying Solutions

Other procurement Centres of Expertise (CoEs) in Scotland

• NHS National Procurement
• Scottish Procurement and Commercial Directorate (SPCD)
• Scotland Excel

Resources and organisations for further and higher education sectors

•  eMarketplace and contracts repository for both the HE and FE sectors  (GeM)
• Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges
• Joint Information Systems Commitee (JISC)
• Procureweb - a JISC procurement support service
• Scotland's Colleges
• Scottish Funding Council
• Sustainable Procurement Centre of Excellence (SPCE) for Higher Education
• Universities Scotland
• Universities UK

Skills and knowledge

• APUC's Acronym Buster (35.5 kb)
• Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS)
• Government Opportunities Magazine
• People and skills workstream led by Procurement Scotland
• Society of Procurement Officers (SOPO) in local government
• Scottish Procurement Information Hub (Spikes Cavell) spend analysis and performance monitoring
• Supply Management Magazine from CIPS

Scottish Higher Education Institutions (18)

• Edinburgh Napier University
• Glasgow Caledonian University
• Glasgow School of Art
• Heriot-Watt University
• Queen Margaret University
• Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
• Scottish Agricultural College
• The Robert Gordon University
• University of the Highlands and Islands
• University of Aberdeen
• University of Abertay Dundee
• University of Dundee
• University of Edinburgh and Edinburgh College of Art
• University of Glasgow
• University of St Andrews
• University of Stirling
• University of Strathclyde
• University of the West of Scotland

Scottish Further Education Colleges (42)

• Aberdeen College
• Adam Smith College
• Angus College
• Anniesland College
• Ayr College
• Banff and Buchan College
• Barony College
• Borders College
• Cardonald College
• Carnegie College
• City of Glasgow College
• Clydebank College
• Coatbridge College
• Cumbernauld College
• Dumfries & Galloway College
• Dundee College
• Edinburgh's Telford College
• Elmwood College
• Forth Valley College
• Inverness College
• James Watt College
• Jewel and Esk College
• John Wheatley College
• Kilmarnock College
• Langside College
• Lews Castle College
• Moray College
• Motherwell College
• Newbattle Abbey College
• North Glasgow College
• Oatridge College
• Orkney College
• Perth College
• Reid Kerr College
• Sabhal Mor Ostaig
• Shetland College
• South Lanarkshire College
• Stevenson College Edinburgh
• Stow College
• The North Highland College
• West Lothian College
• West Highland College

Supplier organisations and resources

• CBI Scotland
• Community Care Providers Scotland
• Federation of Small Businesses
• Glasgow Council for the Voluntary Sector
• Institute of Directors
• Scottish Council for Development and Industry
• Scottish Chambers of Commerce
• Scottish Trades Union Congress
• Single Point of Enquiry (SPoE)
• Social Firms Scotland
• Supplier Development Programme
• Suppliers' Charter

Tender advertisements

• APUC's tender opportunities on Public Contracts Scotland 
• Public Contracts Scotland - register free for access to public sector tender adverts
• Tenders Electronic Daily from the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU)
• SIMAP information on public procurement opportunities in Europe

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