According to the SCDI and many others there is a real opportunity for the public sector to lead by example in reforming procurement models and a fundamental shift away from procuring at the lowest cost to a holistic approach taking whole-life costs of investment and intervention (fiscal, social and environmental costs and benefits) was considered necessary to inform public sector investment.iOfficial Report, 15 September 2020, col.63 The Committee is aware that the sustainable procurement duty, outlined in the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014, requires that before a contracting authority buys...