During calendar year 2011, 77% of all suppliers awarded contracts through PCS were registered with a Scottish address; taking economic impact into account in collaborative procurement strategies e.g. splitting national requirements into specialist or geographical lots wherever possible; improving the request for quotation facility on PCS to include more supplier details, for example the geographic locations in which a supplier is based and is seeking work; launching new functionality on PCS to allow the advertising of sub-contract opportunities by primary contractors on major projects; working with suppliers (through the Supplier Engagement Working Group and the Public Procurement Advisory Group) to improve access to contracts by identifying their concerns and working with them to resolve issues (in particular through the Single Point of Enquiry), and to develop...