Review of procurement 10B Review of procurement (1) The Scottish Ministers must, before the expiry of the period of 12 months beginning 20 with the day of Royal Assent, carry out a review of procurement to determine whether changes could be made to better support the intentions of this Act. (2) The review under subsection (1) may include consideration of— (a) letting contracts on the basis of— (i) location of the company, 25 (ii) local employment potential, (b) encouraging small and medium sized enterprises to seek contracts, (c) lowering the procurement threshold for mandatory consideration of community benefits, (d) increasing the procurement threshold for regulated procurement to allow direct 30 award to local suppliers where community benefits can be demonstrated, (e) prioritising social value and community benefit in procurement scoring criteria, (f) increasing support to small and medium sized enterprises, social enterprises and co-operatives to navigate the procurement process, (g) encouraging co-operatives and other democratic ownership structures to support 35 workers to transition their company into employee...