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Procurement Scotland require commodity strategies to consider and balance a range of policy and best practice considerations to ensure maximum contribution to Scotland in terms of best value.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
6 December 2007
The establishment of the cross-sector procurement policy forum will enable best practice to be shared amongst public bodies and this includes best practice in respect of the part that social enterprises can play.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
12 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how NHS job matching panels, established under Agenda for Change, are monitored and audited to ensure best value. Spend on job matchingpanels is not audited centrally.
I ask the committee to support the draft LCM that has been laid before it, and am happy to do my best to answer any questions on the technical provisions that I have outlined.
Earlier, the minister told us about some of the encouragement that the Scottish Government gives to the development industry in relation to applying for planning consents and using best practice in terms of use of active travel measures, public transport and the like.
You stressed that the bids will be assessed and that you will seek to give priority to those you consider to be the best. You also said that there needs to be a geographic and size spread.
We looked at sale possibilities and at possibilities for new partners, and I believe that we got the best deal after going through the various options.