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Some information from Joint Statement on the Relationship at Local Level between Governement and the Third Sector.Click here for copy of the Joint Statement Some important points from the Joint Statement The purpose of this note is to provide guidance on the use of 'community benefits' in public sector procurement. The note draws on the findings of the Scottish Government's pilot Community Benefits in Procurement Programme. When developing and reviewing a commissioning strategy, Local Authorities undertake to ensure that they:
Local authorities understand that engaging with third sector organisations on the design of services that will be competitively tendered (and in which the third sector organisation might have an interest) is in line with best practice. Guidance is available in the ‘Supply Market Analysis’ section of the Scottish Public Procurement Toolkit
All parties are supportive of the Scottish Government’s efforts to ensure the third sector has the skills needed to access markets effectively. This includes provision of training to the third sector on tender writing, the support for third sector suppliers through the Suppliers Development Programme and the guide to Tendering for Public Sector Contracts.
Where a Local Authority has determined that a contract for goods or services should be competitively tendered, it will place an appropriate notice on the Government's contract advertising portal "Public Contracts Scotland". This will enable it to meet the requirement for adequate publicity and will ensure that third sector organisations are aware of the contract opportunity.
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