Review of Public Procurement in Scotland - Report and Recommendations

Attributes	Assessed Status
Governance Role	No involvement	Adequate	Proactive	High-priority focus
Organisational Structure	Poor	Meets minimum	Seen as key function	One of top-level organisations
Resources and Skills	Inadequate	Meet minimum	Valued	Seen as investment
Practices and Processes	Weak	Meet minimum standards	Pursuing advanced procurement	Achieving advanced procurement
Information Systems	Inadequate	Supportive	Adding good value	Fully capable
Involved in Collaboration	None	Intent	Developing	Established
Corporate and Social Responsibilities	No recognition	Intent	Pursuit	Inclusion
Reporting/ KPIs	Inadequate	Minimum	Adding value	Comprehensive and basis for action
Benchmarking	None	Intent	Some	Practice routine and basis for action
EU Guidelines	Not met	Meet minimum	Developed	Advantageous
Supplier Policy and Strategy	None	Basic	Developed	An asset
Overall Value of Results	Weak	Just adequate	Better value	Best value
Overall Procurement Status for the Organisation	Non Conformance	Conformance	Improved Performance	Superior Performance

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