The Scottish Government

Category Lead - Graeme Cook

Achievements to Date - Feedback - National Category Forum

• Temporary and Interim Staff Recruitment Services Supplier Event
  On the 3rd of November in the MacDonald Holyrood Hotel we held a supplier-engagement meeting which was attended by over 80 suppliers. We introduced Procurement Scotland and the wider Public Procurement Reform Programme. We also explained our user and market engagement processes and some details around the proposed assumptions we plan to build in to future tender exercises. We received some very valuable feedback at the session and are working to capture this in our sourcing strategy assumptions. Any deviation from the information given in the slides will be advised. The slides from the event are available and a record of the question and answer session can also be found here.
• Business Management Consultancy Supplier Event
  On the 15th of October in the Macdonald Holyrood Hotel we held a supplier-engagement meeting which was attended by over 70 suppliers. We introduced Procurement Scotland and the wider Public Procurement Reform Programme. We also explained our user and market engagement processes and some details around the proposed assumptions we plan to build in to future tender exercises. We received some very valuable feedback at the session and are working to capture this in our sourcing strategy assumptions. Any deviation from the information given in the slides will be advised. The slides from the event are available and the record of the question and answer session can be found here.
• National Category Forum ( NCF)
  The NCF is now fully established, with support from organisations across the Scottish public sector.
• Business Management and IT Consultancy
  The consultancy commodity strategy is now in draft and being reviewed by the NCF. The plan has been reviewed by stakeholders during extensive workshoping and in the light of user sureveys. National arrangements for Business Management Consultancy are planned for May 2009; National arrangements for IT Consultancy are planned for December 2009. A Prior Information Notice[u1] has now been published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
• Temporary & Agency and Interim Management Recruitment
  The commodity strategy is now in draft and being reviewed by the NCF. The plan has been reviewed by stakeholders during extensive workshoping and in the light of user sureveys. National arrangements for 'Temporary & Agency and Interim management Recruitment' are planned for May 2009. A Prior Information Notice[u2] has now been published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

• Attachments
  
  [u1] Business_Management_Consultancy_PIN.pdf

  [u2] Temporary_&_Interim_PIN.pdf
  
  Business & Management Consultancy and Related Services Supplier Event - Slides
  
  Business & Management Consultancy and Related Services Supplier Event - Q&A
  
  Business & Management Consultancy and Related Services Supplier Event - Delegate List
  
  Temp & Interim Staff Recruitment Services Supplier Event - Slides
  
  Temp & Interim Staff Recruitment Services Supplier Event - Q&A
  
  Temp & Interim Staff Recruitment Services Supplier Event - Delegate List

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If you have any comments or suggestions, or would like more information, then please contact our team:

• Graeme Cook (Category Lead); graeme.cook@scotland.gsi.gov.uk ; 0131 244 7217
• Suzanne Reid (Market Analyst / Buyer); suzanne.reid@scotland.gsi.gov.uk ; 0141 242 5912
• Laura Hunter (Market Analyst / Buyer); laura.hunter@scotland.gsi.gov.uk ; 0141 242 5914

NCF organisations (as of June 2008)

• Aberdeen City Council
• APUC ( Advanced Procurement for Universities and Colleges)
• CGCoPE ( Central Government Centre of Procurement Expertise)
• Central Scotland Fire and Rescue
• Glasgow City Council
• NHS National Procurement
• Procurement Scotland
• Renfrewshire Council
• Strathclyde Police
• University of Glasgow
• Perth & Kinross Council

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