Public sector spending on goods and services across Scotland amounts to around £8 billion per year. Procurement guidelines govern the purchasing of these goods and services in areas such as health and education services, IT and telecoms, and local government.
The public procurement reform programme aims to drive up standards in the way the public sector procures goods and services to ensure that tax payers money is spent as wisely as possible.
You can now register your interest in the 4th Scottish Public Procurement Conference and Procurex taking place on 29 and 30 October 2008 at the S.E.C.C. in Glasgow.