Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 thresholds: consultation

Appendix – Consultation questions

Consultation questions

Question 1:

Which is your preferred option in relation to the Act’s goods, services and works thresholds?

a) Option 1: Threshold values remain unchanged, i.e. £50,000 for goods and services and £2 million for works.

b) Option 2: Inflation-linked threshold values, i.e. £70,000 for goods and services and £2,800,000 for works with these thresholds being revised every two years to reflect inflation.

c) Option 3: A bigger increase, i.e. £100,000 for goods and services and £4 million for works. Please note that under this option these thresholds will not be amended every two years to reflect inflation.

d) None of the above

Question 2:

Optional. What are the reason(s) for your answer to question one?

Question 3:

Which is your preferred option in relation amending the community benefit threshold?

a) Option A: Threshold values remain unchanged at £4 million

b) Option B: Threshold value is reduced to £3 million

c) Option C: Threshold value is reduced to £2 million

d) Option D: Threshold value is reduced to £1 million

e) None of the above

Question 4:

Optional. What are the reason(s) for your answer to question 3?

Question 5:

Optional. Is there anything else you want to tell us about the goods, services, works or community benefit thresholds of the 2014 Act?

About you questions

This section asks demographics questions and will also ask how you wish your response to be handled and, in particular, whether you are content for your response to published.

These additional questions will not be published, even if you choose to select publish response. Should you choose to publish your responses then we will only publish the answers to the consultation questions on the previous page.

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1. What is your name?

2. Are you responding as an individual or an organisation?

a) Individual

b) Organisation

3. What is the name of the organisation, group or business you are responding on behalf of?

4. Which of the following options best represents your position?

If you are submitting a response which represents your own individual views rather than on behalf of an organisation then please select "I am not responding on behalf of an organisation"

a) I am responding on behalf of a private company

b) I am responding on behalf of a public body

c) I am responding on behalf of a voluntary/Charity/Third Sector organisation

d) I am responding on behalf of a professional/representative body

e) I am not responding on behalf of an organisation

f) prefer not to say

5. If you are a part of a public body, what sector do you work in?

If you are not a part of a public body then select "N/A - I am not a part of a public body".

a) health

b) housing

c) local government

d) education

e) central government

f) N/A – I am not a part of a public body

6. If you are a supplier/business, approximately how many people work in your organisation?

If you are not a supplier or business then please select "N/A - I am not a supplier/business".

a) Under 10

b) 10-49

c) 50-99

d) 100-249

e) 250+

f) Don’t know

g) N/A – I am not a supplier/business

7. Have you or your organisation ever bid for a Scottish public contract?

a) Yes

b) No

c) Not sure

d) Prefer not to say

e) N/A – I am not a supplier/business

8. Have you or your organisation ever been invited to bid for a quick quote?

a) Yes

b) No

c) Not sure

d) Prefer not to say

e) N/A – I am not a supplier/business

9. Have you or your organisation ever been asked to deliver community benefits as part of a contract?

a) Yes

b) No

c) Not sure

d) Prefer not to say

e) N/A – I am not a supplier/business

10. The Scottish Government would like your permission to publish your consultation response. Please indicate your publishing preference:

The additional questions on this page will not be published, even if you choose to select publish response. This will only publish the answers to the consultation questions on the previous page.

Information for organisations only:

The option 'Publish response only (without name)' refers only to your name, not your organisation’s name. If this option is selected, the organisation name will still be published.

If you choose the option 'Do not publish response', your organisation name may still be listed as having responded to the consultation in, for example, the analysis report.

a) Publish response with name

b) Publish response only (without name)

c) Do not publish response

11. Do you consent to Scottish Government contacting you again in relation to this consultation exercise?

a) Yes

b) No

12. What is your email address? Your email address will never be published.

13. Where did you hear about this consultation?

a) Scottish Government X (Twitter)

b) Scottish Government Instagram

c) Consultation newsletter

d) Browsing the consultation hub

e) Scottish Government website

f) News website

g) Social media/email of an organisation you follow

h) Social media/email of a friend/family member

i) Internet search

j) Other. If other, please say where: