Publication - Progress report
Procurement: SME and third sector action plan - updates
Shows progress against commitments in our action plan to make it easier for small businesses and third sector organisations to win public contracts.
Systems and tools
Procurement data and management information
Our commitment
We will continue to develop the quality of procurement data and management information available to better understand where procurement spend is reaching SMEs and the Third Sector organisations
Actions: 2024 to 2025
We:
- completed our 2024 Supplier Survey in November 2024 and are preparing to publish a summary of findings to inform future policy work in the SME and third sector action plan
- initiated collaborative work between management information and policy colleagues to capture and analyse third sector information in Public Contracts Scotland (PCS), ensuring support and guidance remains relevant and proportionate
- are analysing PCS data around SMEs and third sector organisations to support buyer engagement
- are developing local spend analytics tools within the Management Information (MI) Platform Scotland to help Scottish public procurement identify local spend opportunities
- are working with the Supplier Development Programme (SDP) to create MI dashboards that track training success against contract awards
- are procuring a source to contract solution, with procurement strategy to be completed by September 2025
- are engaging with key stakeholders, including supplier sessions with SDP colleagues where suppliers can learn about our approach and progress with source to contract procurement