Alastair Merrill

DirectorProcurement and Commercial

National Procurement Conference 2013

Sustainability

CostQuality

Improving supplier access to

public contracts

Maximising efficiency

and collaborati

on

Embedding sustainability in all we

do

Delivering savings and

benefits

The Scottish Model Of Procurement: A Partnership For Reform

Strategic Outcomes

Vision: Through the Scottish Model of Procurement, to be world leaders in innovative public procurement, enabling the best outcomes for Scotland

Improving supplier access

to public contracts

Maximising efficiency and collaboration

Delivering savings and

benefits

Embedding sustainability in

all we do

Strategic Outcomes

Vision: Through the Scottish Model of Procurement, to be world leaders in innovative public procurement, enabling the best outcomes for Scotland

Improving supplier access

to public contracts

Maximising efficiency and collaboration

Delivering savings and

benefits

Embedding sustainability in

all we do

Strategic Outcomes

Vision: Through the Scottish Model of Procurement, to be world leaders in innovative public procurement, enabling the best outcomes for Scotland

Improvingsupplier access

to publiccontracts

Maximising efficiency and collaboration

Delivering savings and

benefits

Embedding sustainability in

all we do

Strategic Outcomes

Vision: Through the Scottish Model of Procurement, to be world leaders in innovative public procurement, enabling the best outcomes for Scotland

Improving supplier access

to public contracts

Maximisingefficiency andcollaboration

Delivering savings and

benefits

Embedding sustainability in

all we do

Strategic Outcomes

Vision: Through the Scottish Model of Procurement, to be world leaders in innovative public procurement, enabling the best outcomes for Scotland

Improving supplier access

to public contracts

Maximising efficiency and collaboration

Delivering savings and

benefits

Embedding sustainability in

all we do

World Leading e-Commerce

• Supporting Scottish Government’s digital ambition

• PECOS - 57% of the public procurement spend

• Single hub for collaborative contracts

• e-Invoicing

Improving supplier access

to public contracts

Embedding sustainability in

all we do

Maximising efficiency and collaboration

Delivering savings and

benefits

Culture always trumps strategies, processes and structures

Paul MooreDismissed from HBOS November 2004 after he presented research to the bank's audit committee and board concluding that HBOS's "fundamentally flawed" business model meant the bank was heading for disaster

Improving supplier access

to public contracts

Embedding sustainability in

all we do

Maximising efficiency and collaboration

Delivering savings and

benefits

Public procurement is a powerful driver of development. In addition to providing goods and services a country needs, the act of procurement itself can strengthen local economies, support marginalized groups and boost local capacity for commerce

Ban Ki MoonEighth Secretary-General of the United Nations

Improving supplier access

to public contracts

Embedding sustainability in

all we do

Maximising efficiency and collaboration

Delivering savings and

benefits

We have the means and the capacity to deal with our

problems, if only we can find the political will

Kofi Annan Seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations

Improving supplier access

to public contracts

Embedding sustainability in

all we do

Maximising efficiency and collaboration

Delivering savings and

benefits

• Competition

• Long term

• Supply chain

• Innovation

In the seven years since John McClelland’s report, the landscape of public procurement has been transformed in Scotland.

The third phase of reform will take that journey further.

Improving supplier access

to public contracts

Embedding sustainability in

all we do

Maximising efficiency and collaboration

Delivering savings and

benefits