CLIENT CONTRACTOR
50-70 SUB- CONTRACTORS
SUB-SUB- CONTRACTORS
WHAT IS PROCUREMENT?
Te client decides there is a business case for the proposed works and determines their ‘success factors’ for the project. Procurement is the process of deciding how to deploy and select the necessary resources to deliver the works in the most efficient and cost-effective way, i.e. how to obtain the value (not price) that best delivers the client’s ‘success factors’.
contractors and exclude poor payers from bidding for public sector works ●●Training for public sector procurers should focus on promoting greater engagement with specialist contractors and helping clients to specify their ‘success factors’ or value propositions ●●No Tier 1 bespoke subcontracts on public sector works ●●Use of competent and capable firms
must be required at all levels (trade association membership should suffice) especially where firms are able to certify compliance with regulations under the building warranty scheme ●●When submitting bids, main contractors should name the sub- contractors they propose to use (and use them) ●●Pre-qualification to be standardised throughout the supply chain
Scottish Government to appoint a Procurement Regulator. A statutory office of Procurement Regulator would be endowed with the following powers: ●●To challenge poor practices whether emanating from public sector clients or firms in the supply chain ●●To develop a code of ethical conduct to govern the behaviour of public bodies and supply chain firms ●●To apply sanctions such as fines on clients and firms which ignore directives from the regulator to improve their behaviours. Unless we bring pressure on the
Scottish Government and the general public sector to improve their practices, nothing will change. Let’s get on with it.
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