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Awarding Public Contracts Skilfully and Lawfully within the Scottish Procurement Rules 2024

Court-Proven, Solution-Focused Answers to 7 Thorny Questions: Directly from Top-Flight Policy Makers, Lawyers and Industry Experts

Public Procurement Scotland 2024

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  1. Framework difficulties - Ruth McNaught, Burness Paull

    How do you control - and overcome - difficulties with frameworks, including exceeding estimated contract values? How do you create opportunities and head off potential challenges?

  2. Incentivisation - David Hansom, Clyde & Co

    To what extent can "gain share" contracts incentivise suppliers to deliver above and beyond, enhancing the outcome? When do they work, and when do they fall short, supported by practical examples?

  3. Level playing field - Elaine McLean, Pinsent Masons

    How do you level the playing field, specify correctly and assess tenders objectively when the incumbent has a favourable position or in-built advantage?

  4. Negotiation angles - Euan Murray, Shepherd & Wedderburn

    How far can you push negotiations with bidders whilst remaining compliant with the regs, including Competition with Negotiation as a route to market and post-tender negotiations?

  5. Non-tangible criteria - Robin Fallas, Morton Fraser MacRoberts

    How do you incorporate softer, non-tangible criteria into tenders, such as social inclusion, diversity, biodiversity, and accessibility, and evaluate them? Can you make them pass/fail?

  6. Prior performance - Charles Livingstone, Brodies

    How do you deal with and curtail bidders who have scored well on tender submissions but performed poorly on other contracts, without making this known?

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