Review of regulated procurement compliance

Transport Scotland established seven procurement priorities in section six of the Transport Scotland Corporate Procurement Strategy 2022-2023 which align with the seven procurement priorities published by the Public Procurement Group in June 2021. Transport Scotland’s seven priorities are:

• Transport Scotland will raise its profile and maximise internal and external engagement with leaders and stakeholders.
• Transport Scotland will support sustainable economic recovery, implement sustainable procurement tools, use data intelligently and deliver responsibly to support its suppliers and the community.
• Transport Scotland will use procurement to build resilience in its supply chain and collaborate to support its capability.
• Transport Scotland will use its procurement programme to maximise the impact of the sustainable procurement duty.
• Transport Scotland will support the Scottish Government in its climate ambitions through our procurement practices.
• Transport Scotland will maintain a high standard of procurement capability implement best practice, recognise talent and implement continuous improvement.
• Transport Scotland will develop and implement our procurement systems to improve sustainable outcomes.

These priorities were sub-divided into 27 delivery sub-actions. Comment on Transport Scotland’s compliance with each of the 27 delivery sub-actions is provided in this publication.