Scotland’s national eProcurement portal
- a project overview

In 2006 John McClelland CBE published his report Review of Public Procurement in Scotland and called for a single public sector “electronic portal” to help resolve a number of issues which he found. A competitive tendering exercise was undertaken to find a suitable supplier with Millstream being awarded a 5 year contract to provide www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk

Working closely with the Scottish Procurement Directorate, Millstream have built upon the existing functionality used on their portals to provide a solution to:

• Have all Scottish public sector opportunities advertised in one location (those OJEU notices that are not processed through PCS are uploaded to the portal)
• Allow authorities to conduct request for quotation exercises for low value procurements (”Quick Quotes”)
• Transfer data on contract awards to the Scottish Government’s external procurement hub

Public Contracts Scotland also provides a procurement app. A world first enabling users to access information on their iPhone or iPad.

Read more about Millstream launching the World’s 1st Procurement App

Portal Statistics

• 3,050 authority users representing 633 authorities
• 52,500 active suppliers
• Average of 210 OJEU notices published per month
• Average of 670 below threshold notices published per month