SPA (Scottish Procurement Alliance)

The Lintel Trust recycling container has finally been delivered to the SPA car park. If you have any old clothes or textiles taking up room in your home pop by and drop them off in the container, every tonne collected means £200 donated to the Lintel Trust for use in the community.

📰 The Procurement Act delay and what it means Following last week’s announcement that the upcoming Procurement Act will now be delayed until February 2025, Shona Snow, LHC’s Director of Product Innovation, shares her thoughts on the announcement and what the delay means for the procurement industry. Shona explains how the additional four months gives the market extra time to prepare and align their systems ready for the new requirements and make a smooth transition when the new act eventually comes into force. 🔗 Read more here: https://lnkd.in/eY8uckjk We are committed to supporting our clients and the broader public sector, and are well positioned to help navigate the changes. Our range of resources have been created from our extensive engagements and consultations with clients and committee members throughout the UK and breaks down the finer points of the act to understand the main areas of change. 🔗 View our resources here: https://lnkd.in/eAQznxxu #procurementreform #procurementact #procurement #frameworks #publicsector #localauthorites #housingassociations #publicsector #SMES #announcement LHC Procurement Group South West Procurement Alliance (SWPA) Consortium Procurement Construction WPA (Welsh Procurement Alliance)

The success of the SPA (Scottish Procurement Alliance) Community Benefit Fund (CBF) will be celebrated at the organisation’s upcoming AGM. https://lnkd.in/gn_z_VJt

Invaluable insights into one of Scotland’s most successful community benefits programmes are being offered to public sector bodies, which are being urged to sign up to attend an event later this month. SPA (Scottish Procurement Alliance)

After today our Senior Procurement Officer, Daniella Bryans, goes on maternity leave. Our team held a baby shower for Daniella yesterday to wish her good luck and celebrate her baby's impending arrival. This well-deserved time away is just the beginning of an exciting new chapter for Daniella and her new family. Everyone in the office can’t wait to meet the baby boy. Daniella is an incredible member of our team and her absence will be felt by the whole office. Although she is irreplaceable as a person and it will take the team time to get used to not having Daniella around for a year, she has left us in good hands. Over the past few months, ahead of going on leave, she has been training Mariann Hughes, who will take on her duties. We wish Daniella and her family all the best and can’t wait to get updates on how she’s getting on!

We proudly announce that our Senior Procurement Officer, Daniella Bryans, has been nominated for an award at this year’s Go Awards Scotland. Daniella is a finalist in the Procurement People of Tomorrow category. This category rewards the achievements of the next crop of public procurement people in Scotland. These individuals continue to make a valuable contribution to the public procurement industry within their organisation.   The Award ceremony takes place on the 24th October in Glasgow, this will see Daniella up for the award with seven other nominees.   Good luck Daniella!

Our team is at Meet The Buyer North 2024. Reiss Stewart, Heather O’Donnell and Luke Walker are taking the opportunity today to talk to local suppliers, of which there will be 300+ in attendance at the Music Hall in Aberdeen. These are valuable opportunities for the team and will have more opportunities over the next few months in locations throughout Scotland. If you are about, pop by and say hi.

We are officially only 2 weeks away from our AGM, here are three reasons why you should attend on the 24th September. · The opportunity to hear from industry leaders in Community Development, whose expertise will help steer your future projects. · Hear first-hand what it takes to make a community project a success, the unique challenges they faced and how they overcame them. · Learn about the positive impact that our Community Benefit Fund has had on communities throughout Scotland since 2017 Book your place here https://bit.ly/4g6J46l

As part of the Social Value strategy, each SPA staff member has an allocated day and a half to volunteer. John McCollum, Mariann Hughes and Grant Walker decided to use their allotted time to do litter picking in their local area of Bathgate. Big thanks to West Lothian Litter Pickers for the equipment! https://lnkd.in/eF3bPgcs

We can confirm that Jonathan Read, Strategy and Policy Advisor with South Lanarkshire Council, has agreed to speak at our upcoming AGM. As a Strategy and Policy Advisor within South Lanarkshire Council’s Housing and Technical Resources, Jonathan has strategic responsibility for the delivery of housing services for the local Gypsy/Traveller community. This includes co-ordinating investment programmes in conjunction with residents across the council’s two Gypsy/Traveller sites, assessing the need and demand for suitable Gypsy/Traveller accommodation and contributing to national objectives to increase and improve accommodation for Gypsy/Travellers across Scotland. Register your place for our AGM on September 24th here https://bit.ly/4g6J46l