THE SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT AND ITS PARTNERS
When it comes to the Scottish Government ’ s eCommerce & Procurement Best Practice Shared Service , Wisener explains that there are five core providers , all of whom play a crucial role in the success of the Service .
Elcom This partner provides PECOS , the purchaseto-pay ( P2P ) solution that manages catalogues , transactional websites , orders , receipts and invoices . “ They have been with us from the very beginning ,” says Wisener . “ The very first purchase order was raised on 25 March 2002 and since then over 32 million orders have been processed with a total value of £ 73 billion . They have been with us throughout our entire journey and have been heavily involved in our transformation .”
LEIDOS This partner provides the infrastructure , hosting and service support for PECOS . Wisener says : “ Leidos ensures that the operating environment for PECOS is maintained to the highest standards , supporting continuity and stability of service and delivering continuous improvements in how the service is utilised by user organisations ”.
Proactis This partner provides Public Contracts Scotland ( PCS ) - the contract advertising portal - which has revolutionised the way that the Scottish public sector interacts with its suppliers when it comes to advertising opportunities .
Wisener says : “ Traditionally , suppliers would look through trade magazines or newspapers to find the opportunities they wanted to bid for . But PCS provides a onestop-shop and free access for suppliers wishing to do business with the public sector in Scotland . It provides suppliers with alerts to opportunities that are a good fit for their business and allows prime contractors delivering a public sector contract to advertise sub-contract opportunities . It is mandatory for all contract opportunities over £ 50k ( for supplies and services ) and £ 2m ( for works ) to be advertised and awarded on PCS .”
DXC This partner provides the Procurement Information Hub which provides spend analytics capability . Wisener says : “ It enables public procurement teams across Scotland to gain visibility into where money is being spent and with whom ; identify spend at a local , regional and national level ; identify local suppliers and SMEs ; and identify further collaborative opportunities . It also supports Community Wealth Building projects where local and regional spend is assessed to identify opportunities to increase spend with local suppliers , build local supply chains and identify where local areas or suppliers would benefit for economic support .”
JAGGAER This partner provides PCS-Tender , the national eSourcing platform . Wisener says : “ It enables public sector procurement teams and suppliers to manage procurement exercises in a controlled environment . The Procurement Journey has been embedded in workflow to ensure that tender exercises adhere to legislation , policy and best practice . It also provides contract and supplier management capability which helps to bring consistency and standardisation in how we manage our contracts and how we monitor and record the delivery of key outcomes and measures such as Community Benefits and Fair Work .”
148 May 2022