We kindly invite you to take part in a Procurement Journey Research Study

Your response will help us to organise the content on our website. 

The activity shouldn't take longer than 10 to 15 minutes to complete.

Background Information

We are testing a draft structure for the Procurement Journey website. We want to understand whether people can find information in the places they would expect.

This is not a test of you. We are testing the website structure.

Your responses will be used to help improve the structure and labels of the Procurement Journey website.

We will not name individual participants in research outputs.

Please do not include confidential, commercially sensitive or personally identifying information in any free-text answers.

Taking part is voluntary. You can stop at any time by closing the browser window before submitting the study.

We want to know what you think of the Procurement Journey and the Supplier Journey procurement guidance websites.

Two surveys have been published asking for your views on the procurement guidance provided on these two websites e.g.:

• Is it easy to find information?                            
• What guidance would you like to see included? 
• Is there missing information?                           
• Is something not working?  
•  What would help you in your day to day job?   

The surveys will be open until 1st July, take approximately 5 minutes each to complete and can be found at:

Procurement Journey

Supplier Journey

Your responses will shape the structure and content of the Procurement Journey and Supplier Journey of the future.

It is up to you whether you wish to answer both surveys or one.  The Procurement Journey is targeted at buyers and the Supplier Journey for suppliers but we would love to hear your views on both e.g. are you a buyer but would like information included in the Supplier Journey for bidders?

Thank you for your help!

Procurement Journey guidance on reserved contracts has been updated to now include information on reserved contracts for certain health and social care services.  These changes can be found in

• Route 2 Introduction
• Route 2 Exclusion, Selection and Award Criteria
• Route 2 Contract Notice and Advertising
• Route 3 Exclusion, Selection and Award Criteria Overview
• Route 3 Contract Notice and Advertising
• Glossary - Reserved Contract Definition

The Procurement Journey climate guidance pages have been updated to:

• reflect stakeholder consultation on climate timescales
• provide further information on the areas public sector organisations need to address under climate change legislation
• provide some additional information on signatories in the Relevant and Priority Blank Templates

You can find more information in:

• Climate Emergency
• What Do I Need to Do on Climate 
• Climate Timescales

New guidance on the Fair Payment Code has been published.

This can be found in the Procurement Journey station Prompt Payment in the Supply Chain.

If you have any questions on prompt payment please contact: Scottishprocurement@gov.scot