Procurement guide

Our procurement guide can help you in bidding for public sector contracts in the energy efficiency and renewables marketplace.

We’ve produced this guide in partnership with the Scottish Government and other public bodies working together to bring your business support in all aspects of tendering.

It will help you:

• Learn about or brush up on key topics within procurement.
• Challenge your overall approach to tendering through the use of various exercises.
• Focus on key areas to improve a specific bid.
• Understand the policies and schemes that underpin the energy efficiency and renewables market in Scotland.

Download the procurement guide

Download the procurement guide. The PDF is editable so you can fill in the exercises within the guide which you can then refer to at a later date.

You can also view our webinar held in partnership with the supply chain consultancy, SCMG. The webinar goes step-by-step on how to develop a better bid for public sector contracts. It covers how to prepare for bid writing, what you should focus on during the writing process and how to make good use of feedback after you submit your bid.

Other resources are also available to help you with bidding for public sector tenders in Scotland which include the Supplier Development Programme (SDP) and The Supplier Journey.

SDP is a partnership of local authorities designed to help businesses with little or no experience in tendering. They deliver this support through a programme of free training and events.

The Supplier Journey is a Scottish Government website which provides guidance on how to bid for public sector contracts using a step-by-step format.