Scottish Government

Footnotes

1 Taken from Making Ends Meet - a website for managing the money in social services ( SSI, Audit Commission publication) www http://www.joint-reviews.gov.uk/money/commissioning/2-21.html

2 The Scottish Public Finance Manual defines the duty of best value in public services as:
"To make arrangements to secure continuous improvement in performance whilst maintaining an appropriate balance between quality and cost; and in making those arrangements and securing that balance, to have regard to economy, efficiency, effectiveness, the equal opportunities requirements, and to contribute to the achievement of sustainable development".

3 Public bodies have a legal duty to promote equality for disabled people, gender and race equality. This includes services provided by external contractors.

4 Making Ends Meet - Managing Money in Social Services
(website http://www.joint-reviews.gov.uk/money/commissioning/2-21.html)

5 Public Procurement Reform Programme "Scottish Procurement Policy Handbook". The Scottish Government.
December 2008

6 http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/116601/0065310.pdf

7 http://www.jitscotland.org.uk/action-areas/commissioning/procurement/