CONSTRUCTION BODY CALLS FOR SCOTTISH PROCUREMENT OMBUDSMAN
13 May 2014 - On the day that the Scottish Parliament debates the third and last stage of the Procurement Reform Bill the Specialist Engineering Contractors’ (SEC) Group Scotland has urged the Scottish Government to appoint a Procurement Ombudsman. SEC Group Scotland – which represents the largest sector of the construction industry in Scotland (by value) – believes that a Procurement Ombudsman will help deliver the main policy aims of the Bill: · obtaining best value from public procurement; · facilitating SME access to public procurement; · improving the economic, social and