A review of the £2bn a year procurement of Scottish construction work has been announced by the Scottish government with the aim of streamlining processes and getting better value for money. The review has been widely welcomed by construction bodies, which had strongly lobbied for a radical overhaul.
Commenting on the proposed review, Scottish Building Federation chief executive Michael Levack said: ”From bitter experience, our members know how much unnecessary cost and inefficiency currently exists in the public procurement system. It cannot be right for so much public money to be swallowed up by burdensome bureaucracy when it ought to be putting shovels in the ground. As far as the construction industry is concerned, reform cannot come soon enough.
“This latest survey shows what a lottery the current public procurement process has become. I’ve heard employers representing businesses of all sizes argue they would have better odds of generating revenue by placing bets at the roulette wheel than tendering for public contracts. The root and branch reform of construction procurement the Scottish government has promised is clearly long overdue.
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