Resources

The CRNS reuse consortium successfully bid for a place on the Scotland Excel Domestic Furniture and Furnishings Framework. The consortium is the first of its kind in Scotland, with the ability to supply up 24 local authorities with quality reuse furniture.

Find out more about how the consortium developed and how it operates in this case study produced by P4P.

Eight third sector employability services came together to form the Fife ETC consortium that won the contract to deliver the employability contract for the Opportunities Fife Partnership. This has led to better, more joint-up employability services in Fife, reaching more unemployed people from deprived areas and a stronger third sector.

A case study of 5 Home Start organisations active in Aberdeenshire who bid as a consortium for a streamlined children and families services contract with Aberdeenshire Council.

Scottish Communities for Health and Wellbeing is a consortium of 74 community organisations which aim to improve the health and wellbeing of people in Scotland. Between 2012 and 2016 it attracted over £300,000 funding. Find out more SCHW in this case study.

Case studies of the Consortium Co-operative Model, including: Argyll Food Producers; Scottish Mountain Bike Consortium; and the Breadalbane Tourism Co-operative.

During a crisis situation such as the COVID-19 pandemic, partnership working is more important than ever. With that in mind, today P4P has developed a new guide – Collaboration during a Crisis.

The aim of the guide is to complement the existing P4P resources on collaboration, describing the different or unique approaches which may be required in this unprecedented situation

This guidance will provide an introduction to procurement with a focus on Quick Quote Opportunities, an introduction to the Public Contracts Scotland (PCS) website.

A template for the ESPD which you could use to draft answers to in advance of the publication of a tender.

These five short extracts are illustrative examples of good tender responses to a Fair Work criterion across a range of contract types, with an explanation of why they are good. The final example illustrates some of the common weaker elements of responses to a Fair Work criterion.

Scottish Government guidance on the ESPD form.