8.6 Procurement

This section provides information about the institution’s procurement policies, procedures and arrangements.

In some instances information will be exempt from disclosure where it contains personal information, or information which, if released. May substantially prejudice the commercial interests of any person, endanger the physical or mental health or the safety of an individual, substantially prejudice the effective conduct of public affairs, or constitute an actionable breach of confidence.

Collaborative procurements may be led by central bodies such as Procurement Scotland, APUC Limited, Excel, NHS National Procurement or Central Government Procurement Centre of Expertise. Information about the procurement services these organisations provide to the institution may be obtained direct from the organisations.

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Category Name	Category Description	Examples/Comments	Format of information	Fee	Withheld information
Procurement policies	Institution's overall strategy for procurement of non-pay expenditure and policies for compliance with legal obligations on major procurement exercises		Available on website	Free
Procurement procedures	Institution's procurement and purchasing manuals	Included in procurement policy	Available on website	Free
Procurement contacts	Contact information for procurement and purchasing information		Available on website	Free
Tender documentation	EU-prescribed call for competition contract notices, invitations to tender, and pre-qualification questionnaire documentation for significant procurements	Tenders are published on the Public Contracts Scotland website Invitations to tender and pre-qualification questionnaire documentation and information about potential significant procurement exercises.		Free
Supplier contracts	EU-prescribed award notices of major contracts over EU thresholds	Information is published on the Public Contracts Scotland website		Free	Information will not be made available where disclosure would breach confidentiality under S.36 and/or our commercial interests under S.33 of the Act.