Award of 605_0012 - Interim Regulated Procurement Officer

Tender description

This invitation to tender is for a tenderer to submit a maximum of 2 CV’s (candidates) for an interim post of Regulated Procurement Officer for immediate start in Forestry and Land Scotland. Due to the nature of the work the successful candidate is expected to undertake this competition includes a pass/fail criteria based on the essential criteria set out in the specification. Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is an executive agency of Scottish Government and manages Scotland’s Forest and Land. We manage land on behalf of Scottish Ministers and serve as part of the Environment and Forestry directorate of the Scottish Government. FLS is a fast paced business environment with multiple stakeholders based in our various offices across Scotland. Our organisation is geographically spread across 5 Regions throughout Scotland and has national support teams located in both Edinburgh and Inverness (Head Office); the procurement team has staff working in both of these locations. Forestry and Land Scotland are looking to award a contract for the provision of a Regulated Procurement Officer to commence as soon as possible until 14th August 2021. This is to provide of maternity cover. The post holder will lead high value/risk public sector regulated tender exercises for a wide range of goods, services and works, reporting to the Category Manager. They will manage the end-to-end tendering process from market research & tender strategy development through to contract drafting and hand over; ensuring all relevant legislation and policy is complied with. In this present instance, Forestry and Land Scotland is issuing this invitation to tender as a further competition under Lot 1c – Commercial (Finance, Procurement & Legal of ESPO’s Strategic HR Services Framework (reference 3S_18).