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Set Up Your Alert Profile on PCS

Alert Profiles are a free feature on PCS which you can use to find relevant opportunities being advertised by the public sector.

When setting up your Alert Profile you will select categories, key words and CPV codes relating to the areas you are interested in bidding for contacts under.

Once you set up your Alert Profile you will receive emails letting you know about opportunities that procurement officers have added to PCS when they have used these categories, key words and or CPV codes.

View the step-by-step guide on how to set up your alert profile.

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Set up your Supplier Finder profile on PCS

Supplier Finder is a free feature you can use to promote yourself to procurement officer and setting up your Supplier Finder profile only takes a few minutes.

Once set up your Supplier Finder profile make your goods and services searchable for buyers. When a Buyer is looking for suppliers for a low value or low risk quote they will use the supplier finder directory to search for suppliers. If you provide the goods or services they are searching for they may select you for a Quick Quote.

View the step-by-step guide on how to set up your Supplier Finder profile.

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Dynamic Purchasing System

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Scottish Government Annual Procurement Report 2020-21