Framework Agreement for the Provision of a Utilities Partner

Scottish public bodies.The framework agreement will be available for use by any Scottish public sector body: the authority; Scottish non-departmental public bodies; offices in the Scottish Administration which are not ministerial offices; cross- border public authorities within the meaning of section 88(5) of the Scotland Act 1998; the Scotland Office;the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body; councils constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (except where they are acting in their capacity as educational authority); Scottish jointfire boards or joint fire and rescue boards; Scottish joint police boards or any successor national police or fire authority; Scottish National Park authorities, bodies registered as social landlords under the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001, Scottish health boards or special health boards, Student Loans Company Ltd, Northern Lighthouse Board, further or higher education institutions being fundable bodies within the meaning of section 6 of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005 any public body established by or under the Scotland Act 1998 or any Act of the Scottish Parliament, any association of or formed by one or more of the foregoing, bodies financed wholly or mainly by one or more of the foregoing, bodies subject to management supervision by 1 or more of the foregoing and bodies more than half of the board of directors or members of which, or, in the case of a group of individuals, more than half of those individuals, being appointed by one or more of the foregoing. Scottish Government:http://www.gov.scotScottish Parliament:http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/abouttheparliament/27110.aspxScottish local authorities:http://www.gov.scot/About/Government/councilshttp://www.scotland.org.uk/home/AboutUs/OurMembers/AssociateMembers.aspxScottish agencies, non-departmental public bodies:http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Government/public-bodies/about/BodiesScottish NHS bodies:http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Health/NHS-Workforce/NHS-Boardshttp://www.show.scot.nhs.uk/organisations/Scottish further and higher education bodies:http://www.universities-scotland.ac.uk/index.php?page=membershttp://www.collegesscotland.ac.uk/member-colleges.htmlhttp://www.sfc.ac.uk/aboutus/council_funded_institutions/WhoWeFundColleges.aspxScottish Police:http://www.scotland.police.uk/your-community/Scottish housing associations: http://www.sfha.co.uk/component/option,com_membersdir/Itemid,149/view,membersdir/The Scotland Office:https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/scotland-officeRegistered social landlords (housing associations) — Scotland.