Scottish Government tenders, awards, and pre-procurement notices.
Scottish Government has 24 open tenders and 4,620 awarded contracts on Stotles. Its activity spans Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, Research and development services and related consultancy services and IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support. It is the largest buyer in Scotland by recent notice volume. Over the last five years it has awarded 3,290 contracts worth £3.9bn.
About Scottish Government
The Scottish Government is a devolved central government department that buys through its Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate. The directorate also runs frameworks covering construction, corporate services, ICT, professional services, utilities and HR. Many of these frameworks are open to the wider Scottish public sector as well as central government.
The Supplier Development Programme offers free tender training to SMEs and third sector organisations.
Over the past 5 years, most of the Scottish Government's contract awards have been in business services, IT services and research and development.
Recent notices from Scottish Government
Browse open tenders, awarded contracts, and pre-procurement documents from Scottish Government. Click on any notice to view more details.
- Awarded contract
Centre of Expertise for Plant Health
- Closed tender
Scottish Study of Early Learning and Childcare Phases 4-6
- Awarded contract
National Care Service (NCS) Justice Research
- Awarded contract
Measuring Scotland’s Performance as a Leading Fair Work Nation
- Expired contract
Award of IT Support Analyst x 2
- Awarded contract
Digital Delivery Partner (Agriculture Reform Programme - Tranche 1 Delivery
- Awarded contract
Participation Panel to Support the First Minister's National Advisory Council on Women and Girls
- Expired contract
Award of Replacement Heat Exchangers for MPV Jura (MS-P-0212)
- Expired contract
Award of Interim IT Staff Services Framework - 1 x Senior Business Analyst
- Awarded contract
Participation Panel to Support the First Minister's National Advisory Council on Women and Girls
- Expired contract
Award of MPV Hirta RIB Service & Repair
- Awarded contract
Welfare outcomes for livestock transported on Northern Isles ferry routes
- Closed tender
International Research into International Equality Legislation
- Stale Pre-tender
Social Research and Analysis Framework (2023-2027)
- Expired contract
Award of SGDP 2022/24 - Interim Senior User Researcher
- Stale Pre-tender
Social Research and Analysis Framework (2023-2027)
- Closed tender
Provision of Analysis of Consultation Responses for Draft Energy Strategy and Just Transition Plan
Top procurement categories
Categories Scottish Government has published tenders under over the last five years.
- Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security1,825£5.0bn
- Research and development services and related consultancy services997£548.3m
- IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support840£5.2bn
- Repair and maintenance services271£1.1bn
- Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services262£3.0bn
- Education and training services184£566.3m
- Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation177£526.1m
- Software package and information systems171£3.2bn
- Other community, social and personal services147£807.0m
- Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services145£379.8m
Unlock decision-makers at Scottish Government
Get direct contact details for senior stakeholders at Scottish Government so you can get your business in front of the people who actually sign off on contracts.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@scottish-government.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@scottish-government.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@scottish-government.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@scottish-government.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@scottish-government.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@scottish-government.gov |
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