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.

  • Expired contract

    Award of Access to Self-Study Online Learning Service for GIS (MS-P-0188)

    Scottish Government£6,460Closing —
  • Closed tender

    Business Support for the Third Sector

    Scottish Government£4,708,140Closing 14 November 2022
  • Awarded contract

    National Platform for Procurement Management Information and Reporting

    Scottish Government£2,723,440Closing —
  • Closed tender

    Provision of a Student Income and Expenditure Survey (SIES) 2023/24

    Scottish Government£158,379Closing 8 November 2022
  • Awarded contract

    The value of the marine environment to Scottish recreational users: a choice experiment

    Scottish Government£8,320Closing —
  • Closed tender

    A targeted approach to characterising electromagnetic fields from subsea cables and understanding potential impacts on fish and benthic species

    Scottish Government£75,000Closing 29 September 2023
  • Closed tender

    Scottish Cancer Patient Experience Survey 2023

    Scottish Government£31,852Closing 10 November 2022
  • Closed tender

    Provision of a Student Income and Expenditure Survey (SIES) 2023/24

    Scottish Government£160,000Closing 8 November 2022
  • Closed tender

    Review of enforcement of litter and fly tipping offences

    Scottish Government£29,513Closing 26 October 2022
  • Awarded contract

    Analytical Data Management Sharepoint Migration

    Scottish Government£250,000Closing —
  • Awarded contract

    Evaluation of Fair Start Scotland Employability Service Extension Period (April 2021 - March 2023)

    Scottish Government£60,000Closing —
  • Stale Pre-tender

    Gypsy/Traveller Accommodation Fund - Request For Information

    Scottish Government£100,000Closing —
  • Awarded contract

    Fair Work Action Plan 2022 and Ethnicity Pay Gap Strategy Impact Assessments

    Scottish Government£77,536Closing —
  • Awarded contract

    Self Build Loan Fund Administrator

    Scottish Government£667,566Closing —
  • Awarded contract

    Self Build Loan Fund Administrator

    Scottish Government£667,566.22Closing —
  • Expired contract

    Award of Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) for Scotland's Open Government Action Plan 2021-25...

    Scottish Government£9,450Closing —
  • Awarded contract

    Negative Emissions Technologies (NETs) Feasibility Study

    Scottish Government£87,612Closing —
  • Awarded contract

    PROVISION OF RESEARCH INTO THE WHOLE FAMILY WELLBEING FUNDING - ELEMENT 2 SUPPORT PROGRAMME (2022 – 2024)

    Scottish Government£79,830Closing —

Top procurement categories

Categories Scottish Government has published tenders under over the last five years.

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CategoriesCountValue
  1. Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
    1,825
    £5.0bn
  2. Research and development services and related consultancy services
    997
    £548.3m
  3. IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
    840
    £5.2bn
  4. Repair and maintenance services
    271
    £1.1bn
  5. Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
    262
    £3.0bn
  6. Education and training services
    184
    £566.3m
  7. Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
    177
    £526.1m
  8. Software package and information systems
    171
    £3.2bn
  9. Other community, social and personal services
    147
    £807.0m
  10. Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services
    145
    £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.

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