Scottish Government tenders, awards, and pre-procurement notices.

Scottish Government has 22 open tenders and 4,618 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 3,291 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

    Mobilising private investment in natural capital

    Scottish Government£93,923Closing —
  • Expired contract

    Award of MSF 2017 - Smarter Wealthier and Fairer - Creative Services

    Scottish Government£3,500,000Closing —
  • Expired contract

    Award of National Strategic Commissioning Chair

    Scottish Government£6,860Closing —
  • Expired contract

    Award of Interim PMO Coordinator

    Scottish Government£33,000Closing —
  • Awarded contract

    Scottish Government Provision of Displaced Persons Crisis Travel Management

    Scottish Government£6,700,000Closing —
  • Awarded contract

    PROVISION OF EXPORT PROMOTION AND INWARD INVESTMENT SURVEY EVALUATION 2022

    Scottish Government£70,675Closing —
  • Expired contract

    Award of Interim Manager Framework - Professional Staff - 1 x Service Support Administrator

    Scottish Government£15,762Closing —
  • Closed tender

    Evaluation of ENRA 2022-27 Research Programme Commissioning Process

    Scottish Government£42,731Closing 1 August 2022
  • Stale Pre-tender

    Provision of Behaviour In Scottish Schools Research (BISSR) 2022

    Scottish Government£176,000Closing —
  • Scottish Government£250,000Closing —
  • Expired contract

    Award of RESAS/002/22 - Survey of the Economic Conditions of Crofting 2019-2022

    Scottish Government£26,647Closing —
  • Stale Pre-tender

    Provision of Behaviour In Scottish Schools Research (BISSR) 2022

    Scottish Government£176,000Closing —
  • Expired contract

    Award of RESAS/012/22 - The First Minister's Environmental Council Scenario Project - Future Fram...

    Scottish Government£50,650Closing —
  • Awarded contract

    How can technology help manufacturing businesses decarbonise while building resilience and strengthening competitive advantage

    Scottish Government£605,000Closing —
  • Expired contract

    Award of SGDP 2022/10 Interim Dev Ops Engineer

    Scottish Government—Closing —
  • Awarded contract

    How do we give the citizens of Scotland trust and agency over how Artificial Intelligence and Algorithms are used in the Public Sector?

    Scottish Government£199,551.67Closing —
  • Awarded contract

    How can technology help us identify peatland restoration sites that will optimise costs and benefits?

    Scottish Government£420,050Closing —
  • Awarded contract

    How do we give the citizens of Scotland trust and agency over how Artificial Intelligence and Algorithms are used in the Public Sector?

    Scottish Government£199,551Closing —

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
    1,826
    £4.5bn
  2. Research and development services and related consultancy services
    997
    £548.3m
  3. IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
    841
    £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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