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

Scottish Government has 24 open tenders and 4,616 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 3,293 contracts worth £4.0bn.

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

    Provision of a parent survey as part of the programme of monitoring and evaluation for the expansion of Early Learning and Childcare

    Scottish Government£51,651Closing —
  • Expired contract

    Award of The Experience Of Adults Engaged In Prostitution, Or With Lived Experience Of Prostituti...

    Scottish Government£38,200Closing —
  • Awarded contract

    The Support and Maintenance of Data Connectors for the Scottish ePlanning and eBuildingStandards System

    Scottish Government£710,423Closing —
  • Closed tender

    Research on the role of Scotland’s local authorities in delivering humanitarian protection programmes and facilitating refugee integration

    Scottish Government£49,999Closing 14 February 2022
  • Closed tender

    Fleet Management System

    Scottish Government£65,000Closing 9 February 2022
  • Expired contract

    Award of Interim Professional - Project Coordinator

    Scottish Government£32,175Closing —
  • Expired contract

    Award of Interim IT Staff Services Framework- Design Support Officer

    Scottish Government£43,265Closing —
  • Awarded contract

    Contact Management System

    Scottish Government£334,230Closing —
  • Expired contract

    Award of Digital Events for Social Care

    Scottish Government£9,700Closing —
  • Expired contract

    Award of PMO Lead

    Scottish Government£96,457Closing —
  • Awarded contract

    Assessment and Selection Services for Senior Civil Service Roles

    Scottish Government£1,200,000Closing —
  • Awarded contract

    Understanding the physical health needs of Scotland's prison population

    Scottish Government£72,875Closing —
  • Stale Pre-tender

    UNCRC Children and Young People’s Consortium Coordinator

    Scottish Government—Closing —
  • Closed tender

    Analysis of 'Becoming a Fair Work Nation' Consultation

    Scottish Government£15,349Closing 1 February 2022
  • Awarded contract

    Glasgow Office Project

    Scottish Government£124,900Closing —
  • Stale Pre-tender

    UNCRC Children and Young People’s Consortium Coordinator

    Scottish Government—Closing —
  • Awarded contract

    The Economic, Social and Cultural Value of Scotland’s Snowsports Sector

    Scottish Government£61,825Closing —
  • Expired contract

    Award of Interim Staff Quantity Surveyor

    Scottish Government£144,870Closing —

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
    1,828
    £4.5bn
  2. Research and development services and related consultancy services
    998
    £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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