Scottish Prison Service tenders, awards, and pre-procurement notices.

Scottish Prison Service has 7 open tenders and 524 awarded contracts on Stotles. Its activity spans Construction work, Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus) and Repair and maintenance services. It is the 15th largest buyer in Scotland by recent notice volume. Over the last five years it has awarded 312 contracts worth £1.4bn.

About Scottish Prison Service

Scottish Prison Service is a non-departmental public body running Scotland's prisons, with its own dedicated procurement team. Tenders are advertised on Public Contracts Scotland, the national tender portal for public bodies in Scotland. Estates and technical services work runs through dedicated framework agreements for construction projects. An SPS Contracts Committee also oversees its largest supplier contracts using balanced scorecards. A five-year procurement strategy aligns with the Public Procurement Strategy for Scotland. SPS scored an advanced rating in a national procurement review. Prisoner escort and court custody services are commissioned as separate justice partner contracts.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of Scottish Prison Service's contract awards have been in construction work, IT services and repair and maintenance.

Recent notices from Scottish Prison Service

Browse open tenders, awarded contracts, and pre-procurement documents from Scottish Prison Service. Click on any notice to view more details.

Top procurement categories

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

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CategoriesCountValue
  1. Construction work
    292
    £850.7m
  2. Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)
    84
    £12.1m
  3. Repair and maintenance services
    69
    £10.7m
  4. Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
    64
    £12.5m
  5. IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
    64
    £16.8m
  6. Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products
    56
    £19.1m
  7. Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment
    48
    £4.6m
  8. Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
    48
    £26.9m
  9. Industrial machinery
    46
    £6.1m
  10. Health and social work services
    39
    £13.8m

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