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

Scottish Prison Service has 5 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 17th largest buyer in Scotland by recent notice volume. Over the last five years it has awarded 309 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.

  • Closed tender

    01838-The Provision of Food Products to the Scottish Prison Service

    Scottish Prison Service—Closing 27 August 2021
  • Closed tender

    01838-The Provision of Food Products to the Scottish Prison Service

    Scottish Prison Service£11,818,510Closing 27 August 2021
  • Awarded contract

    01720 Treatment of Recyclable and Residual Waste

    Scottish Prison Service£1,320,000Closing —
  • Awarded contract

    01261B Maintenance and Repair of Radio Based Staff Alarms (Stanley Systems)

    Scottish Prison Service£60,000Closing —
  • Awarded contract

    01261A Maintenance and Repair of Radio Based Staff Alarms (Atus Systems)

    Scottish Prison Service£40,000Closing —
  • Awarded contract

    01877 Building Condition Surveys for SPS

    Scottish Prison Service£16,000Closing —
  • Closed tender

    10757 Heating Pump Replacement at HMP Edinburgh

    Scottish Prison Service£99,868Closing 6 August 2021
  • Stale Pre-tender

    01918 Online Learning Platform for the Scottish Prison Service (SPS)

  • Closed tender

    01813 Provision of Milk and Dairy Products to the Scottish Prison Service

    Scottish Prison Service—Closing 13 August 2021
  • Closed tender

    Supply of Milk and Dairy to the SPS

    Scottish Prison Service—Closing 13 August 2021
  • Awarded contract

    10747 Design and Build of Accessible Cell at HMP Dumfries

    Scottish Prison Service£54,211Closing —
  • Closed tender

    01887 The Provision of Temporary Maintenance Staff

    Scottish Prison Service£1,160,000Closing 2 August 2021
  • Closed tender

    10754 Replacement of Boilers (3) at HMP Glenochil

    Scottish Prison Service£94,447Closing 23 July 2021
  • Awarded contract

    10752 Abercrombie Hall Hot Water Returns at HMP Glenochil

    Scottish Prison Service£126,779Closing —
  • Closed tender

    10761 Kitchen Pipework Replacement at HM Open Estate Castle Huntly

    Scottish Prison Service£69,690Closing 23 July 2021
  • Closed tender

    01907 Maintenance of Fire and Smoke Detection Systems

    Scottish Prison Service—Closing 19 August 2021
  • Awarded contract

    01908 Additional Blade Servers for the Scottish Prison Service

    Scottish Prison Service£34,000Closing —
  • Awarded contract

    10744 HMP Inverness Flat Roof/Guttering & Glazed Panel Repairs

    Scottish Prison Service£74,009Closing —

Top procurement categories

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

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CategoriesCountValue
  1. Construction work
    291
    £850.6m
  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. Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
    48
    £26.9m
  8. Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment
    47
    £4.4m
  9. Industrial machinery
    46
    £6.1m
  10. Education and training services
    38
    £77.1m

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