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Buyer profile

Scottish Government

Find a Tender identifier: GB-FTS-1538 · Glasgow, UKM

Procurement processes110
Open opportunities8
Awarded procurements56
Signed contracts52
Avg. awarded suppliers1.2
Avg. reported bids4.1
Highest reported bids37
Bid-count coverage49 of 110

Value and contract picture

Published value (GBP)£903,731,387
Average published value (GBP)£21,517,414
Signed contract value (GBP)£1,491,245,273

GBP totals only, so values in another currency are never silently mixed into the total.

Procurement methods

Open procedure
65
Not published
25
Restricted procedure
13
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
7

Top categories

IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
17
Information technology services
5
Telecommunications services
4
Environmental issues consultancy services
4
Computer equipment and supplies
4
Education and training services
3
Software package and information systems
3
E-learning services
3
Agricultural services
2
Financial consultancy services
2

Most competitive procurements

Ranked by the number of bids reported by the buyer; a multi-lot procurement can report one count per lot.

ProcurementBids reportedValueStatus
CivTech 10 - Wildcard Challenge 10.10 - How can technology help make teachers’ workload be more manageable, enabling them to focus on the activities that add the most value to learners’ outcomes?37Value not publishedcomplete
CivTech 10 - Wildcard Challenge 10.11 - How can technology help early-stage entrepreneurs by giving them the best possible information, advice and other forms of support in a way that is fast and easy to access, helping establish Scotland as a Start-Up Nation?33Value not publishedcomplete
Provision of Audio Visual (AV) services for Scottish Ministers9Value not publishedcomplete
CivTech 10 - How can technology increase circularity in NHS Scotland supply chain?9Value not publishedcomplete
National Digital Maturity Assessment and Learning and Development Platform for Health and Social Care7Value not publishedcomplete
ENFOR - Scottish Coastal LiDAR Survey6Value not publishedcomplete
Framework for the provision of Interpreting, Translation and Transcription Services6Value not publishedcomplete
DMARINE - Marine Operations - Protection Vessels - PPE & Uniform Framework Agreement5£700,000complete
Social Security Independent Advocacy Service 2026-20285Value not publishedcomplete
HEETSA Framework Planning and Discovery5Value not publishedcomplete

Most frequent awarded suppliers

SupplierProcurements wonPublished award value (GBP)
Ocean Ecology2Value not published
Ironside Farrar Limited2Value not published
Morgan Sindall Construction & Infrastructure Ltd1Value not published
RSPB1Value not published
Cruise Technologies Limited1Value not published
Ricardo-AEA Ltd1Value not published
Govan Law Centre1Value not published
Amalgamated Construction Ltd1Value not published
GoFibre Holdings Limited1Value not published
Graham1Value not published

Recent and open procurements

ProcurementStatusDeadlineValue
DFH Home Ownership Scheme Delivery and Shared Equity AftersalesOpen11 Sept 2026£40,000,000
Naval Architecture Support for Vessels Replacement ProjectOpen16 Sept 2026£3,400,000
Internet of ThingsOpen18 Sept 2026£2,000,000
Scottish Government Centres of Expertise x 4 LotsOpen30 Sept 2026£37,229,386
Internet of ThingsOpen17 Sept 2027£3,500,000
Telephony and Communication Services Dynamic Purchasing SystemOpen27 Mar 2028£48,000,000
Grant Fund Manager Dynamic Purchasing SystemOpen5 Jan 2029£80,000,000
Fire Alarm Design, Installation, and Associated Project Management Services DPSOpen27 Jun 2031£12,500,000
Telephony Services Dynamic Purchasing SystemClosed30 Mar 2022£10,000,000
Telephony Services Dynamic Purchasing SystemClosed30 Aug 2022£10,000,000
Network Advice Dynamic Purchasing SystemClosed17 Nov 2022Value not published
Internet of ThingsClosed2 Mar 2023Value not published
Internet of ThingsClosed19 Sept 2024Value not published
CivTech 11.4 - How can innovation and technology improve things for people with long term health conditions starting with Musculoskeletal conditions, so they can engage with life and work as fully as possible?Closed2 Sept 2025£650,000
CivTech 11.8 - How can the public sector ensure a safe, secure and transparent adoption of robotics?Closed2 Sept 2025£1,200,000
CivTech 11.5 - How can technology help us better understand the potential impacts of government decisions?Closed2 Sept 2025£350,000
CivTech 11.2 - How can technology unlock the cultural and economic potential of the Gaelic language by addressing the sparsity of useful, available data – a problem faced by many languages around the world?Closed2 Sept 2025£650,000
CivTech 11 - Challenge 11.6 - How can technology reduce teacher workload?Closed2 Sept 2025£1,000,000
CivTech 11.7 - How can technology increase the positive impact of Scotland’s festivals for the general public, the culture sector, and the economy?Closed2 Sept 2025£350,000
Internet of ThingsClosed18 Sept 2025Value not published

How to read these figures

Supplier count means distinct suppliers named in awards, not all bidders. Bid counts are published aggregate statistics, not a list of submitted bids. Award and contract data currently comes from the latest retained OCDS record for each procurement process.