Public Contracts Scotland: Portal Guide & Tenders
Operated by Scottish Government (delivered by Proactis / Millstream)·National portal (devolved government)·Login required to see documents
Official portalpubliccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed, counted the way the search counts them: a notice shows under every code and region it names.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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How long bidders get to respond.
Middle value in days from the tender notice to its deadline.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 2,138 lots from 1,486 competitions on this portal, last 36 months.
How to bid on PCS
Portal facts checked against the live portal in September 2026 · the notice always names the exact portal instance to use
Public Contracts Scotland is the national portal for all Scottish public sector procurement notices, spanning Scottish Government, local authorities, NHS Scotland, universities, and emergency services.
Bidders use the PCS tender postbox system or PCS-Tender (Public Tenders Scotland) for formal electronic bid submissions.
- Registration
- Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding
- Access
- Login required to see documents
- Time to respond
- The middle value is 32 days from notice to deadline on 1,562 tender notices, register before the notice you want, not after.
Who buys through PCSi
Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
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Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
All notices naming this portal · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities for threshold purposes), else derived from the authority name
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What kinds of public bodies buy here.
Notices by the buyer’s type as published, otherwise by its name.
Local authorities34%(2,240 notices)
2,240 of 6,617 notices are Local authorities (34%).Education & universities12%(810 notices)
810 of 6,617 notices are Education & universities (12%).NHS & health11%(743 notices)
743 of 6,617 notices are NHS & health (11%).Central government9%(592 notices)
592 of 6,617 notices are Central government (9%).Housing associations8%(497 notices)
497 of 6,617 notices are Housing associations (8%).Not classified26%(1,735 notices)
1,735 of 6,617 notices are Not classified (26%).
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
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| Scottish Government | Central government | 368 | 50 | 11 |
| University of Glasgow | Education & universities | 201 | 33 | 2 |
| The City of Edinburgh Council | Local authorities | 166 | 16 | 0 |
| East Ayrshire Council | Local authorities | 132 | 17 | 1 |
| North Lanarkshire Council | Local authorities | 131 | 19 | 3 |
| Scottish Police Authority | Central government | 131 | 31 | 2 |
| The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS") | NHS & health | 128 | 1 | 1 |
| NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde | NHS & health | 119 | 16 | 3 |
| The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS) | NHS & health | 116 | 18 | 2 |
| Fife Council | Local authorities | 112 | 19 | 0 |
475 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.
Portal instances named in notices
15 distinct hosts in submission addresses · a multi-tenant portal runs one registration per instance, the notice names yours
publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk3,491 notices · 52% · 68 openpublictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk3,165 notices · 47% · 81 openpublictenderscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk45 notices · 1% · 1 openpublictendersscotland.gov.uk11 notices · <1%publictendersscotland.publiccontractssscotland.gov.uk5 notices · <1%publiccontractsscotland.publictendersscotland.gov.uk3 notices · <1% · 1 openpublictendersscotland.publiccontractscotland.gov.uk3 notices · <1%publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.u3 notices · <1%publictendersscotland.pubiicontractsscotland.gov.uk2 notices · <1%publictenders.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk1 notice · <1%publictenderscotland.publictendersscotland.gov.uk1 notice · <1%publictenderscotlands.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk1 notice · <1%What is procured on PCSi
What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
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What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
CPV divisions on the notices naming this portal · a notice with several divisions counts in each · commercial tool and route as published, not a legal-regime claim
50 Repair and maintenance services709 notices · 11%79 Business services: law, marketing, consulting691 notices · 10%85 Health and social work services634 notices · 9%71 Architectural, construction, engineering536 notices · 8%45 Construction work529 notices · 8%90 Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental364 notices · 5%72 IT services: consulting, software, internet347 notices · 5%33 Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals306 notices · 5%i
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Contract68%(4,612 notices)
4,612 of 6,734 notices are Contract (68%).Framework30%(1,993 notices)
1,993 of 6,734 notices are Framework (30%).Dynamic purchasing system2%(129 notices)
129 of 6,734 notices are Dynamic purchasing system (2%).
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Which procedures buyers here use.
Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.
Open88%(5,902 notices)
5,902 of 6,734 notices are Open (88%).Selective11%(764 notices)
764 of 6,734 notices are Selective (11%).Route not published1%(51 notices)
51 of 6,734 notices are Route not published (1%).Limited / restricted0%(17 notices)
17 of 6,734 notices are Limited / restricted (0%).
Where the work is deliveredi
Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
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Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 6,534 of 6,734 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each
Competition and winners on PCSi
Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
Bid counts as published per lot on contested contract notices of the last 36 months · winners ranked by distinct procedures won, award records shown alongside, single-supplier active awards with a canonical supplier · SME scale as declared on the award
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 2,138 lots from 1,486 competitions on this portal, last 36 months.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
396 of 2,138 lots, last 36 months.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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What share of bids come from small and medium firms.
SME bids divided by all bids, on lots where the buyer published the split.
6,702 SME bids out of 9,147, where the buyer published the split.
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What share of contracts go to small and medium firms.
Awards to a single supplier that declared its size. SME divided by all.
4,361 of 6,321 awards where the winner declared its size.
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What buyers on this portal usually estimate.
Middle value of the estimates published on notices, VAT excluded, framework ceilings left out.
Based on 2,858 notices with a usable estimate.
An estimate on the notice, not what was awarded.
| Supplier | Procedures | Single-supplier awards | Buyers |
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| Caledonian Maintenance Services Ltd | 27 | 29 | 22 |
| SPIE Scotshield Limited | 19 | 23 | 15 |
| City Technical Services UK Ltd | 16 | 16 | 15 |
| Richard Irvin FM Limited | 15 | 20 | 14 |
| Valley Group Limited | 14 | 23 | 9 |
| BELL GROUP LTD | 13 | 18 | 12 |
| Ramora Limited | 13 | 14 | 12 |
| Zurich | 12 | 21 | 12 |
6,459 single-supplier awards to 3,125 suppliers on notices naming this portal · the most frequent winners shown.
Open tenders on PCS
145 open now · soonest deadline first · every row links to the notice page with the portal reference and documents
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- What counts as PCS. A notice whose submission link points to this portal, including buyer-specific instances (15 addresses so far). Award notices rarely publish that link, so the awards side is undercounted. Notices from 6 Jan 2021 to 29 Oct 2026.
- Portal facts. Registration and login notes were checked on the live portal in September 2026. Portals change their sign-up steps; the notice’s own instructions take precedence.
- Independent. Portal and operator names belong to their owners and appear only to show where notices are published; Tenderline is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to any portal.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.