Top suppliers
Top suppliers to Scottish Government
Top-five suppliers hold 45% of contract value — a concentrated market.
Procurement categories
What Scottish Government buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
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Latest Scottish Government contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Award of 6 Week Metadataworks Discovery
MetadataWorks · 2026-12-03
£10K
Award of DSF-Jury Deliberation Research
Ipsos MORI · 2026-12-02
£300K
Award of To identify effective ventilation guidance and practice to mitigate the indoor airborne ...
University of Strathclyde Department of Architecture · 2026-12-02
£10K
Award of Fair work: how can employer coordination and industry leadership structures best progres...
University Court of the University of Glasgow · 2026-12-02
£46K
Award of Review of schedule 1 (exempt class work) and schedule 3 (work not requiring a building w...
Pye Tait Ltd (trading as Pye Tait Consulting) · 2026-12-01
£43K
Award of Strategic Environmental Assessment for Inshore Fisheries Management Improvement framewor...
Tetra Tech RPS Energy Limited · 2026-12-01
£48K
Award of DCEA-Evaluation of the Scottish Government's Climate Justice Fund
Tropical Health Consulting LLP · 2026-11-09
£270K
Award of DLGH -Technical support during the stage 2 consultation for energy standards for new dom...
Building Research Establishment Ltd · 2026-11-08
£13K
Award of Net measuring (Omega Gauges) Calibration (MS-P-0481)
Trescal Ltd · 2026-11-06
£42K
Directorate for Education Review Of Sabhal Mòr Ostaig
Ekos Ltd · 2026-11-04
£81K
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1
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62
planned procurements
Work this buyer has said it intends to tender
96
frameworks running
Routes to sell here without a full tender
139
tender packs read
What it asks bidders for: insurance, certificates, scoring
Market analysis
Bidding into Scottish Government — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
51%
Awards to SMEs
45%
Top-5 supplier share
35%
Framework call-offs
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Awards to social enterprises
Around 51% of Scottish Government’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises. Around 35%of awards are call-offs from framework agreements — getting onto the right framework matters as much as the bid itself here.
Frequently asked
Common questions about selling to Scottish Government
How much does Scottish Government spend on procurement?
Scottish Government awarded 1,724 contracts totalling £1.6bn between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, working with 643 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £1.1M.
Who are Scottish Government's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to Scottish Government by total award value are Scottish Water Business Stream, GoFibre Holdings Limited, Carat. The top five suppliers together hold 45% of contract value.
What does Scottish Government buy from suppliers?
Scottish Government's procurement is concentrated in business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, it services: consulting, software development, internet and support, research and development services and related consultancy services, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.
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Sources & methodology
How this profile is compiled
Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-11-08
This profile aggregates public-record procurement data published by the UK Government under the Open Government Licence v3.0. ENKII fetches, deduplicates, and aggregates source records; we don't edit the underlying facts.
Source portals
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- · Contracts Finder
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