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Social Security Scotland

Social Security Scotland is a UK public-sector contracting authority. This profile aggregates its public-record procurement — top suppliers, categories, recent awards, open tenders and expiring contracts.

Data period: 2023-11-08 to 2026-11-08Updated 2026-11-08

£163.0M

Total spend

174

Contract awards

66

Unique suppliers

£976K

Avg contract

According to ENKII, Social Security Scotland has awarded 174 contracts worth £163.0M to 66 suppliers between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, at an average contract value of £976K, with the top five suppliers holding 74% of contract value.

Top suppliers

Top suppliers to Social Security Scotland

Top-five suppliers hold 74% of contract value — a concentrated market.

SupplierAwardsTotal value
MPHASIS UK LIMITED3£55.6M
Vodafone1£22.5M
Computacenter27£19.4M
IBM UK LTD1£15.0M
Venesky Brown Ltd23£7.5M
ENIQUE IT SOLUTIONS LIMITED1£4.7M
Venesky-Brown Recruitment3£4.4M
Computacenter (UK) Limited1£4.2M
Diona1£4.0M
Global Connections (Scotland) Ltd2£3.8M
Harvey Nash Limited19£3.6M
LexisNexis Risk Solutions UK Ltd1£1.7M
Mphasis1£1.5M
Venesky Brown Recruitment Ltd2£1.5M
Harvey Nash4£1.4M
Acumen Cyber Ltd1£1.2M
Back Care Solutions Ltd3£1.2M
ASA Recruitment (Quick Quotes)8£1.1M
Version 1 Solutions Limited1£982K
Lorien Resourcing Ltd5£852K

Procurement categories

What Social Security Scotland buys

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.

Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

79
61 awards£43.5M

IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

72
50 awards£98.3M

Software package and information systems

48
12 awards£11.4M

Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages

30
9 awards£2.2M

Financial and insurance services

66
4 awards£57K

Education and training services

80
4 awards£92K

Repair and maintenance services

50
2 awards£86K

Research and development services and related consultancy services

73
2 awards£110K

Other community, social and personal services

98
2 awards£810K

Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation

34
1 award£38K

Postal and telecommunications services

64
1 award£160K

Recent contracts

Latest Social Security Scotland contracts awarded

The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.

Social Security Scotland - Award of Provision of Executive Team Events - S/25/104

YNG Media Group Ltd operating as Speakeasy Productions · 2026-11-08

£50K

Award of New Payment and Accounting Service

Quo Imus Limited (trading as Qi Consulting) · 2026-11-08

£10K

Award of Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) Tool

TMI Systems ltd · 2026-10-27

£240K

Provision of Project Coordinator

Venesky Brown Ltd · 2026-10-14

£28K

Provision of Product Lead

ASA Recruitment (Quick Quotes) · 2026-10-13

£128K

Cyber Assessment Framework Independent Assurance

Deloitte LLP · 2026-10-01

Award of Integration Architect

Harvey Nash Plc · 2026-10-01

£345K

Award of Senior Delivery Manager

ASA Recruitment (Quick Quotes) · 2026-09-24

£173K

Award of Interim Senior Delivery Manager

ASA Recruitment (Quick Quotes) · 2026-09-24

£169K

Provision of 1x Delivery Manager

Venesky Brown Ltd · 2026-09-21

£140K

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2

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1

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11

planned procurements

Work this buyer has said it intends to tender

7

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Market analysis

Bidding into Social Security Scotland — what to expect

Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.

29%

Awards to SMEs

74%

Top-5 supplier share

16%

Framework call-offs

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Awards to social enterprises

Around 29% of Social Security Scotland’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises.

Frequently asked

Common questions about selling to Social Security Scotland

How much does Social Security Scotland spend on procurement?

Social Security Scotland awarded 174 contracts totalling £163.0M between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, working with 66 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £976K.

Who are Social Security Scotland's top suppliers?

The largest suppliers to Social Security Scotland by total award value are MPHASIS UK LIMITED, Vodafone, Computacenter. The top five suppliers together hold 74% of contract value.

What does Social Security Scotland buy from suppliers?

Social Security Scotland's procurement is concentrated in business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, it services: consulting, software development, internet and support, software package and information systems, 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

  • · Find a Tender (find-tender.service.gov.uk)
  • · Contracts Finder
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Source records remain subject to Open Government Licence v3.0 attribution. ENKII doesn't warrant accuracy beyond the source portals' own publication.

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