Public Procurement and Property

• SPPN 2/2025: annual procurement reports for 2024 – 2025

  12th June 2025 by Teigan Kelly

  We have published a new Scottish Procurement Policy Note (SPPN) providing details on how contracting authorities should notify Scottish Ministers of the publication of their annual procurement reports covering the financial year 2024-2025.

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• Reserving contracts for supported businesses – SPPN 1/2025

  29th May 2025 by Emma Hall

  The Scottish Government has published a new Scottish Procurement Policy Note (SPPN), SPPN 1/2025, which replaces SPPN 4/2017 and provides updated advice on reserving contracts for supported businesses.

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• We have published SPPN 5/2023 on updates to procurement thresholds

  30th October 2023 by Melissa Reilly

  We have published a new Scottish Procurement Policy Note (SPPN) on updates to procurement thresholds SPPN 5/2023.

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• We have published SPPN 4/2023 following the Republic of North Macedonia’s accession to the Agreement on Government Procurement

  26th October 2023 by Melissa Reilly

  We have published a new Scottish Procurement Policy Note (SPPN) on changes to Scottish procurement legislation following the Republic of North Macedonia’s accession to the Agreement on Government Procurement: SPPN 4/2023.

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• We have published SPPN 2/2023 on annual reports

  4th May 2023 by Chris McLean

  We have published the new Annual procurement reports for 2022-2023 and 2023-2024. This SPPN provides details of how a public body should notify Scottish Ministers of the publication of their annual procurement reports covering the financial years 2022-23 and 2023-2024.

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