Public Procurement and Property

• SPPN 4/2025: Updates to thresholds derived from the GPA

  3rd November 2025 by Scottish Procurement

  This policy note provides notice of changes to financial thresholds contained in the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015, the Utilities Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2016 and the Concession Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2016.

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• Scottish Procurement Vlog – June 2025

  25th June 2025 by Teigan Kelly

  We’ve published our latest vlog with Nick Ford, providing recent updates and a look ahead from across the Scottish procurement community.

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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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• Legislative and system changes – SPPN 2/2024

  11th December 2024 by Teigan Kelly

  We have published a new Scottish Procurement Policy Note (SPPN) on changes to Scottish procurement legislation and minor system updates to Public Contracts Scotland (PCS).

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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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