{"id":3162,"date":"2021-12-13T15:35:51","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T15:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/?p=3162"},"modified":"2021-12-13T15:37:07","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T15:37:07","slug":"new-procurement-thresholds-sppn-8-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2021\/12\/13\/new-procurement-thresholds-sppn-8-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Procurement thresholds and VAT inclusion in estimated contract value: SPPN 8\/2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have published a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/publications\/procurement-thresholds-and-vat-inclusion-in-estimated-contract-value-sppn-8-2021\/\">Scottish Procurement Policy Note SPPN 8\/2021<\/a>, to provide notice of changes to financial thresholds to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015<\/li>\n<li>the Utilities Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2016<\/li>\n<li>the Concession Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2016 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