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Publication - Corporate report

Procurement activity: annual report 2023 to 2024

Published
11 March 2026
From
Director of Procurement and Property
Directorate
Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate
Topic
Business, industry and innovation, Economy, Public sector
ISBN
9781806438129

A summary of the procurement activities Scottish public bodies reported for the 2023 to 2024 financial year.

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Appendix 3: Public bodies included in analysis

For the 2023 to 2024 financial year covered in this report, 125 annual procurement reports were received in time for inclusion in the commissioned analysis. A total of 107 public bodies provided their procurement data for the Hub for the 2023 to 2024 financial year. Below is a breakdown of the public bodies who published their annual procurement reports or participated in the Hub. A full list for both sources is provided in appendices 1 and 2.

As seen in Figure 1, in this reporting period, local government provided the most annual procurement reports for analysis with 30 in total (24%, n=125) (Scottish Government, 2026).

Figure 1: Number of annual procurement reports analysed by sector (2023 to 2024) (n=125)
Local Government: 30; Central Government: 29; Universities and Colleges: 25; Registered Social Landlords: 23; Health: 18.

Source: Analysis of Public Body Procurement Reports and Strategies (2023 to 2024)

As seen in Figure 2, in this reporting period, local government was the most represented group of public bodies providing their spend analysis with 32 in total (30%, n=107).

Figure 2: Number of public bodies who submitted procurement spend data to the Hub by sector (2023 to 2024) (n=107)[45]
Local Government: 32; Central Government: 26; Education: 26; NHS: 22.

Source: Scottish Procurement Information Hub (“the Hub”)

Contact

Email: scottishprocurement@gov.scot

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