Contracts and involvement with Israeli communication companies: FOI release

Information requested

I would like to ask if Scotland has any contracts or involvement with Israeli communication companies.

If so which ones?

Response

We have completed a search of Public Contract Scotland (PCS) for Scottish Government contracts that have been awarded to any Israeli companies within the last 5 financial years. This provided a nil return, meaning Scottish Government have no contracts with companies based in Israel.

We have completed a search of the Procurement Information Hub for spend with Israeli Companies by the Scottish Government within the last 5 financial years. This provided a nil return, meaning Scottish Government have no spend with any companies based in Israel.

I would also like to draw your attention to our regular published spend for transactions over £500 for electronic Purchasing Cards (ePC): Government spend over £500: monthly reports - gov.scot and also our monthly and annual reports of Scottish Government spend over £25,000 Government spend over £25,000: monthly and annual reports - gov.scot.

You may find it helpful to look at the Scottish Information Commissioner’s ‘Tips for requesting information under FOI and the EIRs’ on his website at: http://www.itspublicknowledge.info/YourRights/Tipsforrequesters.aspx.

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