Procurement transparency and annual reports

We are committed to being more transparent about how we spend public money and improving accountability, by publishing information about our procurement activity.

This is in line with our Open Contracting Strategy.

We:

We also regularly publish information about what we spend, including:

Monitoring performance

Public bodies with an annual spend of £5 million or greater must publish annual procurement reports that describe how their procurements have complied with their procurement strategy. Public bodies with a lower spend are also encouraged to do so.

Each of Scotland's four procurement Centres of Expertise also publishes an annual report covering their respective sector.

They also produce a collaborative forward plan of procurement opportunities which is updated monthly.

We have produced a factsheet explaining the governance structure of public procurement in Scotland.

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