Insights for Scottish public-sector buyers
Plain-English guides to the rules behind buying below the threshold, the annual procurement report, community wealth building and the PCS replacement. Every article links to its sources.
Annual procurement report
The annual procurement report: what the Act asks for
Who has to publish an annual procurement report in Scotland, the seven things section 18 says it must contain, and how to make it less work each year.
· 5 min read
Below-threshold buying
Buying below the threshold in Scotland: what the rules say
The regulated procurement thresholds, what applies below them, why Quick Quote is optional, and what good evidence for a low-value purchase looks like.
· 4 min read
Community wealth building
The Community Wealth Building (Scotland) Act 2026: what it means for procurement
Action plans, the local spend target in section 5(8), who the partners are, the three-year deadline and what procurement teams need to start recording now.
· 4 min read
PCS replacement
Replacing PCS and PCS-Tender: what we know about S2C
What the Scottish Government has said publicly about the Source to Contract (S2C) replacement for Public Contracts Scotland and PCS-Tender, and what it means for buying below the threshold.
· 4 min read
Analysis
PCS records 7% of spend below £50,000. Here is how we know.
Where the £1.02bn figure comes from, how it compares with below-£50,000 awards recorded in Public Contracts Scotland, what it shows and what it does not.
· 3 min read
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