At a glance
Social Security Scotland has awarded £11.0m across 7 suppliers, with 17 live contracts.
Why: Top supplier share 73% · 7 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 43% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.
About this buyer
Mission, scope and statutory context.
Social Security Scotland is a contracting authority, based in UKM. Tracks 36 published notices and 14 awards on PublicSupply.
Spend profile
Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.
Contract pipeline
Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.
Planned
13
Open (bidding)
7
Awarded (90d)
0
Frameworks open
0
Procurement mix
How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.
Contract type
Instrument type
Awarded contracts · 17 live
All contracts with a published award notice where Social Security Scotland is the contracting authority.
| Title | Supplier | CPV | Value | Awarded | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Testing Services Framework Agreement | — | 72254100 | £54.0mest. | — | active |
| Provision of Best Start Foods | allpay Limited | — | — | active | |
| Unified Security Platform | — | 72212730 | £350kest. | — | planned |
| Debt Management System | — | 48000000 | — | — | planned |
| Support and Maintenance of Core Benefit Platform (SPM) | MPHASIS UK LIMITED | 48000000 | — | — | active |
| Monetary Value of Fraud and Error (MVFE)/Error Interventions Digital Solution | — | 79212400 | — | — | planned |
| SPM Social Security Scotland - Live Service Team (Lot 2) | Mphasis UK Limited | — | — | active | |
| Integration Platform | — | 72212000 | — | — | planned |
| Specialist Office Equipment | Back Care Solutions Ltd | 30190000 | £400kest. | — | active |
| Specialist Office Equipment | Back Care Solutions Ltd | 30190000 | £400kest. | — | active |
Top suppliers · by total award value
Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.
Category spend breakdown
By CPV division · lifetime awards
Activity heatmap
Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.
Commercial & procurement leadership
Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.
Curated leadership roster
Chief commercial officer, framework owners, SME lead and clinical sign-offs per buyer. Top-50 contracting authorities first, rolling out by sector.
Modifications · 0 in 90 d
Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.
No modifications recorded in the last 90 days.
Social Security Scotland has not filed a modification notice in the selected window.
Compliance & transparency
FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.
FOIA & prompt-payment ingestion
Notice timeliness and modification flags are derivable today. FOIA refusal rate, prompt-payment %, KPI reporting and net-zero plans need new data sources — work scoped, ingestion next quarter.
SME & social value
Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.
target 33%
Peer benchmark
vs other buyers in the same type. Highlighted row = this buyer.
Compare against the peer group
£149 / seat / month. Configurable peer groups, rolling trendlines, and CSV / PDF exports for board packs.
News mentions
Major UK press & trade publications.
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Statutory & accountability
Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.
Identifiers & contact
- Type
- Contracting authority
- Region
- UKM
- Contact
- Yvonne Graham
- James.mcguigan@socialsecurity.gov.scot
Board & accountable officers
Accountable officer + board roster
Pulled from gov.uk for arm's-length bodies and from Companies House for company-form buyers — chair, CEO, SRO and sign-off authority per contract band.
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