Quick answer — Social Security ScotlandLast refreshed 04 Jun 2026

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.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration73%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share43%
Pipeline · open now7
Awards · 90 d0

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.

36
Notices published
14
Awards
7
Suppliers engaged
First award on file

Spend profile

Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.

£0
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£400k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Social Security Scotland — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£0m£1m£1m£1mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.

Planned

13

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

7

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

0

£0

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.

Contract type

services24 · £82.9m
goods12 · £1.7m

Instrument type

contract36 · £84.6m
Source:Find a Tender: 36

Awarded contracts · 17 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Social Security Scotland is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Testing Services Framework Agreement72254100£54.0mest.active
Provision of Best Start Foodsallpay Limitedactive
Unified Security Platform72212730£350kest.planned
Debt Management System48000000planned
Support and Maintenance of Core Benefit Platform (SPM)MPHASIS UK LIMITED48000000active
Monetary Value of Fraud and Error (MVFE)/Error Interventions Digital Solution79212400planned
SPM Social Security Scotland - Live Service Team (Lot 2)Mphasis UK Limitedactive
Integration Platform72212000planned
Specialist Office EquipmentBack Care Solutions Ltd30190000£400kest.active
Specialist Office EquipmentBack Care Solutions Ltd30190000£400kest.active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.

1
FS
£8.0mest.
73% of total
2
BC
5 contracts · SME
£2.2mest.
20% of total
3
BG
£800kest.
7% of total
4
AL
1 contract
£0
0% of total
5
MU
£0
0% of total
6
IU
1 contract
£0
0% of total
7
AS
£0
0% of total

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

IT services, software
8 contracts
£54.4m
63%
Radio, TV, communications
1 contract
£20.0m
23%
Other
3 contracts
£8.0m
9%
Office equipment, IT
8 contracts
£2.8m
3%
Furniture, cleaning
2 contracts
£1.0m
1%
Software packages, IT
6 contracts
£400k
0%
Hotel, restaurant, retail
3 contracts
£125k
0%

Activity heatmap

Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
IT services, software
Radio, TV, communications
Other
Office equipment, IT
Furniture, cleaning
Software packages, IT
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

Coming Q3 2026

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.

Total mods
0
Above tolerance
0
Total value
£0
Novations
0

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.

Coming Q4 2026

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.

43%
SME supplier share
target 33%
6
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
7
Distinct suppliers

Peer benchmark

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKM
Contact
Yvonne Graham
Email
James.mcguigan@socialsecurity.gov.scot

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

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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