Contract Notice

A Contract Notice is how a public sector buyer formally advertises a public sector contract opportunity. 

The Contract Notice will include enough information to help you to decide whether to bid for the contract opportunity or not, This is because the Contract Notice must contain the minimum and specific requirements for the procurement exercise.

All Scottish public bodies must publish their Contract Notices on Public Contracts Scotland (PCS) for regulated procurements i.e. contracts valued at £50,000 or above, excluding VAT,  for goods and services.  The only exception is where a buyer is using the Negotiated Procedure without Prior Notification procurement procedure.  This is a procedure which can only be used in strictly defined and exceptional circumstances.

How to Search for Contract Notices on PCS

1.  go to the Search Notices area of PCS:

2.  click on n Notice Type

3.  select Current Opportunity

4.  then click Search to view all Contract Notices.

Your search will list many results on the left hand side of the page.  Click on the title to look at each result in more detail:

You can use more of the filter options on the left hand of the page to streamline your results further.  For example, add a keyword relating to your goods or services in the Keyword search box: