Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security contracts in Scotland
13 live and 334 total public-sector opportunities matched to CPV 79000000 in Scotland.
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Procuring business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security in Scotland
This page tracks public-sector demand for business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security (CPV 79000000) published by contracting authorities in Scotland. Tendarix has indexed 334 matching contracts here, 13 of which are open for bids right now.
Division 79 covers business services — legal, marketing, management consulting, recruitment, printing management, security guarding, cleaning-adjacent facilities services and translation. It is the highest-volume services division and the default code for professional services.
Scotland runs its own procurement regime: the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act rather than the Procurement Act 2023, with all public notices published on Public Contracts Scotland (PCS). Thirty-two councils, NHS Scotland boards, Scottish Government directorates and agencies like Scottish Procurement and Scotland Excel (the councils' centre of expertise) structure the market, with national frameworks covering many common categories.
Notices are aggregated from Contracts Finder, Find a Tender, the devolved-nation portals and 400+ council procurement sites, then summarised in plain English. Suppliers working in Scotland use the chart below to gauge how active this category is month-to-month, and the list to find live opportunities to bid on.
Procurement activity over the last 12 months
221 contracts worth £584.8m in disclosed value were published for Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security in Scotland in the last year. Bars show monthly contract volume; the line tracks known award value.
Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security opportunities in Scotland
Digital Media Planning and Buying Services
£320kMembership Day to Day Mailing Services
Out of Home Advertising for Bus Stations and Shelters
£10000kSeafood Expo Global 2027 Stand Design and Build
£242kRecruitment Services for Deliberative Engagement
Visual Identity and Photography Development for the Business Enterprise Hub
SPS-02357 Temporary Maintenance Staff
Graphic Design of Guidebooks
Albert Cross Design Contest
Auditor for Audit Scotland
UK & International Student Recruitment Media Planning & Buying for RGU
£750kDCEA Scotland Migration Service
£5000kLR3-200-2026 NHS Lothian - BMS maintenance, repairs and upgrades
£4200kFrequently asked questions
How many Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security tenders are live in Scotland?
There are 13 live Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security opportunities in Scotland right now, out of 334 indexed in total. This page updates daily as buyers publish new notices.
Who buys Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security in Scotland?
The most active buyers in Scotland for this category on Tendarix include Scottish Government, University of Strathclyde, University of Glasgow. Every tier of the public sector buys here: councils (legal frameworks, agency staff, comms campaigns), NHS (recruitment, interpretation), central government (consultancy via CCS MCF, security via CCS frameworks) and universities.
What does CPV code 79000000 cover?
Division 79 covers business services — legal, marketing, management consulting, recruitment, printing management, security guarding, cleaning-adjacent facilities services and translation. It is the highest-volume services division and the default code for professional services.
How do I win Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security contracts in Scotland?
Identify the framework that channels your niche — MCF for consultancy, the legal panels, staffing frameworks for recruitment — because direct open tenders are the minority of spend. Interpretation/translation, security guarding and marketing are frequently regional and SME-winnable: evaluations score sector-specific case studies, named account teams and measurable outcomes (fill rates, response times, campaign metrics), so quantify everything. Register on Public Contracts Scotland and PCS-Tender — nothing Scottish reaches English portals reliably. Scottish policy emphasises community benefits (their social-value equivalent), fair work practices (real Living Wage, no inappropriate zero-hours) and SME access through lotting; Scotland Excel frameworks are the route into council goods and care markets, and Quick Quotes on PCS distribute sub-threshold work to registered suppliers only.
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