Scottish Government is seeking views on amending the goods, services, works and community benefit thresholds within the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014. The consultation closes on Thursday 8 January so please feed-in your views as soon as possible to inform the SFHA response.

The current thresholds have remained the same since the Act was passed in 2014, despite significant increases in inflation in the meantime. The consultation is therefore looking for views on whether the thresholds should be change, and if so, by how much.

The current threshold for public contracts (goods and services contracts) is £50,000. Three proposals have been put forward for amending the Act's thresholds:

Option 1: Leave the thresholds unchanged, which would see the public contracts threshold remain at £50,000

Option 2: Inflation-link the threshold values, which would see the public contracts threshold rise to £70,000

Option 3: Apply a bigger increase, which would apply a one-off large increase which would see the public contracts threshold rise to £100,000

Full details of the proposal can be found here, including the rationale behind the options and further information on how both public works contracts and community benefit thresholds would be affected.

To date, SFHA member feedback has indicated a preference for Option 3 (a one-off increase to £100,000). Ahead of the SFHA consultation response being finalised, please get in contact to share your views.

Members are also encouraged to submit there own responses.

For more information or to share feedback, please contact Eli Harji at eharji@sfha.co.uk.