A new consultation from Scottish Government is seeking views on amending the goods, services, works and community benefit thresholds within the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014.

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

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

The consultation deadline is Thursday 8 January 2026. Members are encouraged to submit there own responses, as well as to feed-in to the SFHA submissions.

For more information or to share your views, please contact Eli Harji at eharji@sfha.co.uk. Further information will also be shared via SFHA policy forums.