In December 2024, Fife Council’s Cabinet Committee
approved a new Procurement Strategy. The aspirations set out in the strategy are ambitious yet
reflective of the continuous improvement journey that Fife
Council and the procurement function has been on.
This Annual Procurement Report presents performance
and progress against policy objectives as well as
mandatory reporting elements as dictated by the
Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014. This and
previous year’s Annual Procurement Reports reflect
mandatory reporting elements as well as recognised Fife
Council priorities. Fife Council recognises its responsibility to carry out its
procurement activities in an economically, environmentally,
and socially responsible manner.
Some key figures form the report are:
Total procurement spend for
the period: £688.51 Mn
Total procurement spend with
SMEs during the period : £354.69 Mn (2,201 suppliers)
Total procurement spend with
Third Sector bodies: £87.37Mn (276 suppliers)
Procurement benefits for financial year 2024/2025 have
been verified at £14.198 Mn
Comparison of benefits reported over last 3
years illustrating over £35m of benefits have been realised
over that period.
Local Spend levels
In relation to Scottish and Fife Council policy, there is a
strong desire to support Small to Medium Enterprises
(SMEs), particularly local companies and/or those within
the supply chain. Whilst locality of organisations is easily identified
(assuming only focussing on organisations with head
office based locally), businesses who are trading as SMEs
are not always categorised as such in data sources.
56% of contracts were awarded are to businesses
that are registered as trading from Fife.
This is an increase
from the 48% reported in 2023/24.
It should also be noted
that there was an increase of number of contracts
awarded, from 664 (23/24) to 825 (24/25)
Total spend with suppliers based
within Fife local authority
boundary: £242.44 Mn
Total spend with SMEs
(where SME status is known): £354.69 Mn
Total spend with Fife SMEs: £166.165 Mn
72% of suppliers awarded a place on a regulated
contract in 2024/25 were a sole-trader, micro or an SME.
However, it is often the case that
organisations within the Scottish markets require multi-regional customer bases to make them sustainable,
therefore it is never going to be feasible to have all spend
within an individual local authority area.
Spend Distribution by location:
Scotland - Tayside
Central and Fife £257.38Mn (1,959 suppliers)
Scotland – Forth Valley £99.40Mn (126 suppliers)
Scotland - Glasgow and
Strathclyde £83.99Mn (426 suppliers)
Scotland - Edinburgh
and Lothians £53.24Mn (372 suppliers)
Scotland - South £4.44Mn (24 suppliers)
Scotland - Aberdeen
and North-East £2.79Mn (23 suppliers)
Scotland - Highlands
and Islands £2.68Mn (36 suppliers)
Outwith Scotland £182.90Mn (1,319 suppliers)
Fife Council, in conjunction with colleagues in Economic
Development have active participation with the Supplier
Development Programme (SDP). Fife businesses can access this service and
improve their chances of winning Fife Council business. It
also enhances their opportunity to bid for business out
with Fife to further strengthen their market position.
There are now 1,139 Fife based companies registered with SDP.
For the full Fife Council Annual Procurement Report, please visit FC website : Annual Procurement Report
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