Awarded contract

Data Collection for the Scottish Milk and Healthy Snack Scheme and the Scottish School Milk Scheme

Details

Buyer: Scottish Government
Supplier(s): The Diffley Partnership
Value: £73,750
Topic: Data collection and collation services
Published: 10 October 2023
Source: uk:public_contracts_scotland

Tender description

Scottish Government Education Analytical Services, with the Directorate for Children and Families, on behalf of the Scottish Ministers, wishes to commission a research project to collect data on the provision of milk and snacks as part of the Scottish Milk and Health Snack Scheme (SMHSS) and the Scottish School Milk Scheme. The aim of the work is to collect data on the costs of the provision of milk, snacks and non-dairy alternatives as well as uptake, from day care of children settings, childminders, local authorities, schools, milk suppliers, suppliers of non-dairy alternatives and snack suppliers. Scottish Government Directorate for Children and Families wish to commission research to collect data on the costs of provision, uptake, reach and delivery of the SMHSS and the Scottish School Milk Scheme’. This data will contribute to future budgeting processes and may be used to determine appropriate rates to be paid to settings or local authorities providing milk and/or snacks as part of each scheme.

Timeline

Completed: Award date5 October 2023
Completed: Award published10 October 2023
Current notice

About the buyer

The Scottish Government is a devolved central government department that buys through its Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate. Regulated procurements across the Scottish public sector are advertised on Public Contracts Scotland, the national portal set up in 2008. Bids are usually submitted through PCS-Tender, the national eTendering system it funds. The directorate also runs frameworks covering construction, corporate services, ICT, professional services, utilities and HR. Many of these frameworks are open to the wider Scottish public sector as well as central government. The Supplier Development Programme offers free tender training to SMEs and third sector organisations.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of the Scottish Government's contract awards have been in business services, IT services and research and development.

Relevant CPV codes

72314000 · Data collection and collation services
79315000 · Social research services

Decision makers

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