Awarded contract

Award of DPC - Evaluation of the National Centre for Remote and Rural Health and Care

Details

Buyer: Scottish Government
Supplier(s): The Diffley Partnership
Value: £36,475
Topic: Research services
Published: 1 May 2025
Source: uk:public_contracts_scotland

Tender description

The Scottish Government (SG), on behalf of the Scottish Ministers, wishes to commission an evaluation of the National Centre for Remote and Rural Health and Care (“National Centre”). The aim of the National Centre is to support delivery of improved care for remote, rural and island communities across Scotland, and to reduce remote, rural and island health and wellbeing inequalities, with an initial focus on primary care and community services. The aim of the Contract is to provide the Scottish Government with timely, robust information on the progress of the National Centre around its deliverables, and impacts on stakeholders.

Timeline

Completed: Award date5 January 2025
Completed: Award published1 May 2025
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

73110000 · Research services

Decision makers

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