Awarded contract

Award of PROVISION OF RESEARCH: SCOTTISH TRADE IN SERVICES

Details

Buyer: Scottish Government
Supplier(s): Fraser of Allander, University of Strathclyde
Value: £49,955
Topic: Social research services
Published: 17 July 2025
Source: uk:public_contracts_scotland

Tender description

The Scottish Government has a requirement to place a contract with an external service provider for the provision of Research: Scottish Trade in Services. The contract is to find (shorter-term) solutions to data gaps in services trade statistics and research to enhance our understanding of relevant and key trends in Scotland's trade in services. Given that current insights are based on Export Statistics Scotland (ESS) 2021, there is clear need for up-to-date, forward-looking analysis that examines the global trends in services while providing insights into Scotland's key service exports. The research is expected to be desk based and qualitative in nature and focus on current and future growth opportunities within Scottish sectors.

Timeline

Completed: Award published17 July 2025
Current notice
Completed: Award date17 July 2025

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

79315000 · Social research services

Decision makers

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