Invitation to Tender
Details
- Buyer
- Scottish Government
- Supplier(s)
- The Lines Between Ltd.
- Value
- £10,400
- Topic
- Research and development services and related consultancy services
- Published
- 7 August 2025
Tender description
The Scottish Government is currently undertaking a public consultation on the potential regulations to prescribe a minimum number of learning hours in schools in Scotland. The consultation provides an opportunity for local authorities, those that work in schools, parents, children and young people and other stakeholders to give their views and put forward evidence about the potential impact of the implementation of the proposed policy. The Scottish Government (SG), on behalf of the Scottish Ministers, is seeking to commission a Contractor to undertake the analysis of responses to this public consultation. The overall aim of the contract is provide robust and timely analysis and reporting on the responses to the consultation, to inform policy development, legislation and supporting documentation. Lot 1: The Scottish Government is currently undertaking a public consultation on the potential regulations to prescribe a minimum number of learning hours in schools in Scotland: Prescribing the minimum annual number of learning hours: consultation - gov.scot (www.gov.scot). The consultation provides an opportunity for local authorities, those that work in schools, parents, children and young people and other stakeholders to give their views and put forward evidence about the potential impact of the implementation of the proposed policy. The Scottish Government (SG), on behalf of the Scottish Ministers, is seeking to commission a Contractor to undertake the analysis of responses to this public consultation. The overall aim of the contract is provide robust and timely analysis and reporting on the responses to the consultation, to inform policy development, legislation and supporting documentation.
Timeline
- Completed: Award date28 July 2023
- Completed: Award published7 August 2025Current 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
- 73000000 · Research and development services and related consultancy services
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@scottish-government.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@scottish-government.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@scottish-government.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@scottish-government.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@scottish-government.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@scottish-government.gov |
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