Award of Scottish Commission on Social Security - literature review on English as a Second Language
Details
- Buyer
- Scottish Government
- Supplier(s)
- The Lines Between Ltd.
- Value
- £19,225
- Topic
- Social research services
- Published
- 15 December 2025
Tender description
The Scottish Commission on Social Security (SCoSS) is commissioning a short research report to support its statutory role in evaluating the Scottish social security system’s compliance with the commitments outlined in the Social Security Charter. This will focus on a review of existing research on languages in Scotland and the type of communication barriers people experience including specific barriers to accessing certain types of benefits.The aim of the work specified is to provide SCoSS with timely, robust evidence on the communication barriers faced by people whose first language is not English, including barriers to accessing specific types of benefits.This is a call off under Lot 3 (Social Research) of the Social Research and Analysis Framework Agreement.
Timeline
- Completed: Award published15 December 2025Current notice
- Completed: Award date15 December 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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