Awarded contract

DPH-Fund Manager for Alcohol and Drugs fund

Details

Buyer: Scottish Government
Supplier(s): Corra Foundation
Value: £4,274,000
Topic: Financial consultancy services
Published: 18 March 2026
Source: uk:public_contracts_scotland

Tender description

Fund Manager for Alcohol and Drugs fund. Lot 1: The Contract will cover the administration of a 36-month funding period of 1 June 2026 to 31 May 2029 and associated pre and post-funding activities as outlined in the scope element of the specification. The fund manager will be required to manage the fund and its distribution. The Contract will cover the administrative functions set out in the scope element of the specification, working to deliver and develop the Fund alongside the Scottish Governments Drug Policy Division who will retain overall management of the Fund. The fund has been operating since September 2021 and has supported 191 organisations delivering over 300 projects across Scotland.. The Purchaser may, by giving notice to the Service Provider, extend the period of the Contract to a date falling no later than 31 May 2031. Subject to that constraint, the Purchaser may extend the period of the Contract on more than one occasion.

Timeline

Completed: Award date3 March 2026
Completed: Award published18 March 2026
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

66171000 · Financial consultancy services

Decision makers

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