PURCH2920 - PPE1004286 Direct Award for the Provision of Esspero Consultancy
Details
- Supplier(s)
- ESSPERO LIMITED
- Value
- £60,500
- Topic
- Research and development consultancy services
- Published
- 12 May 2026
Tender description
PURCH2920 - PPE1004286 Direct Award for the Provision of Esspero Consultancy. Lot 1: PURCH2920 - PPE1004286 Direct Award for the Provision of Esspero Consultancy. To provide executive project management, market validation, and strategy documentation for the Cyntric HGSP Opportunity Qualification, funded by Scottish Enterprise. Services include conducting 30-40 market interviews, defining the value proposition, and creating a TRL6-9 product roadmap, and to draft the business plan and HGSP Company Creation application to ensure investment readiness. Internal Procurement Policy Exception (PPE) Form completed. Justification: Regulations 2015-33 (1) (b) (ii)Technical Reasons
Timeline
- Completed: Award date26 March 2026
- Completed: Award published12 May 2026Current notice
About the buyer
University of Glasgow buys as a higher education institution, run by its own Procurement Office at Tay House. Every tender is advertised and submitted through the Public Contracts Scotland portal, with no paper submissions accepted. Purchasing follows the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 and the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014. Advanced Procurement for Universities and Colleges runs sector-wide frameworks for the Scottish higher education sector that the university draws on. Colleges hold delegated authority for smaller purchases below a set threshold. Selective Travel Management is the approved supplier for the university's travel and conferencing needs.
Education procurement reached £47.4bn in 2024/25, the fourth-largest public sector budget.
Over the past 5 years, most of University of Glasgow's contract awards have been in laboratory and precision equipment, business services and software and information systems.
Relevant CPV codes
- 73200000 · Research and development consultancy services
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-glasgow.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-glasgow.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-glasgow.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-glasgow.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-glasgow.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-glasgow.gov |
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