Award of Liability for council tax debt: A review of the evidence for victim-survivors of domesti...
Details
- Buyer
- Scottish Government
- Supplier(s)
- Craigforth Consultancy and Research
- Value
- £18,797.5
- Topic
- Research services
- Published
- 23 July 2026
Tender description
The Scottish Government, on behalf of the Scottish Ministers, wishes to commission a rapid and up-to-date literature review covering the impact that being jointly and severally liable for council tax debt has on victim-survivors of domestic abuse.A review of this issue is required under Section 76 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2025. The literature review will provide an up-to-date synthesis and analysis of existing evidence on this topic. It will also help inform potential recommendations made to Scottish Ministers by Scottish Government officials that could improve the system for victim-survivors of domestic abuse and potentially other vulnerable groups.
Timeline
- Completed: Award published23 July 2026Current notice
- Completed: Award date23 July 2026
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
- 73110000 · Research services
- 79315000 · Social research services
Decision makers
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