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Buyer profile

Scottish Government

Find a Tender identifier: GB-FTS-72395 · Edinburgh, UKM

Procurement processes10
Open opportunities1
Awarded procurements8
Signed contracts6
Avg. awarded suppliers3
Avg. reported bids14
Highest reported bids79
Bid-count coverage6 of 10

Value and contract picture

Published value (GBP)£959,000
Average published value (GBP)£239,750
Signed contract value (GBP)£17,370,407

GBP totals only, so values in another currency are never silently mixed into the total.

Procurement methods

Open procedure
9
Not published
1

Top categories

Research services
3
Calibration services
2
Marine equipment
2
Aquatic marine services
1
Repair, maintenance and associated services related to aircraft, railways, roads and marine equipment
1
Research and development services and related consultancy services
1

Most competitive procurements

Ranked by the number of bids reported by the buyer; a multi-lot procurement can report one count per lot.

ProcurementBids reportedValueStatus
Social Research and Analysis Framework79Value not publishedcomplete
Framework Agreement for the Service, Calibration and Maintenance of Sea-Bird Scientific Oceanographic Instrumentation1£160,000complete
Establishing and Managing a Trial Hub for Pre-processing of End-of-life Gear Waste from Fishing and Aquaculture Sectors1£489,000complete
Marine Acoustic Cetacean Click Detectors1Value not publishedcomplete
Statutory monitoring for Scottish Coastal Observatory site: Loch Ewe1Value not publishedcomplete
Maintenance of Engine Turbochargers1Value not publishedcomplete

Most frequent awarded suppliers

SupplierProcurements wonPublished award value (GBP)
Turbocharging UK Limited1Value not published
Thinks Insight and Strategy (Britain Thinks) Limited1Value not published
Planet Ocean Ltd1Value not published
Craigforth1Value not published
The Lines Between Ltd1Value not published
Progressive Partnership1Value not published
AECOM Limited1Value not published
Alma Economics1Value not published
Griesbach & Associates1Value not published
Wellside Research Ltd1Value not published

Recent and open procurements

ProcurementStatusDeadlineValue
Salinity Sample AnalysisOpen21 Sept 2026Value not published
Profiling conductivity, temperature, depth instrument for use on board MRV Scotiaunsuccessful12 Jan 2026£150,000
Framework Agreement for the Service, Calibration and Maintenance of Sea-Bird Scientific Oceanographic InstrumentationClosed22 Jun 2026£160,000
Establishing and Managing a Trial Hub for Pre-processing of End-of-life Gear Waste from Fishing and Aquaculture Sectorscomplete9 Jul 2026£489,000
Framework Agreement for the Service, Calibration and Maintenance of Sea-Bird Scientific Oceanographic Instrumentationcomplete24 Jul 2026£160,000
Marine Acoustic Cetacean Click DetectorscompleteNot publishedValue not published
Statutory monitoring for Scottish Coastal Observatory site: Loch EwecompleteNot publishedValue not published
Statutory monitoring for Scottish Coastal Observatory site: Loch EwecancelledNot publishedValue not published
Social Research and Analysis FrameworkcompleteNot publishedValue not published
Maintenance of Engine TurbochargerscompleteNot publishedValue not published

How to read these figures

Supplier count means distinct suppliers named in awards, not all bidders. Bid counts are published aggregate statistics, not a list of submitted bids. Award and contract data currently comes from the latest retained OCDS record for each procurement process.