Official UK procurement notice
Aquaculture Impact Evaluation Framework
Authority: University Of Edinburgh (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSEBI-Livestock is seeking to procure a Supplier with an experienced evaluation team to conduct an impact evaluation of Gates Foundation aquaculture investments in Kenya, Nigeria and Tanzania. The evaluation will generate robust and actionable evidence on the impacts of these investments and will provide learning to inform investment decisions and inform scale up.
CPV: Research services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Following completion of the Preliminary Market Consultation, the University…Planned
Following completion of the Preliminary Market Consultation, the University anticipates undertaking a competitive tender process in late 2026 to appoint a supplier to conduct an impact evaluation of Gates Foundation aquaculture investments in Kenya, Nigeria and Tanzania.
Please see attached documentation for further information. Please note the information provided here may change prior to tender publication. This notice does not constitute a formal invitation to tender. Additional information: Please return the request for information to [email protected] by 12 noon BST on 3rd August 2026. Please note that participation in this RFI exercise does not put your Organisation in a preferential position, but it will help inform and shape the University's future procurement strategy for these services.
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How University Of Edinburgh buys Research services (CPV 7311), and who usually turns up
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How the contest usually goes
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How often local firms win similar work.
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A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in Scotland.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
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Half of these awards were announced within 31 days of the bid deadline.
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid9% / 18%
2–326% / 45%
4–626% / 36%
7+40% / 0%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
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Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate23% / 63%
Within ±2%64% / 13%
Above estimate14% / 25%
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Lot #1Following completion of the Preliminary Market Consultation, the University…CPV 7311Published estimate£500k
This lot lists only non-UK delivery addresses. Supplier examples below come from UK award history and are not checked for this delivery area.
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A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who could compete for this lot?
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 26 Jun 2026, 14:16 BST
- Last source update
- 26 Jun 2026, 14:16 BST
- Authority reference
EC1092- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-060389- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06be53Find a Tender
Publisher note: NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=835744. (SC Ref:835744)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
26 Jun 2026 → 1 Sept 2026 · 2 dates- Notice published118 days ago26 Jun 2026, 14:16 BST
- Tender notice expected52 days ago1 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
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- No award published
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Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
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