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Business Support for Fife Council Sites

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BuyerFife Council
StatusOpen
Deadline7 Sept 2026
Value£300,000
Published5 Aug 2026

What is being bought

Provision of business support services for Fife Council sites.

Delivery location

UKM72 · UKM72 · UKM72

Categories

Supply services of personnel including temporary staff 79620000Supply services of personnel including temporary staff 79620000

Lot details

Lot 1: Fife Renewables Innovation Centre

Provision of business support to Fife Renewables Innovation Centre as per the specification in the tender documentation.

Statusactive
Value£100,000
Contract periodFrom 23 Nov 2026 to 22 Nov 2029

Award criteria
Quality Criteria — 40
price — 60

Lot 2: Dunfermline Business Centre

Provision of business support services to the Dunfermline Business Centre as per the specification in the attached tender documentation.

Statusactive
Value£100,000
Contract periodFrom 23 Nov 2026 to 22 Nov 2029

Award criteria
Quality Criteria — 40
price — 60

Lot 3: Business Incubator Kirkcaldy

Provision of business support services to the Kirkcaldy Business Incubator as per the specification in the attached tender documentation.

Statusactive
Value£100,000
Contract periodFrom 23 Nov 2026 to 22 Nov 2029

Award criteria
Quality Criteria — 40
price — 60

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Supply services of personnel including temporary staffNot published
2Supply services of personnel including temporary staffNot published
3Supply services of personnel including temporary staffNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 79. The category anchor is Supply services of personnel including temporary staff (79620000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 796,1964 median · 32.5 average (2,070 of 6,196 with a bid count)3.3 average (2,323 of 6,196 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer622 median · 25.7 average (6 of 6 with a bid count)2.2 average (6 of 6 with named award suppliers)Not published
Delivery region: UKM72165 median · 21.7 average (13 of 16 with a bid count)5.3 average (13 of 16 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)6414 median · 6.4 average (27 of 641 with a bid count)1.1 average (27 of 641 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNo
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byGPA
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriasuitability
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

  • economicSelectionCriteria
  • technicalSelectionCriteria

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06dcc0
Latest release ID074326-2026
Latest release timestampWed Aug 05 2026 14:46:30 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis32014L0024
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-09-07T12:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: start2026-09-07T12:30:00+01:00
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailshttps://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Default.aspx
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£300,000
Tender lots in source3
Tender items in source3
Tender documents in source2
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release2

Notice history

DateEventReference
5 Aug 2026tender074326-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
5 Aug 2026 · 074326-2026 · tender
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