Official UK procurement notice
Climate Action Accelerator Programme Development for Businesses
Authority: VisitScotland
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision for Climate Action Accelerator Programme Development for Businesses
- Recurrence: August 2028
CPV: Environmental services · Environmental training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Provision of a Climate Action Accelerator Programme Development for Businesses, please…AwardedRenewalPublished value£300,000
Provision of a Climate Action Accelerator Programme Development for Businesses, please see the statement of requirement for further details.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical: 60%
- price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical: 60
- Price: 40
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- 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
- Yes · August 2028
- First published
- 7 Aug 2025, 10:02 BST
- Last source update
- 27 Aug 2026, 11:38 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 8 Sept 2025 – …
- Authority reference
VSEH25019- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-081690- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058306Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: This is the award for VSEH25019, awarded for initially 12 months, with the option of a further 2 additional 12 months at VisitScotland's discretion (SC Ref:841180)
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗
- Submission deadline
- 8 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 8 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
Timeline
8 Sept 2025 → 27 Aug 2026 · 3 dates- Submission deadline8 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened8 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Notice published56 days ago27 Aug 2026, 11:38 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete27 Aug 2026, 11:38 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Edinburgh (Edinburgh Climate Change Institute)SME | £300,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 081690-2026-VSEH25019-1 · University of Edinburgh (Edinburgh Climate Change Institute)SME
- Signed
- 8 Dec 2025
- Value
- £300,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11bids · 11 electronic · 11 from abroad | 10 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh Sheriff CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- University of Edinburgh (Edinburgh Climate Change Institute)Awarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.