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Independent investigation into higher education institution

Financial consultancy services
Investigation services
Legal advisory and information services
Scotland (UKM)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
Generated from official OCDS record
Tenderline Synopsis: Scottish Funding Council: "Independent investigation into higher education institution". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityScottish Funding CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Scottish Funding Council
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Scottish Funding Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
15.9Bids / Report
14.3% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 7 active published awards; 7 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityScottish Funding Council
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published10 Oct 2025, 16:28 BST
Last source update10 Oct 2025, 16:28 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationFinancial consultancy services, Investigation services, Legal advisory and information services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05ad29
What is being bought
An independent investigation to determine the causes and contributing factors to the deterioration of a higher education institution's financial position.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    10 Oct 2025, 16:28 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    10 Oct 2025, 16:28 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    10 Oct 2025, 16:28 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    An independent investigation to determine the causes and contributing factors to the deterioration of the higher education institution's financial position.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    10 Oct 2025, 16:28 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 14 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST · £423,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
BDO LLP
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£423,000 · signed 14 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1 (lot 1)
electronicBids: 0 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromEU: 0 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromNonEU: 0 (lot 1)
smeBids: 0 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Scottish Funding Council

Contracting authority GB-FTS-38159
View buyer profile

  • Scottish Funding Council
    buyer

    Apex 2, 97 Haymarket Terrace, Edinburgh, UKM75, EH12 5HD
    sconnor@sfc.ac.uk
    +44 1313136500

  • BDO LLP
    supplier

    4 Atlantic Quay, 70 York Street, Glasgow, UKM, G2 8JX
    +44 1412495235

  • Edinburgh Sheriff Court
    reviewBody

    Sherrif Court House, 27 Chambers Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1LB
Documents (0)
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Related procedures (0)
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No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleThe award was required due to an urgent requirement for these services. This was brought about by a quickly developing and changing situation at the higher education institution. Further time pressure was been caused due an unsuccessful competition for these services in which 0 tenders were returned. (NB this was a competition under a Framework). SFC was therefore in a position where they need to appoint a provider urgently.