Find a TenderPlanned procurement
Published 3 Mar 2026, 10:01 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Tax Advice and Tax-Related Services

Authority: University of Strathclyde (Education)

2 lotsServices
Planned pipeline value£500,000total for 2 lots · pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 17 Jun 2026from the planned procurement notice
Lots 2see the lot list below

What is being bought2 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

The University of Strathclyde requires supplier(s) for the provision of tax advice and tax-related services.

CPV: Fiscal services · Tax consultancy services · Tax-return preparation services

Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure

2 lots · no lot values published
Lot #1UK Tax AdvicePlanned

To ensure tax-compliance and efficiency in the UK, the University is looking to appoint supplier(s) to lot 1 of the Framework to facilitate the provision of UK tax advice and tax-related services, including both direct and indirect taxes and the preparation of the University's annual tax return. Additional information: The University will reserve the right to call off from the Framework through either direct award (ranked) or mini-competition.

Delivery: Scotland · University of Strathclyde

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Lot #2Overseas and Global Mobility Tax AdvicePlanned

To ensure tax-compliance and efficiency overseas, the University is looking to appoint supplier(s) to lot 2 of the Framework to facilitate the provision of overseas and global mobility tax advice and tax-related services. Additional information: The University will reserve the right to call off from the Framework through either direct award (ranked) or mini-competition.

Delivery: Scotland · University of Strathclyde

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How University of Strathclyde buys Fiscal services (CPV 7922), and who usually turns up

University of Strathclyde’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Fiscal services (CPV 7922) →

1

How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerUniversity of Strathclyde · division 79
The marketFiscal services (CPV 7922) · UK-wide
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

How often small and medium firms win.

Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 2 of 21 known-size awards · market: CPV 7922 · UK-wide, n=28
10%25%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

How often local firms win similar work.

Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 1 of 17 known-location awards · market: CPV 7922 · UK-wide, n=19
6%32%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no decision dates published · market: CPV 7922 · UK-wide, n=5
—25 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 25 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: at least 8 of 24 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 7922 · UK-wide, n=34
33%44%

Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.

How many bids did past lots attract?

i

How many bids past lots received.

Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.

Past bids do not predict this tender.

Last 36 months.

This buyer40 lots with bid counts · all categories
13% had one bid
The market6 lots with bid counts · CPV 7922 · UK-wide
0% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid13% / 0%
Buyer: 5 of 40 lots with published bid counts. Market: 0 of 6 lots with published bid counts.
2–338% / 67%
Buyer: 15 of 40 lots with published bid counts. Market: 4 of 6 lots with published bid counts.
4–635% / 17%
Buyer: 14 of 40 lots with published bid counts. Market: 1 of 6 lots with published bid counts.
7+15% / 17%
Buyer: 6 of 40 lots with published bid counts. Market: 1 of 6 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

i

Where winning prices landed against estimates.

Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.

Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

This buyer22 lots with estimate and award · all categories
41% below estimate
The market6 lots with estimate and award · CPV 7922 · UK-wide
33% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate41% / 33%
Buyer: 9 of 22 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 2 of 6 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%55% / 50%
Buyer: 12 of 22 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 3 of 6 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate5% / 17%
Buyer: 1 of 22 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 1 of 6 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
i

What past awards tell you about each lot.

See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.

No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Our matching links this notice to “Provision of Tax Advice and Tax Related Services” of this authority, but none of the 4 panel members sit in a category matching this notice.

Lot #1UK Tax AdviceCPV 7922Estimate not published
Expected competition
i

How many bids this lot may attract.

The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 183 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet17% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 183 similar lots
1 bid17%
31 of 183 similar past lots received 1 bid (17%).
2–331%
56 of 183 similar past lots received 2–3 (31%).
4–620%
36 of 183 similar past lots received 4–6 (20%).
7+33%
60 of 183 similar past lots received 7+ (33%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 4 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

Where the award price may land.

The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.

—Estimate not published
The buyer published no estimate for this lot, so there is nothing to forecast against. A price prediction here would be a number about a number we do not have.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

Who has done similar work for this buyer.

Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.

A past supplier may not bid again.

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

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.

Lot #2Overseas and Global Mobility Tax AdviceCPV 7922Estimate not published
Expected competition
i

How many bids this lot may attract.

The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 183 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet17% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 183 similar lots
1 bid17%
31 of 183 similar past lots received 1 bid (17%).
2–331%
56 of 183 similar past lots received 2–3 (31%).
4–620%
36 of 183 similar past lots received 4–6 (20%).
7+33%
60 of 183 similar past lots received 7+ (33%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 4 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

Where the award price may land.

The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.

—Estimate not published
The buyer published no estimate for this lot, so there is nothing to forecast against. A price prediction here would be a number about a number we do not have.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

Who has done similar work for this buyer.

Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.

A past supplier may not bid again.

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

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.
  • Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

What this replaces
i

Who has done similar work for this buyer.

Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.

100% title match.

A past supplier may not bid again.

The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (100% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid

Provision of Tax Advice and Tax Related Services, winner not published; no contract end date published.

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
3 Mar 2026, 10:01 GMT
Last source update
3 Mar 2026, 10:01 GMT
Authority reference
UOS-41433-2026
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-018778
Classification (CPV)
Fiscal servicesTax consultancy servicesTax-return preparation services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM82)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-066080 Find a Tender

Publisher note: All interested parties must register their interest no later than close of business on Friday, the 20th of March 2026 by completing the attached questionnaire and emailing it to [email protected]. 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=825227. (SC Ref:825227)

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

3 Mar 2026 → 17 Jun 2026 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published235 days ago
    3 Mar 2026, 10:01 GMT
  2. Tender notice expected129 days ago
    17 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

University of Strathclyde

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Learning & Teaching Building, 49 Richmond Street, Glasgow, Scotland, G1 1XUContact name, email

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.