Official UK procurement notice
SCP012 - SCAPE Corporate Services Framework
Authority: Scape Procure Limited (trading as SCAPE) (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionScape Procure Limited (trading as SCAPE) is considering establishing a framework agreement for the provision of Corporate Services throughout England, Wales and Northern Ireland. To support this, SCAPE has undertaken market engagement activities and will undertake further market engagement activities prior to submitting a Tender Notice.
This notice is not an invitation for formal expressions of interest. The purpose of this notice is to provide details on SCAPE's market engagement activities in support of an upcoming framework procurement for Corporate Services.
It is currently envisaged that the framework will have the following lotting structure:
Lot 1: Group A - Advisory Services (£1.2bn)
Lot 2: Group B - Legal Services (£300m)
Lot 3: Group C - Audit Services (£150m)
Lot 1 (Group A - Advisory Services) is envisaged to include the following four categories:
- Management Consultancy
- Technology, Digital and Data Advisory
- Finance and Accounting
- Sustainability
Lot 2 (Group B - Legal Services) is envisaged to include one category: Legal Services.
Lot 3 (Group C - Audit Services) is envisaged to include one category: Audit Services.
The annual turnover requirements for each Lot are anticipated to be as follows:
Lot 1: £75m per annum
Lot 2: £50m per annum
Lot 3: £25m per annum
Following internal discussion and consideration of the combined feedback gained through market engagement, SCAPE may amend any of the details of this framework between publication of this notice and publication of an associated Tender Notice.
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How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 15 Mar 2027
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedWhat 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).
- “SCP012 - SCAPE Corporate Services Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
Competition for Legal services (CPV 7910), and who usually turns up
Scape Procure Limited (trading as SCAPE) has too little published record in this market to describe on its own. Published market evidence for the same work stands beside whatever it has. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Legal services (CPV 7910) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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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.
Across this market, small firms won 50% of awards with a known supplier size.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means registered in East Midlands.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Across this market, 30% of winners were registered in the delivery region.
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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.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 84 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Across this market, at least 20% of awarded procurements had no recorded rival.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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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.
1 bid0%
2–30%
4–622%
7+78%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.
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.
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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
Lot #1CPV 7910Published estimate£1.6bn
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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 80 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid0%
2–34%
4–613%
7+84%
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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.
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.
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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.
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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.
- 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.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 12 Jan 2026, 16:05 GMT
- Last source update
- 12 Jan 2026, 16:05 GMT
- Authority reference
SCP012- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-002394- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0603feFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
12 Jan 2026 → 15 Mar 2027 · 4 dates- Planning notice published282 days ago12 Jan 2026, 16:05 GMT
- Market engagement236 days ago27 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
Future Market Engagement:
SCAPE will be holding market engagement events on Thursday 5th February to inform the market about the framework and its vision, intended structure, lot values, and tendering process.
A webinar will also be held on Tuesday 24th February 2026.
To register for these events, please use the following URLs:
5 Feb 2026 - MORNING Session: corporateserviceslondonam.eventbrite.co.uk ↗
5 Feb 2026 - AFTERNOON Session: corporateserviceslondonpm.eventbrite.co.uk ↗
24 Feb 2026 - Webinar: event.on24.com/wcc/r/5199620/1C4C55… ↗
Please note that advance registration is required in order to attend. General details and live procurement information can be found here: scape.co.uk/live-procurement ↗
Details of the questions asked by participants and any answers given will be added to a Q&A document, which will be issued along with the Tender Notice. All feedback will be taken into review and will be given an equal weighting to ensure that no advantage is gained by any Consultant as a result of their participation.
Past Market Engagement:
Market engagement sessions were held by SCAPE with key organisations (both Clients and Consultants) within the corporate services space. Engagement activities commenced on 04/11/2024 and will continue until 27/02/2026. During market engagement sessions that were undertaken prior to this notice, information was provided on the upcoming procurement and an opportunity to give feedback on specific points was provided to the organisations who participated.
An independent consultant under NDA was appointed by SCAPE to undertake initial market engagement on 04/11/2024. Results of this engagement were anonymised and only the categories of organisations and individuals engaged were shared with SCAPE.
Suppliers participating in the market engagement activities were asked a standard set of questions, all of which have been recorded. SCAPE has taken great care to ensure this process has not given undue advantage as a result of any participation. All feedback has been taken into review as a whole and has been given equal consideration.
- Tender notice expected212 days ago23 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Today21 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 144 days15 Mar 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published12 Jan 2026, 16:05 GMTUK2
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
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender