Official UK procurement notice
Serviced and Non Serviced Accommodation Data
Authority: VisitScotland
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionVisitScotland is looking to contract a suitably qualified supplier to provide Serviced and Non Serviced Accommodation Data. Full description is available in the Statement of Requirement.
- Recurrence: 48 months
CPV: Statistical services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1VisitScotland is looking to contract a suitably qualified supplier to provide Serviced…AwardedRenewalPublished value£240,000
VisitScotland is looking to contract a suitably qualified supplier to provide Serviced and Non Serviced Accommodation Data as per requirement details provided in the Statement of Requirement.
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 (5)
- Understanding of the requirement, demonstrable capacity and availability to meet the service requirement: 25%
- Overall approach and methodology (this will include a draft programme): 15%
- Innovation and creativity of approach, outputs and deliverables: 15%
- Applied Experience/knowledge of proposed project team: 5%
- price: 40%
Published award criteria (5)
- Understanding of the requirement, demonstrable capacity and availability to meet the service requirement: 25
- Overall approach and methodology (this will include a draft programme): 15
- Innovation and creativity of approach, outputs and deliverables: 15
- Applied Experience/knowledge of proposed project team: 5
- Price: 40
- Economic & financial standing
VS may seek a Parent Company Guarantee if available.
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VS may carry out independent Financial Credit checks on your organisation. The checks undertaken shall provide VS with information on your organisation’s risk rating.
It shall be at VS discretion whether we deem the risk to be unacceptable and therefore may exclude your organisation from being taken any further in the Procurement process.
VS also reserve the right to request further information, if no information can be found within the Credit rating system, or the information is incomplete.
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SPD Question 4B.5.1 – It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commence of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:
Employer’s (Compulsory) Liability Insurance in accordance with any legal obligation for the time
being in force = 5,000,000(GBP)
Public Liability Insurance = 2,000,000(GBP) for any one incident and unlimited in total
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Please add details of any other relevant insurance policies you may have, along with the level of cover held.
- Technical & professional ability
SPD Question 4C.1.2 – Bidders will be required to provide examples that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the services/supplies.
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Bidders are required to provide 3 recent case studies detailing their experience over the last 6 years of providing services of similar scale and value.
Case studies should (where possible) also include client name/telephone/ e -mail address information, dates and contract values. VS will have discretion to choose from the list, and thereafter obtain at least two references from the bidder’s client base.
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Bidders must demonstrate they have relevant experience of delivering similar services to our requirements.
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- 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 · 48 months
- First published
- 2 Dec 2025, 17:03 GMT
- Last source update
- 15 Apr 2026, 09:33 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 23 Jan 2026 – …
- Authority reference
VSEH25031- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-034006- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ed63Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: (SC Ref:829402)
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗
- Submission deadline
- 23 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 23 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
23 Jan 2026 → 15 Apr 2026 · 3 dates- Submission deadline272 days ago23 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened272 days ago23 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published190 days ago15 Apr 2026, 09:33 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete15 Apr 2026, 09:33 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Key DataSME | £218,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 034006-2026-VSEH25031-1 · Key DataSME
- Signed
- 14 Apr 2026
- Value
- £218,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh Sheriff CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Key DataAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.