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For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2363\nCommunity benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/\nA summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows:\nTenderer will be required to consider the following community benefits themes:\nLot 1: Training pathways, placements and early career opportunities in climate science and policy, targeting priority groups. 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To conduct the Financial Assessment, we will use the details of the organisation that has signed the Form of Tender. Please refer to the Evaluation Guide and Award Criteria for further information.\n4B.5.1a. - 4B.5.3 It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below. 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This will include confirmation that they have the systems in place to pay subcontractors through the supply chain promptly and effectively, and provide evidence when requested of:\na) their standard payment terms\nb) ≥95% of all supply chain invoices being paid on time (in accordance with the terms of contract) in the last financial year.\nIf the bidder is unable to confirm (b) they must provide an improvement plan, signed by their Director, which improves the payment performance.\n4C.5 Bidders will be required to confirm that they will allow checks to be conducted on their production and technical capacities and where necessary on the means of study and research facilities available to it and on the quality control measures employed.\n4C.6 - 4C.6.1 Bidders will be required to confirm the relevant educational and professional qualifications held.\n4C.7 Bidders will be required to demonstrate knowledge of the climate emergency and the impact of their organisation, including their organisation’s own scope 1 and 2 emissions. Accepted evidence includes but is not limited to: -A completed copy of the Bidder ‘priority contract’ Climate Change Plan Template, including the bidder’s calculated scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions and their planned projects and actions to reduce their carbon emissions.\n4C.10 Bidders will be required to confirm whether they intend to sub-contract and if so, for what proportion of the contract.\nIf there are named subcontractors/technicians upon which the bidder will rely to meet the selection criteria, these named parties must complete and reattach the SPD Supplier Response Form attached to SPD questions 2C.1.1 (Technicians) and 2D.1.2 (Subcontractors) on PCS-T whilst also signing the Delivery Partner and Sub-Contractor Declaration Form uploaded on PCS-T attachment area.\n4D.1 - 4D.1.2 Bidders may provide information of any certificates drawn up by independent bodies attesting that the bidder complies with the required quality assurance standards.", "appliesTo": [ "supplier" ] } ] }, "contractTerms": { "performanceTerms": "As detailed in the procurement documents.", "hasElectronicOrdering": true, "electronicInvoicingPolicy": "allowed", "hasElectronicPayment": true }, "otherRequirements": { "requiresStaffNamesAndQualifications": true }, "procurementMethod": "open", "procurementMethodDetails": "Open procedure", "coveredBy": [ "GPA" ], "tenderPeriod": { "endDate": "2026-09-30T12:00:00+01:00" }, "submissionTerms": { "languages": [ "en" ], "bidValidityPeriod": { "durationInDays": 180 } }, "awardPeriod": { "startDate": "2026-09-30T12:00:00+01:00" }, "bidOpening": { "date": "2026-09-30T12:00:00+01:00" }, "hasRecurrence": false }, "parties": [ { "name": "Scottish Government", "id": "GB-FTS-1538", "identifier": { "legalName": "Scottish Government" }, "address": { "streetAddress": "5 Atlantic Quay, 150 Broomielaw", "locality": "Glasgow", "region": "UKM", "postalCode": "G2 8LU", "countryName": "United Kingdom" }, "contactPoint": { "name": "Sarah Galloway", "email": "Sarah.Galloway2@gov.scot", "url": "https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/" }, "roles": [ "buyer", "centralPurchasingBody" ], "details": { "url": "http://www.scotland.gov.uk", "buyerProfile": "https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA10482", "classifications": [ { "scheme": "TED_CA_TYPE", "id": "NATIONAL_AGENCY", "description": "National or federal agency/office" }, { "scheme": "COFOG", "id": "01", "description": "General public services" } ] } }, { "name": "Edinburgh Sheriff Court", "id": "GB-FTS-404", "identifier": { "legalName": "Edinburgh Sheriff Court" }, "address": { "streetAddress": "27 Chambers Street", "locality": "Edinburgh", "postalCode": "EH1 1LB", "countryName": "United Kingdom" }, "roles": [ "reviewBody" ] } ], "buyer": { "id": "GB-FTS-1538", "name": "Scottish Government" }, "links": [ { "rel": "canonical", "href": "https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000830761" } ], "language": "en" } ], "compiledRelease": { "tag": [ "compiled" ], "id": "ocds-h6vhtk-069e59-2026-08-17T15:03:54+01:00", "date": "2026-08-17T15:03:54+01:00", "ocid": "ocds-h6vhtk-069e59", "description": "SPD (Scotland) will be scored on a pass/ fail basis.\nQuestion scoring methodology detailed in the Evaluation and Award Criteria document will apply when scoring the Technical Response Documents during the evaluation stage. 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For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2363\nCommunity benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/\nA summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows:\nTenderer will be required to consider the following community benefits themes:\nLot 1: Training pathways, placements and early career opportunities in climate science and policy, targeting priority groups. 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The Centre will enhance the impact of Scottish funded science and translate wider UK and international research into a Scottish context, ensuring that robust external evidence is effectively applied to meeting Scotland’s climate mitigation and adaptation ambitions. This includes:\n- Developing and managing a rolling, policy driven programme of evidence, balancing mitigation, adaptation and just transition needs, and delivering both rapid evidence outputs and longer term research within timescales proportionate to policy need.\n- Providing integrated, systems level analysis across sectors such as climate, environment, energy, land use, agriculture and socio economics, recognising the cross cutting nature of climate issues.\n- Translating UK and international research into a Scottish context, and ensuring clear, policy ready communication and effective knowledge exchange to maximise impact and uptake of evidence.\n- Horizon scanning to identify emerging climate risks, opportunities and priority evidence needs across mitigation and adaptation. Additional information: Price Quality Ratio = Quality 80%: Price 20%\nTotal Value of Lot 1 across 3 + 2 year duration: 15610850 GBP", "status": "active", "awardCriteria": { "criteria": [ { "name": "Understanding the Requirement", "type": "quality", "description": "10" }, { "name": "Programme Design and Methods", "type": "quality", "description": "20" }, { "name": "Staff, Skills and Task Allocation", "type": "quality", "description": "20" }, { "name": "Project Management, Risk Assessment and Ethics", "type": "quality", "description": "20" }, { "name": "Data Management", "type": "quality", "description": "10" }, { "name": "Climate Emergency", "type": "quality", "description": "5" }, { "name": "Community Benefits", "type": "quality", "description": "5" }, { "name": "Fair Work First", "type": "quality", "description": "5" }, { "name": "Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCDR)", "type": "quality", "description": "5" }, { "type": "price", "description": "20" } ] }, "contractPeriod": { "durationInDays": 1080 }, "hasRenewal": true, "renewal": { "description": "Optional 2 year extension at Scottish Government discretion." }, "submissionTerms": { "variantPolicy": "notAllowed" }, "hasOptions": false }, { "id": "2", "title": "Centre of Expertise on Animal Disease Outbreaks", "description": "Scottish Government Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services (RESAS) Division is recommissioning a Centre of Expertise on Animal Disease Outbreaks. RESAS supports a small number of Centres of Expertise in key areas which brigade the best available expertise from a consortium of partners into virtual centres; to simplify access by policy officials to expertise from across Scotland, to enhance synergy of effort and to stimulate innovative thinking in support of policy.\nThe suppliers of the Centre will have the following aims:\n- To deliver high-quality research-based evidence and advice on the prevention and control of animal disease outbreaks to the Scottish Government.\n- To provide expert scientific advice to the Scottish Government at short notice in the event of an outbreak of notifiable, zoonotic or newly emerging animal disease in the UK.\n- To stimulate innovative thinking in support of animal health policy development and delivery.\n- To further enhance the coordination of research, analysis and interpretation across the subject area, leading to high quality, world leading interdisciplinary research and the production of policy-relevant outputs.\n- To develop a programme of knowledge exchange to ensure the effective underpinning of policy and the wider dissemination of best practice amongst stakeholders. Additional information: Price Quality Ratio = Quality 80%: Price 20%\nTotal Value of Lot 2 across 3 + 2 year duration: 11002016 GBP", "status": "active", "awardCriteria": { "criteria": [ { "name": "Understanding the Requirement", "type": "quality", "description": "10" }, { "name": "Programme Design and Methods", "type": "quality", "description": "20" }, { "name": "Staff, Skills and Task Allocation", "type": "quality", "description": "20" }, { "name": "Project Management, Risk Assessment and Ethics", "type": "quality", "description": "20" }, { "name": "Data Management", "type": "quality", "description": "10" }, { "name": "Climate Emergency", "type": "quality", "description": "5" }, { "name": "Community Benefits", "type": "quality", "description": "5" }, { "name": "Fair Work First", "type": "quality", "description": "5" }, { "name": "Business Continuity and Disaaster Recovery (BCDR)", "type": "quality", "description": "5" }, { "type": "price", "description": "20" } ] }, "contractPeriod": { "durationInDays": 1080 }, "hasRenewal": true, "renewal": { "description": "Optional 2 year extension at Scottish Government discretion." }, "submissionTerms": { "variantPolicy": "notAllowed" }, "hasOptions": false }, { "id": "3", "title": "Centre of Expertise on Nature, Environment and Water", "description": "Scottish Government Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services Division (RESAS) is commissioning a new Centre of Expertise on Nature, Environment and Water. The objective is to brigade the best available expertise on nature restoration, environmental quality and protection and the management of water from across Scotland and the wider UK into a virtual centre, to simplify access to scientific advice and evidence by policy colleagues and their delivery partners, and to enhance synergy of effort and stimulate innovative thinking in support of these areas.\nThe Centre’s purpose is to:\n- Deliver timely and high-quality advice and research-based evidence on nature restoration, environmental quality and protection and the management of water to the Scottish Government and its delivery partners.\n- Stimulate innovative thinking in support of policy development and implementation in the research area.\n- Enhance the coordination of research, analysis and interpretation across the subject areas, leading to high quality research and policy-relevant outputs.\n- Deliver an effective programme of knowledge exchange and communication with Scottish Government and its stakeholders. 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This is required to bring the best available plant health expertise relevant to Scotland’s crops, horticulture, forestry, and natural environment into a virtual centre, to coordinate access, by policy colleagues and the Chief Plant Health Officer, to expertise, to enhance synergy of effort and to stimulate innovative thinking in support of plant health policy.\nThis includes:\n- Horizon scanning to identify potential future threats and evidence needs, advising on implications for pest and disease prevention. Enhancing Scotland’s capacity and capability to respond to emerging threats.\n- Strengthening resilience and emergency response plans and contributing to improved surveillance and detection to ensure robust contingency measures are operational across sectors. Providing scientific evidence to support policy decisions on outbreak management, including strategies to minimise impact where eradication is not viable.\n- Delivering timely and accurate research-based evidence on the mitigation of plant health risks, including management strategies, improved biosecurity, and an understanding of how new technologies and innovations can be used to help address these threats, to policy divisions, delivery agencies, and wider stakeholders.\n- Reducing the plant pest and disease risks associated with the movements of plants, trade, and people. 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To conduct the Financial Assessment, we will use the details of the organisation that has signed the Form of Tender. Please refer to the Evaluation Guide and Award Criteria for further information.\n4B.5.1a. - 4B.5.3 It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below. 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The Quality/ Price ratio = 80% Quality 20% Price.\nEach evaluator will award a mark for each question between 0 and 4, in accordance with the methodology detailed below;\nTechnical responses will be evaluated using the methodology detailed in the Evaluation and Award Criteria on a scoring basis of 0-4. For questions denoted ‘M’ tenderer's must achieve a minimum moderated average score of 2. If the moderated average score is less than ‘2’ for any of the questions marked ‘M’, the tender will not be subject to Price Analysis and a score of 0 (zero) will be awarded in respect of the Price Score. As a result, the tender will not be considered further.\nThe buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 32445. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343\nA sub-contract clause has been included in this contract. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2363\nCommunity benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/\nA summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows:\nTenderer will be required to consider the following community benefits themes:\nLot 1: Training pathways, placements and early career opportunities in climate science and policy, targeting priority groups. This may include graduate placements, PhD internships and early career researcher opportunities aligned to Scotland’s climate evidence and policy needs, or opportunities to gain experience on science communication through panels and/or event facilitation.\n- Public engagement and climate literacy initiatives, including schools outreach and development of accessible resources and organisation of public engagement events, enhancing public understanding and participation.\n- Community-focused climate resilience initiatives, supporting vulnerable populations and contributing to a just transition.\n- Working with key delivery partners and intermediaries to translate climate research into locally relevant actions that strengthen community resilience and support low-carbon economic development.\n- Engagement with vulnerable and under-represented groups to support a just transition\n- Collaboration with SMEs, third sector and supported businesses through delivery and supply chains.\n- Development of accessible tools, data and resources to support uptake of climate evidence.\nLot 2: PhD internships (should deliver 1 within the initial contract period);\n- community engagement events raising public awareness of veterinary public health (should deliver 1 within the initial contract period).\nLot 3: Training, placements and early career opportunities related to nature and biodiversity, water and broader environmental science. 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Centre of Expertise for Climate Change\nLot 2. Centre of Expertise for Animal Disease Outbreaks\nLot 3. Centre of Expertise for Nature, Water and Environment\nLot 4. Centre of Expertise for Plant Health" }, { "releaseID": "078185-2026", "releaseDate": "2026-08-17T15:03:54+01:00", "releaseTag": [ "tender" ], "value": "The Scottish Government has a requirement to place 4 separate, lotted contracts with external service providers for the following services: -\nLot 1. Centre of Expertise on Climate Change\nLot 2. Centre of Expertise on Animal Disease Outbreaks\nLot 3. Centre of Expertise on Nature, Water and Environment\nLot 4. 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The Centre will enhance the impact of Scottish funded science and translate wider UK and international research into a Scottish context, ensuring that robust external evidence is effectively applied to meeting Scotland’s climate mitigation and adaptation ambitions. This includes:\n- Developing and managing a rolling, policy driven programme of evidence, balancing mitigation, adaptation and just transition needs, and delivering both rapid evidence outputs and longer term research within timescales proportionate to policy need.\n- Providing integrated, systems level analysis across sectors such as climate, environment, energy, land use, agriculture and socio economics, recognising the cross cutting nature of climate issues.\n- Translating UK and international research into a Scottish context, and ensuring clear, policy ready communication and effective knowledge exchange to maximise impact and uptake of evidence.\n- Horizon scanning to identify emerging climate risks, opportunities and priority evidence needs across mitigation and adaptation." }, { "releaseID": "078185-2026", "releaseDate": "2026-08-17T15:03:54+01:00", "releaseTag": [ "tender" ], "value": "Scottish Government Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services (RESAS) Division is commissioning a Centre of Expertise on Climate Change. This is required to support Scotland’s climate mitigation and adaptation goals by providing accessible, timely and high quality interdisciplinary evidence. This will be delivered through both rapid outputs and longer term research projects, commissioned and completed within timescales proportionate to policy need. The Centre will enhance the impact of Scottish funded science and translate wider UK and international research into a Scottish context, ensuring that robust external evidence is effectively applied to meeting Scotland’s climate mitigation and adaptation ambitions. This includes:\n- Developing and managing a rolling, policy driven programme of evidence, balancing mitigation, adaptation and just transition needs, and delivering both rapid evidence outputs and longer term research within timescales proportionate to policy need.\n- Providing integrated, systems level analysis across sectors such as climate, environment, energy, land use, agriculture and socio economics, recognising the cross cutting nature of climate issues.\n- Translating UK and international research into a Scottish context, and ensuring clear, policy ready communication and effective knowledge exchange to maximise impact and uptake of evidence.\n- Horizon scanning to identify emerging climate risks, opportunities and priority evidence needs across mitigation and adaptation. 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RESAS supports a small number of Centres of Expertise in key areas which brigade the best available expertise from a consortium of partners into virtual centres; to simplify access by policy officials to expertise from across Scotland, to enhance synergy of effort and to stimulate innovative thinking in support of policy.\nThe suppliers of the Centre will have the following aims:\n- To deliver high-quality research-based evidence and advice on the prevention and control of animal disease outbreaks to the Scottish Government.\n- To provide expert scientific advice to the Scottish Government at short notice in the event of an outbreak of notifiable, zoonotic or newly emerging animal disease in the UK.\n- To stimulate innovative thinking in support of animal health policy development and delivery.\n- To further enhance the coordination of research, analysis and interpretation across the subject area, leading to high quality, world leading interdisciplinary research and the production of policy-relevant outputs.\n- To develop a programme of knowledge exchange to ensure the effective underpinning of policy and the wider dissemination of best practice amongst stakeholders." }, { "releaseID": "078185-2026", "releaseDate": "2026-08-17T15:03:54+01:00", "releaseTag": [ "tender" ], "value": "Scottish Government Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services (RESAS) Division is recommissioning a Centre of Expertise on Animal Disease Outbreaks. RESAS supports a small number of Centres of Expertise in key areas which brigade the best available expertise from a consortium of partners into virtual centres; to simplify access by policy officials to expertise from across Scotland, to enhance synergy of effort and to stimulate innovative thinking in support of policy.\nThe suppliers of the Centre will have the following aims:\n- To deliver high-quality research-based evidence and advice on the prevention and control of animal disease outbreaks to the Scottish Government.\n- To provide expert scientific advice to the Scottish Government at short notice in the event of an outbreak of notifiable, zoonotic or newly emerging animal disease in the UK.\n- To stimulate innovative thinking in support of animal health policy development and delivery.\n- To further enhance the coordination of research, analysis and interpretation across the subject area, leading to high quality, world leading interdisciplinary research and the production of policy-relevant outputs.\n- To develop a programme of knowledge exchange to ensure the effective underpinning of policy and the wider dissemination of best practice amongst stakeholders. 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The objective is to brigade the best available expertise on nature restoration, environmental quality and protection and the management of water from across Scotland and the wider UK into a virtual centre, to simplify access to scientific advice and evidence by policy colleagues and their delivery partners, and to enhance synergy of effort and stimulate innovative thinking in support of these areas.\nThe Centre’s purpose is to:\n- Deliver timely and high-quality advice and research-based evidence on nature restoration, environmental quality and protection and the management of water to the Scottish Government and its delivery partners.\n- Stimulate innovative thinking in support of policy development and implementation in the research area.\n- Enhance the coordination of research, analysis and interpretation across the subject areas, leading to high quality research and policy-relevant outputs.\n- Deliver an effective programme of knowledge exchange and communication with Scottish Government and its stakeholders." }, { "releaseID": "078185-2026", "releaseDate": "2026-08-17T15:03:54+01:00", "releaseTag": [ "tender" ], "value": "Scottish Government Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services Division (RESAS) is commissioning a new Centre of Expertise on Nature, Environment and Water. The objective is to brigade the best available expertise on nature restoration, environmental quality and protection and the management of water from across Scotland and the wider UK into a virtual centre, to simplify access to scientific advice and evidence by policy colleagues and their delivery partners, and to enhance synergy of effort and stimulate innovative thinking in support of these areas.\nThe Centre’s purpose is to:\n- Deliver timely and high-quality advice and research-based evidence on nature restoration, environmental quality and protection and the management of water to the Scottish Government and its delivery partners.\n- Stimulate innovative thinking in support of policy development and implementation in the research area.\n- Enhance the coordination of research, analysis and interpretation across the subject areas, leading to high quality research and policy-relevant outputs.\n- Deliver an effective programme of knowledge exchange and communication with Scottish Government and its stakeholders. 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This is required to bring the best available plant health expertise relevant to Scotland’s crops, horticulture, forestry, and natural environment into a virtual centre, to coordinate access, by policy colleagues and the Chief Plant Health Officer, to expertise, to enhance synergy of effort and to stimulate innovative thinking in support of plant health policy.\nThis includes:\n- Horizon scanning to identify potential future threats and evidence needs, advising on implications for pest and disease prevention. Enhancing Scotland’s capacity and capability to respond to emerging threats.\n- Strengthening resilience and emergency response plans and contributing to improved surveillance and detection to ensure robust contingency measures are operational across sectors. Providing scientific evidence to support policy decisions on outbreak management, including strategies to minimise impact where eradication is not viable.\n- Delivering timely and accurate research-based evidence on the mitigation of plant health risks, including management strategies, improved biosecurity, and an understanding of how new technologies and innovations can be used to help address these threats, to policy divisions, delivery agencies, and wider stakeholders.\n- Reducing the plant pest and disease risks associated with the movements of plants, trade, and people." }, { "releaseID": "078185-2026", "releaseDate": "2026-08-17T15:03:54+01:00", "releaseTag": [ "tender" ], "value": "Scottish Government Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services (RESAS) Division is recommissioning a Centre of Expertise on Plant Health. This is required to bring the best available plant health expertise relevant to Scotland’s crops, horticulture, forestry, and natural environment into a virtual centre, to coordinate access, by policy colleagues and the Chief Plant Health Officer, to expertise, to enhance synergy of effort and to stimulate innovative thinking in support of plant health policy.\nThis includes:\n- Horizon scanning to identify potential future threats and evidence needs, advising on implications for pest and disease prevention. Enhancing Scotland’s capacity and capability to respond to emerging threats.\n- Strengthening resilience and emergency response plans and contributing to improved surveillance and detection to ensure robust contingency measures are operational across sectors. Providing scientific evidence to support policy decisions on outbreak management, including strategies to minimise impact where eradication is not viable.\n- Delivering timely and accurate research-based evidence on the mitigation of plant health risks, including management strategies, improved biosecurity, and an understanding of how new technologies and innovations can be used to help address these threats, to policy divisions, delivery agencies, and wider stakeholders.\n- Reducing the plant pest and disease risks associated with the movements of plants, trade, and people. 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