Notice Information
Notice Title
OCEA-Provision of Oil and Gas Data Services
Notice Description
The Scottish Government has a requirement to place a contract with an external service provider for the provision of OCEA-Provision of Oil and Gas Data Services. The Scottish Government's Office of the Chief Economic Adviser (OCEA) works closely with the Scottish Government's Directorate for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to provide high quality analysis and evidence to support the Scottish Government's policy with regards to the oil and gas sector.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The Scottish Government has a requirement to place a contract with an external service provider for the provision of OCEA-Provision of Oil and Gas Data Services. The Scottish Government's Office of the Chief Economic Adviser (OCEA) works closely with the Scottish Government's Directorate for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to provide high quality analysis and evidence to support the Scottish Government's policy with regards to the oil and gas sector. The Scottish Government is seeking to extend its analytical capacity and capability to inform policy making, by obtaining high quality data and external analysis relating to the Scottish and UK offshore oil and gas sectors. The aim of this procurement is to continue to build on the capacity of the Scottish Government to access information which informs its understanding of the upstream oil and gas industry in the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) including key trends and market outlooks, and existing trends and drivers of UK oil and gas sector developments. This procurement for the Provision of Oil and Gas Data Services covers: the provision of data and, where relevant, all necessary training required by users and access to regularly updated analysis on the oil and gas industry.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05816c
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/072116-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
76 - Services related to the oil and gas industry
-
- CPV Codes
76000000 - Services related to the oil and gas industry
76100000 - Professional services for the gas industry
76200000 - Professional services for the oil industry
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £69,000 Under £100K
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £55,000 Under £100K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 7 Nov 20254 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 4 Sep 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 6 Nov 20251 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active, Unsuccessful
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- marc.jones@gov.scot
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- EDINBURGH
- Postcode
- EH6 6QQ
- Post Town
- Edinburgh
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM1 East Central Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM13 City of Edinburgh
- Delivery Location
- TLM Scotland
-
- Local Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Electoral Ward
- Leith
- Westminster Constituency
- Edinburgh North and Leith
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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