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Award of INTERNATIONAL MACROECONOMIC AND CURRENT AFFAIRS ANALYSIS SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE

Scottish Government

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11 May 2023 at 12:38

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Summary of the contracting process

The Scottish Government has awarded a contract for the provision of an INTERNATIONAL MACROECONOMIC AND CURRENT AFFAIRS ANALYSIS SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE. The procurement process started on July 26, 2021, with the tender period ending on July 25, 2022. The award was given to Oxford Economics on July 16, 2021. The service falls under the category of economic research services and aims to support Scotland's export growth plan by providing expert macroeconomic updates and analysis on priority markets identified in the plan.

This contract award presents an opportunity for businesses specializing in economic research and analysis services to engage with the Scottish Government's Department for International Trade and Innovation (DITI). By offering current commercial, trade, and macroeconomic data, along with political news reporting and analysis, the chosen supplier will assist the government in making informed decisions to enhance export performance. Businesses providing such services can leverage this contract to contribute to Scotland's goal of increasing exports as a percentage of GDP and expanding international trade relationships.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Award of INTERNATIONAL MACROECONOMIC AND CURRENT AFFAIRS ANALYSIS SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE

Notice Description

Exporting plays a critical role in advanced economies, helping drive innovation and productivity and boosting growth and incomes. In May 2019 the Scottish Government published our export growth plan, A Trading Nation, , which sets out the scope and scale of the exporting opportunity available to Scottish business. The plan seeks to sharpen the focus of the role the public sector and its partners can play in driving exports as part of a wider system of business support.At the heart of this plan is the need to increase exports as a percentage of GDP. A target was set of increasing exports to 25% of our GDP by 2029. Meeting this target will require an estimated additional PS25bn of exports by 2029. The economic impact of meeting this target would be to add around PS3.5bn to GDP and to create around 17,500 more jobs with an increase in annual tax take of around PS500m.A Trading Nation undertook a comprehensive, data intensive, review of Scotland's export performance to international markets. The output of this work led our segmentation of our export base, ranking of international markets, and refocussing of export support and promotion activities both domestically and internationally. In particular, we asked our agencies to target their export promotion efforts in our top 26 ranked markets. These markets are generally advanced economies in Europe and North America and the Far East.A Trading Nation is underpinned by a great deal of historical trade data that provides us with a wealth of information. However, this data on its own does not provide us with the information we need to take a better informed, long term policy view on each of our 26 priority markets.We therefore need a subscription service that supplements our historic trade data with current commercial, trade and macroeconomic data & forecasting. Alongside this data should sit an element of political news reporting and analysis. Patient policy analysis of this combination of information by DITI will allow the Scottish Government to take a much more holistic view on its trading relationships with priority markets and help guide the Scottish Government and agencies on how and when we should mobilise and focus our limited resources in these markets.To help underpin the above work, DITI requires the ability to easily and efficiently access independent, expert macroeconomic information and analysis. Consequently, DITI wishes to invite quotes from suitably-qualified organisations who offer a subscription service that delivers access to 'off-the-shelf', independent, expert macroeconomic updates, briefing, and analysis on the top 26 markets listed in A Trade Nation.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000654475
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAY478208
Current Stage
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All Stages
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Procurement Classification

Notice Type
PCS Notice - Quick Quote Award
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

CPV Codes

79311400 - Economic research services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£18,950 Under £100K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
11 May 20233 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
11 May 20233 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Not Specified
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Scottish Government
Additional Buyers

Angus Council

Clackmannanshire Council

Dumfries and Galloway Council

East Lothian Council

Fife Council

Forestry and Land Scotland

Highlands and Islands Enterprise

National Museums Scotland

SASA Scottish government

Scottish Enterprise

South Ayrshire Council

The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS")

University of Glasgow

West Lothian Health & Social Care Partnership

Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
ALLOA
Postcode
G2 8EA
Postcode Area
Glasgow
Country
Scotland
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM3 West Central Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM32 Glasgow City
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Glasgow City
Electoral Ward
Anderston/City/Yorkhill
Westminster Constituency
Glasgow North

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
36
Supplier Names

ASA Recruitment (Quick Quotes)

Andrew Shepherd Construction

Aurion Learning

Autism Initiatives

Ayrshire Rivers Trust

Ben Harrower Consultancy

Biomathematics & Statististics Scotland

Bomag GB Limited

Capability Scotland

Capital Cleaning Service

Circles Network

Colin Warnock Associates

Common Thread Group

Common Thread Ltd

Dentsu Creative, a trading division of Dentsu UK Ltd

Divine Construction & Joinery Limited

Feeds & Stoves Ltd

Fluidigm UK Limited

Galloway Groundworks Ltd

Harvey Nash Limited

Henderson Loggie

Highland Industrial Supplies Ltd

Its Cold Inside

Johnsons 1871 Ltd

Lorien Resourcing Ltd

McAvoy Group

Oakbank Waste Management Ltd.

Oxford Economics

Robertson Construction - Central West

Sharp Business Systems

Skitech Systems

Talos360 Ltd

The Diffley Partnership

The Lines Between Ltd.

Venesky Brown Ltd

Volvo Truck And Bus North And Scotland

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