Award

The Children's Parliament research services.

UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH

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Summary of the contracting process

The University of Edinburgh has awarded a contract for The Children's Parliament research services. The procurement process was a limited award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. The contract, valued at 194,997 GBP, was signed on 26th August 2022. The project involves collaboration between Scottish AI Alliance, The Data Lab, The Alan Turing Institute, and Children's Parliament, focusing on engagement activities with children across Scotland.

This contract presents business growth opportunities for service providers specialised in engaging children for participation and rights-based projects. Businesses adept at child engagement from early years to middle childhood may find this tender particularly suited to their expertise. The University of Edinburgh as the buying organisation aims to deliver Scotland's AI Strategy in partnership with the Scottish Government through this collaborative project with notable organisations in the AI and child engagement fields.

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Notice Title

The Children's Parliament research services.

Notice Description

The programme of work is a collaboration between the Scottish AI Alliance team at The Data Lab, The Alan Turing Institute and the Children's Parliament. The Children's Parliament will lead on a programme of engagement activity with children across Scotland.

Lot Information

Lot 1

This is part of a programme of work forming part of The University's and The Data Lab's commitment to deliver Scotland's AI Strategy in partnership with the Scottish Government. The programme of work is a collaboration between the Scottish AI Alliance team at The Data Lab, The Alan Turing Institute and the Children's Parliament. The Children's Parliament will lead on a programme of engagement activity with children across Scotland, the outputs of which will be included in a report that will contribute to the Scottish Government's AI Strategy programme.

Procurement Information

The chosen service provider is Scotland's Centre for Excellence for right's based children's participation and engagement. As such they are uniquely placed to engage with children from early years to middle childhood. They have already been contracted by the Turing Institute to carry out what will form phase 1 of the project using Scottish Government funding via The Data Lab - the results of this engagement will be required to inform this project / report, further requiring this work to be carried out by this service provider.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000704795
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG457382
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

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

80 - Education and training services


CPV Codes

73110000 - Research services

79315000 - Social research services

80310000 - Youth education services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£194,997 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
26 Aug 20223 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
26 Aug 20223 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
Contact Name
Tony Newjem, Category Head - Procurement
Contact Email
tony.newjem@ed.ac.uk
Contact Phone
+44 1316509136

Buyer Location

Locality
EDINBURGH
Postcode
EH1 1HT
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
TLM75 City of Edinburgh

Local Authority
City of Edinburgh
Electoral Ward
City Centre
Westminster Constituency
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

CHILDREN'S PARLIAMENT

Further Information

Notice Documents

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