Notice Information
Notice Title
Grant Fund Manager Dynamic Purchasing System
Notice Description
The Scottish Government has established a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for Grant Fund Managers. Potential participants must complete the SPD (Single Procurement Document) and meet the minimum entry criteria to participate on the DPS.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The Scottish Government has established a Dynamic Purchasing System (NOV492909) to provide grant fund manager services to a range of grants. The key service requirement will the administration and distribution of grant funds and associated pre and post funding activities. Suppliers will also be expected to make all necessary arrangements to ensure that the full value of available funding is appropriately spent in each financial year, provide the required Management Information (MI) as requested by the Scottish Government, ensure suitable staff are trained and qualified in service delivery as well as having arrangements in place to ensure that all information held shall be securely and sensitively managed. Full detailed requirements will be contained within each call off tender documentation. No form of volume guarantee has been granted and the Authority shall not be bound to order any of the services. Please note that the forecast value of the DPS is based on the value of the fund manager services, not the value of the grant funds. (PCS-T project code 25336) (PQQ Code 6322)
Renewal: January 2027
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-r6ebe6-0000755309
- Publication Source
- Public Contracts Scotland
- Latest Notice
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=FEB548765
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- OJEU - F14 - Corrigendum
- Procurement Type
- Dynamic
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Restricted procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
66 - Financial and insurance services
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
98 - Other community, social and personal services
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- CPV Codes
66171000 - Financial consultancy services
79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services
98000000 - Other community, social and personal services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £22,570,471 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 4 Feb 20262 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 8 Jan 202711 months to go
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 17 Jan 2024 - 8 Jan 2027 2-3 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT
- Contact Name
- Laura Vivian
- Contact Email
- cvfm@gov.scot, laura.vivian@gov.scot
- Contact Phone
- +44 07467338120, +44 1412420133
Buyer Location
- Locality
- GLASGOW
- Postcode
- G2 8EA
- Post Town
- 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
- TLM Scotland, TLM82 Glasgow City
-
- Local Authority
- Glasgow City
- Electoral Ward
- Anderston/City/Yorkhill
- Westminster Constituency
- Glasgow North
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JAN496643
Grant Fund Manager Dynamic Purchasing System - The Scottish Government has established a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for Grant Fund Managers. Potential participants must complete the SPD (Single Procurement Document) and meet the minimum entry criteria to participate on the DPS.
Notice URLs
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