Notice Information
Notice Title
Award of NRS Re-branding Project - Phase 1 User Research
Notice Description
NRS requires user research work to be undertaken as part of Phase 1 of the NRS Rebranding Project. The user research is required to understand the NRS brand and its hierarchy among the other brands of the organisation.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-r6ebe6-0000814671
- Publication Source
- Public Contracts Scotland
- Latest Notice
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=DEC545641
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
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
79342000 - Marketing services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £38,051 Under £100K
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 15 Dec 20252 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 15 Dec 20252 months 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
- NATIONAL RECORDS OF SCOTLAND
- Additional Buyers
SOCIAL CARE AND SOCIAL WORK IMPROVEMENT SCOTLAND (CARE INSPECTORATE)
- Contact Name
- Building Services Surveying and Estimating, Business Support, Finance and Corporate Governance, Fleet, IT Services, MPIP, Procurement, Property & Facilities Management, Purchasing, Roads and Transportation
- Contact Email
- craig.ferguson@inverclyde.gov.uk, david.mcneil@gov.scot, david.moar@aberdeenshire.gov.uk, derek.mcculloch@westlothian.gov.uk, jallan@clacks.gov.uk, joanne.napier@scotent.co.uk, kelly.fallon@ros.gov.uk, lorna.cruickshank@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk, margaret.hislop@sasa.gov.scot, procurement.central@forestryandland.gov.scot, procurement@eastlothian.gov.uk, procurement@moray.gov.uk, procurement@rgu.ac.uk, sgourlay@pkc.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 0131 244 8890, +44 1224262000, +44 1259450000, +44 1313144215, +44 1314793610, +44 1343563137, +44 1382207100, +44 1412420133, +44 1414686024, +44 1475712634, +44 1620827827, +44 1698752647, +44 3000676700, 01467 538319, 01506283616, 01738 477128
Buyer Location
- Locality
- INVERNESS
- Postcode
- IV3 8NW
- Post Town
- Inverness
- 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
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Electoral Ward
- City Centre
- Westminster Constituency
- Edinburgh North and Leith
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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