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Award of SAAS2026-42 - CSR User Research Candidate Recruitment

Student Awards Agency Scotland

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17 Sep 2026 at 17:49

PCS Notice - Quick Quote Award
Summary of the contracting process

Student Awards Agency Scotland procured participant recruitment and incentive-payment management for its user research. The requirement covers finding students who are eligible for SAAS funding, recruiting them for research activities and managing the payments made to participating students. Recruitment is intended to reach the Scottish student population, including people meeting hard-to-reach criteria. This is a user research recruitment and market research service, with CPV classifications for market research services (79310000) and recruitment services (79600000). The work is for Student Awards Agency Scotland, based in Edinburgh, and concerns participants drawn from Scotland’s student population. The procurement is therefore relevant to specialist research recruiters, participant panels and agencies able to identify and engage eligible students.

The procurement has been awarded, rather than being a new tender opportunity. Taylor McKenzie Research & Marketing Ltd was selected as supplier, and the associated contract is recorded as active. The awarded value is £45,600, including the published currency of GBP. The process was initiated as a tender and received two bids. The requirement was evaluated through that tender process, with the successful award covering the recruitment of eligible student research participants and management of their incentives. This outcome identifies the buyer’s chosen route for commissioning the service and the scale of the awarded requirement. The award relates to the full participant-recruitment service described above, rather than a separately identified lot or multiple supplier awards.

For a future requirement from this buyer, credible suppliers would need practical capability in recruiting Scottish students who meet SAAS funding eligibility rules, including candidates within hard-to-reach groups. They would also need reliable methods for screening and verifying participants, maintaining an appropriate research participant pool, and managing recruitment communications. Experience supporting user research would be relevant, particularly where participant suitability and engagement affect the quality of findings. The supplier would need robust administrative and payment processes for issuing research incentives accurately and securely to participants. Research recruitment agencies, specialist fieldwork providers and organisations combining participant sourcing with incentive administration are the clearest competitive fit. The award demonstrates demand for an end-to-end service rather than recruitment alone.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Award of SAAS2026-42 - CSR User Research Candidate Recruitment

Notice Description

The Student Award Agency Scotland (the Purchaser) is seeking a supplier who can recruit student participants who are eligible for SAAS funding for user research and will manage the payment of incentives to those participants.Students are defined as those eligible for funding by SAAS as described on the SAAS website : https://www.saas.gov.uk/Recruitment of participants from among the Scottish student population with hard-to-reach criteria.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000839112
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP564769
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

79310000 - Market research services

79600000 - Recruitment services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£45,600 Under £100K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
17 Sep 20262 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
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
Student Awards Agency Scotland
Additional Buyers

Argyll and Bute Council

Clackmannanshire Council

Consumer Scotland

Crown Estate Scotland

Dumfries and Galloway Council

Dundee City Council

Fife Council

Moray Council

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

North Lanarkshire Council

Perth & Kinross Council

Public Health Scotland

Redress Scotland

Registers of Scotland

Scottish Borders Housing Association

Scottish Government

The Highland Council

Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
EDINBURGH
Postcode
EH11 3UT
Postcode Area
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
Not specified
Local Authority
City of Edinburgh
Electoral Ward
Sighthill/Gorgie
Westminster Constituency
Edinburgh South West

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
46
Supplier Names

Taylor McKenzie Research & Marketing Ltd

NEC Software Solutions UK Limited

FRP Advisory

Mitie

Turner & Townsend

Jump Research

Chase Services Group Ltd

Houlder Limited

IFF Research

Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd

GC Insight Ltd

Amey OW Ltd

Beam Up Ltd

Gemmell & Prout Marine Limited

Venesky Brown Ltd

SKODA UK

HaskoningDHV UK Ltd

William Yule & Son Limited

LEARNING POOL LIMITED

Abbeyfield Kirkcaldy Society Limited

Sanderson Government and Defence

Helpthemove Ltd

George Brown & Sons Engineers (Leith) Limited

VWR International Ltd

WSP UK Limited

Stantec UK Ltd

Galliford Try Construction Ltd

Specialist Computer Centres

8x8 UK Limited

Ipsos MORI

Decathlon UK

Findel Education Ltd

RJM Sports Ltd

Boswell Mitchell & Johnston Ltd

BLAZIE ENGINEERING LIMITED

Storm ID Ltd

McTaggart Construction Ltd

Alliance Disposables Ltd

Bunzl UK Ltd

Instock Disposables Ltd

QA RESEARCH LTD

Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP

Harper Macleod LLP

Brodies

CRB Cunninghams Limited

Spiritmedia Scotland

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