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Provision of Devolution Consultant

Glasgow City Council

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08 Sep 2026 at 01:00

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Summary of the contracting process

Glasgow City Council commissioned specialist devolution consultancy support for Glasgow City Region. The work covers the development, management and delivery of proposals for testing with civil servants in the Scottish and UK Governments. Its scope spans innovation, investment, place—including infrastructure, housing and planning—transport, skills and economic development. Required outputs include a devolution and regional missions report; budget baselines for each service area; reports on current delivery and possible future arrangements, informed by stakeholders; a governance model and fiscal powers options paper; and draft and final frameworks setting out the rationale, proposed activities and deliverable models for devolution. The work is to be delivered in Glasgow for Glasgow City Region.

The procurement has been completed and awarded. It used an open procedure and was awarded against the Management Consultancy Framework Four (MCF4). There was one lot covering the full devolution consultancy requirement. KPMG was selected as supplier. The contract was signed on 19 August 2026 and is active, with an awarded contract value of £179,250 including the stated currency of GBP. The award covered the complete requirement rather than separate service-area contracts. The recorded competition received one bid, and that bid was not from an SME. The procurement was covered by the Government Procurement Agreement. The published outcome identifies Glasgow City Council as the buyer and the Glasgow City Region devolution programme as the subject of the engagement.

This requirement demonstrates demand for senior public-sector management consultancy that can turn a regional devolution ambition into evidence, options and an implementable framework. A credible competitor would need experience of working across local and central government, developing policy propositions and regional missions, and analysing how services are funded and delivered. Relevant capability includes service and budget baseline reviews, stakeholder engagement, governance design, public finance and fiscal powers analysis, and the preparation of clear options papers and framework documents. Suppliers would also need to understand the practical implications of devolving responsibilities across infrastructure, housing, planning, transport, skills, innovation, investment and economic development, and to coordinate complex partner interests into deliverable recommendations.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Provision of Devolution Consultant

Notice Description

Glasgow City Region has been exploring with our many partners, including civil servants in both UK and Scottish Governments, what a Glasgow City Region devolution deal would look like. With five broad services areas of focus emerging - Innovation, Investment, Place (Infrastructure, Housing and Planning), Transport, Skills, Economic Development.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Glasgow City Region is looking to bring in expert support to help shape, manage and deliver this process. The objectives are to develop propositions for testing with Scottish and UK Government Civil servants. The final outputs will include the following: A devolution and regional missions report and how these areas can help deliver them. Service area budget baselines and what is currently being funded within the above noted service areas Service area delivery baseline reports including stakeholder views on existing and possible future delivery arrangements. Governance Model and Finance - Fiscal Powers Options Paper. Draft Framework, rationale for why these budgets should be devolved and possible delivery options. Final Framework, final list of proposed activities, deliverable models in scope for devolution.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000842047
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP563979
Current Stage
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All Stages
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Procurement Classification

Notice Type
PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

66 - Financial and insurance services

CPV Codes

66171000 - Financial consultancy services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£179,250 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
8 Sep 20261 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
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Glasgow City Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
GLASGOW
Postcode
G2 1DU
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
TLM82 Glasgow City
Local Authority
Glasgow City
Electoral Ward
Anderston/City/Yorkhill
Westminster Constituency
Glasgow North East

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

KPMG LLP

Further Information

Notice Documents

  • https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP563979
    Provision of Devolution Consultant - Glasgow City Region has been exploring with our many partners, including civil servants in both UK and Scottish Governments, what a Glasgow City Region devolution deal would look like. With five broad services areas of focus emerging - Innovation, Investment, Place (Infrastructure, Housing and Planning), Transport, Skills, Economic Development.

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