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title: "DECON-Labour Market Statistics and Financial Data Feasibility Project"
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# DECON-Labour Market Statistics and Financial Data Feasibility Project

Buyer: SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0595af

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## Summary

The Scottish Government awarded a contract for the "DECON-Labour Market Statistics and Financial Data Feasibility Project," with the primary aim of evaluating the feasibility of using anonymised financial data to enhance labour market statistics in Scotland. This contract, under the industry category of market research services, was completed with an active contract awarded to Smart Data Foundry. The initiative focuses on economic research and feasibility studies to interpret labour market trends from financial data, and it concluded on February 4, 2026. The procurement process was conducted through an open procedure, ensuring a transparent and competitive environment for interested parties.

This project offers significant opportunities for businesses specialising in data analysis, economic research, and market research services. Companies with capabilities in developing methodologies, conducting sophisticated data analysis, and providing strategic recommendations will find this tender particularly relevant. The project is ideally suited for large-scale organisations with robust experience in handling financial data and experience in providing insights into employment, unemployment, and economic inactivity trends. The insights derived from this project could potentially guide future procurements, reflecting the Scottish Government's commitment to leveraging data to inform economic policy and labour market strategies.

## Notice

The Scottish Government's Labour Market Statistics team has awarded a contract for a feasibility study to assess the potential of using anonymised financial data to enhance national and sub-national labour market statistics. The feasibility study will establish if and how we can extract and assess labour market trends such as employment, unemployment and economic inactivity from financial data such as bank transactions, payroll records, or other administrative financial data. The ultimate aim of this study is to establish whether or not this type of data and methodology could add valuable insights to our existing statistics on an ongoing basis (subject to future procurement activities).

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The Scottish Government's Labour Market Statistics team has awarded a contract for a feasibility study to assess the potential of using anonymised financial data to enhance national and sub-national labour market statistics. The feasibility study will establish if and how we can extract and assess labour market trends such as employment, unemployment and economic inactivity from financial data such as bank transactions, payroll records, or other administrative financial data. The ultimate aim of this study is to establish whether or not this type of data and methodology could add valuable insights to our existing statistics on an ongoing basis (subject to future procurement activities). Objectives - Evaluate the feasibility of using financial data to enhance Scottish labour market statistics on employment, unemployment and economic inactivity. - Develop a Scotland-specific dataset using anonymised financial data for feasibility analysis - Validate Scotland-specific dataset against official statistics (e.g., Census 2022). - Develop inference methodology and provide strategic recommendations for future data use in Scotland and the rest of the UK based on this. Scope of Requirement The requirement is for services. Specifically, we ask that suppliers provide the following, however, bidders are invited to suggest alternative approaches that could also meet the needs of the specification: - Segmentation and categorisation of suppliers financial datasets to meet Scotland and sub-Scotland level breakdowns and categorisations of data, with a focus on demonstrating high quality data and robust sample sizes. - Validation of dataset and research outputs against official national statistics, including the Scottish Census and other reference datasets, to evidence representativeness of the data based on criteria to be agreed, and accuracy of outputs. - Methodology development to establish economic trends from suppliers financial data, specifically employment, unemployment and economic inactivity (see glossary). - Data analysis services using anonymised financial data that the suppliers have access to, analyse outputs for trends in employment, unemployment and economic inactivity, alongside other economic variables, for Scotland and sub-Scotland geographies and different population groups. - Geodemographic analysis to identify labour market trends across sex, age, and Local Authority as a minimum, although breakdowns by other protected equality characteristics would be beneficial. - Strategic reporting to summarise methodologies and findings and potential uses of financial data in economic trends, recommend data provision formats and frequencies for ongoing delivery of data, and identify gaps in current labour market data provision.

Renewal: May be extended by one period of up to two months at the discretion of Scottish Ministers.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/011640-2026 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 10 Feb 2026 |
| Submission deadline | 8 Oct 2025 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 4 Feb 2026 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £148,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £148,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT |
| Locality | EDINBURGH |
| Post town | Edinburgh |
| Postcode | EH6 6QQ |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM1 East Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM13 City of Edinburgh |
| Local authority | City of Edinburgh |
| Electoral ward | Leith |
| Westminster constituency | Edinburgh North and Leith |
| Delivery location | TLM Scotland |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | SMART DATA FOUNDRY |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 71241000 - Feasibility study, advisory service, analysis
- 73110000 - Research services
- 79310000 - Market research services
- 79311400 - Economic research services
- 79314000 - Feasibility study

## Release History

- 10 Feb 2026 at 09:21 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/011640-2026
- 8 Sep 2025 at 10:59 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/054594-2025

## Notice URLs

- http://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
- http://www.scotland.gov.uk
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000809565
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA10482

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