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title: "Award of INTERNATIONAL MACROECONOMIC AND CURRENT AFFAIRS ANALYSIS SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000654475"
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published: "2023-05-11"
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# Award of INTERNATIONAL MACROECONOMIC AND CURRENT AFFAIRS ANALYSIS SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE

Buyer: SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000654475

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## Summary

The Scottish Government has awarded a contract for the provision of an INTERNATIONAL MACROECONOMIC AND CURRENT AFFAIRS ANALYSIS SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE. The procurement process started on July 26, 2021, with the tender period ending on July 25, 2022. The award was given to Oxford Economics on July 16, 2021. The service falls under the category of economic research services and aims to support Scotland's export growth plan by providing expert macroeconomic updates and analysis on priority markets identified in the plan.

This contract award presents an opportunity for businesses specializing in economic research and analysis services to engage with the Scottish Government's Department for International Trade and Innovation (DITI). By offering current commercial, trade, and macroeconomic data, along with political news reporting and analysis, the chosen supplier will assist the government in making informed decisions to enhance export performance. Businesses providing such services can leverage this contract to contribute to Scotland's goal of increasing exports as a percentage of GDP and expanding international trade relationships.

## Notice

Exporting plays a critical role in advanced economies, helping drive innovation and productivity and boosting growth and incomes. In May 2019 the Scottish Government published our export growth plan, A Trading Nation, , which sets out the scope and scale of the exporting opportunity available to Scottish business. The plan seeks to sharpen the focus of the role the public sector and its partners can play in driving exports as part of a wider system of business support.At the heart of this plan is the need to increase exports as a percentage of GDP. A target was set of increasing exports to 25% of our GDP by 2029. Meeting this target will require an estimated additional PS25bn of exports by 2029. The economic impact of meeting this target would be to add around PS3.5bn to GDP and to create around 17,500 more jobs with an increase in annual tax take of around PS500m.A Trading Nation undertook a comprehensive, data intensive, review of Scotland's export performance to international markets. The output of this work led our segmentation of our export base, ranking of international markets, and refocussing of export support and promotion activities both domestically and internationally. In particular, we asked our agencies to target their export promotion efforts in our top 26 ranked markets. These markets are generally advanced economies in Europe and North America and the Far East.A Trading Nation is underpinned by a great deal of historical trade data that provides us with a wealth of information. However, this data on its own does not provide us with the information we need to take a better informed, long term policy view on each of our 26 priority markets.We therefore need a subscription service that supplements our historic trade data with current commercial, trade and macroeconomic data & forecasting. Alongside this data should sit an element of political news reporting and analysis. Patient policy analysis of this combination of information by DITI will allow the Scottish Government to take a much more holistic view on its trading relationships with priority markets and help guide the Scottish Government and agencies on how and when we should mobilise and focus our limited resources in these markets.To help underpin the above work, DITI requires the ability to easily and efficiently access independent, expert macroeconomic information and analysis. Consequently, DITI wishes to invite quotes from suitably-qualified organisations who offer a subscription service that delivers access to 'off-the-shelf', independent, expert macroeconomic updates, briefing, and analysis on the top 26 markets listed in A Trade Nation.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAY478208 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 11 May 2023 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 11 May 2023 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £18,950 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Not specified |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT |
| Additional buyers | ANGUS COUNCIL; CLACKMANNANSHIRE COUNCIL; DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY COUNCIL; EAST LOTHIAN COUNCIL; FIFE COUNCIL; FORESTRY AND LAND SCOTLAND; HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS ENTERPRISE; NATIONAL MUSEUMS SCOTLAND; SASA SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT; SCOTTISH ENTERPRISE; SOUTH AYRSHIRE COUNCIL; THE COMMON SERVICES AGENCY (MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS NHS NATIONAL SERVICES SCOTLAND) ("NSS"); UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW; WEST LOTHIAN HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE PARTNERSHIP |
| Locality | GLASGOW |
| Post town | Glasgow |
| Postcode | G2 8EA |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM1 East Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM14 West Lothian |
| Local authority | West Lothian |
| Electoral ward | Livingston South |
| Westminster constituency | Livingston |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 36 |
| Supplier names | ANDREW SHEPHERD CONSTRUCTION; ASA RECRUITMENT (QUICK QUOTES; AURION LEARNING; AUTISM INITIATIVES; AYRSHIRE RIVERS TRUST; BEN HARROWER CONSULTANCY; BIOMATHEMATICS & STATISTISTICS SCOTLAND; BOMAG GB; CAPABILITY SCOTLAND; CAPITAL CLEANING SERVICE; CIRCLES NETWORK; COLIN WARNOCK ASSOCIATES; COMMON THREAD; COMMON THREAD GROUP; DENTSU CREATIVE, A TRADING DIVISION OF DENTSU; DIVINE CONSTRUCTION & JOINERY; FEEDS & STOVES; FLUIDIGM; GALLOWAY GROUNDWORKS; HARVEY NASH; HENDERSON LOGGIE; HIGHLAND INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES; ITS COLD INSIDE; JOHNSONS 1871; LORIEN RESOURCING; MCAVOY GROUP; OAKBANK WASTE MANAGEMENT; OXFORD ECONOMICS; ROBERTSON CONSTRUCTION - CENTRAL WEST; SHARP BUSINESS SYSTEMS; SKITECH SYSTEMS; TALOS360; THE DIFFLEY PARTNERSHIP; THE LINES BETWEEN; VENESKY BROWN; VOLVO TRUCK AND BUS NORTH AND SCOTLAND |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 79311400 - Economic research services

## Release History

- 11 May 2023 at 11:38 - Award - PCS Notice - Quick Quote Award - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAY478208

## Notice URLs

- http://https://forestryandland.gov.scot
- http://www.angus.gov.uk/
- http://www.clacks.gov.uk/business/corporateprocurementprocess/
- http://www.dumgal.gov.uk
- http://www.eastlothian.gov.uk
- http://www.fife.gov.uk
- http://www.gla.ac.uk/
- http://www.hie.co.uk
- http://www.nms.ac.uk/
- http://www.nss.nhs.scot/browse/procurement-and-logistics
- http://www.scotland.gov.uk
- http://www.scottish-enterprise.com/
- http://www.south-ayrshire.gov.uk/procurement/
- https://westlothianhscp.org.uk/

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