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title: "The Children's Parliament research services."
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000704795"
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# The Children's Parliament research services.

Buyer: UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000704795

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## Summary

The University of Edinburgh has awarded a contract for The Children's Parliament research services. The procurement process was a limited award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. The contract, valued at 194,997 GBP, was signed on 26th August 2022. The project involves collaboration between Scottish AI Alliance, The Data Lab, The Alan Turing Institute, and Children's Parliament, focusing on engagement activities with children across Scotland.

This contract presents business growth opportunities for service providers specialised in engaging children for participation and rights-based projects. Businesses adept at child engagement from early years to middle childhood may find this tender particularly suited to their expertise. The University of Edinburgh as the buying organisation aims to deliver Scotland's AI Strategy in partnership with the Scottish Government through this collaborative project with notable organisations in the AI and child engagement fields.

## Notice

The programme of work is a collaboration between the Scottish AI Alliance team at The Data Lab, The Alan Turing Institute and the Children's Parliament. The Children's Parliament will lead on a programme of engagement activity with children across Scotland.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

This is part of a programme of work forming part of The University's and The Data Lab's commitment to deliver Scotland's AI Strategy in partnership with the Scottish Government. The programme of work is a collaboration between the Scottish AI Alliance team at The Data Lab, The Alan Turing Institute and the Children's Parliament. The Children's Parliament will lead on a programme of engagement activity with children across Scotland, the outputs of which will be included in a report that will contribute to the Scottish Government's AI Strategy programme.

### Procurement Information

The chosen service provider is Scotland's Centre for Excellence for right's based children's participation and engagement. As such they are uniquely placed to engage with children from early years to middle childhood. They have already been contracted by the Turing Institute to carry out what will form phase 1 of the project using Scottish Government funding via The Data Lab - the results of this engagement will be required to inform this project / report, further requiring this work to be carried out by this service provider.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG457382 |
| Notice type | PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 26 Aug 2022 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 26 Aug 2022 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £194,997 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH |
| Locality | EDINBURGH |
| Post town | Edinburgh |
| Postcode | EH1 1HT |
| 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 | City Centre |
| Westminster constituency | Edinburgh East and Musselburgh |
| Delivery location | TLM75 City of Edinburgh |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | CHILDREN'S PARLIAMENT |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 73110000 - Research services
- 79315000 - Social research services
- 80310000 - Youth education services

## Release History

- 26 Aug 2022 at 00:00 - Award - PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG457382

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG457382
  The Children's Parliament research services. - The programme of work is a collaboration between the Scottish AI Alliance team at The Data Lab, The Alan Turing Institute and the Children's Parliament. The Children's Parliament will lead on a programme of engagement activity with children across Scotland.

## Notice URLs

- http://
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000704795
- https://www.childrensparliament.org.uk/
- https://www.ed.ac.uk/
- https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/the-courts/court-locations/edinburgh-sheriff-court-and-justice-of-the-peace-court

## Provenance

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