---
title: "Award of Ready Scot Website Handover"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000793447"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT"
published: "2025-03-17"
---

# Award of Ready Scot Website Handover

Buyer: SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000793447

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## Summary

The Scottish Government, located at St Andrews House in Edinburgh, has awarded a contract for the "Award of Ready Scot Website Handover" within the business services category, specifically involving marketing and consulting. The procurement stage is at the award phase as of 17th March 2025. This direct procurement process involved no competitive bidding, and the contract value is £570. The supplier for this services contract is Walk In The Gate Ltd, trading as The Gate Worldwide, whose address is Admiral House, Edinburgh.

This tender represents an opportunity for businesses specialising in website development, maintenance, and digital marketing services to explore related projects and partnerships. Companies that can provide secure handover and decommissioning of digital assets would be well-positioned to compete in similar future contracts. This direct award highlights the potential for firms to engage in direct procurement processes with high-profile governmental organisations, fostering growth and visibility in the industry.

## Notice

The Gate to formally handover the Ready Scotland and Learn websites to new incumbent, and tosecurely decommission the instances of the websites, backups and repositories retained that are nolonger required to deliver and maintain the websites.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAR526108 |
| Notice type | PCS Notice - Quick Quote Award |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | The contract is awarded to a single supplier without competition. |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 17 Mar 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 17 Mar 2025 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £570 |
| 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 | ABERDEEN CITY COUNCIL; ABERDEENSHIRE COUNCIL; CLACKMANNANSHIRE COUNCIL; CROWN ESTATE SCOTLAND; DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY COUNCIL; FIFE COUNCIL; FOOD STANDARDS SCOTLAND (FSS); FORESTRY AND LAND SCOTLAND; HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS ENTERPRISE; MIDLOTHIAN COUNCIL; NHS HIGHLAND; NHS LANARKSHIRE; PERTH & KINROSS COUNCIL; SCOTTISH ENTERPRISE; SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT- SASA; SCOTTISH POLICE AUTHORITY; SOCIAL CARE AND SOCIAL WORK IMPROVEMENT SCOTLAND (CARE INSPECTORATE); THE CITY OF EDINBURGH COUNCIL; THE HIGHLAND COUNCIL |
| Locality | DUMFRIES |
| Post town | Dumfries and Galloway |
| Postcode | DG1 2HP |
| 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 | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 39 |
| Supplier names | A M PHILLIP TRUCKTECH; A MANSON & SONS; AMD CONTRACT SERVICES; APS GROUP (SCOTLAND; BMES (SCOTLAND; CHANGE MENTAL HEALTH; DALES MARINE SERVICES; DO-BE; EJ PARKER TECHNICAL SERVICES (SCOTLAND NORTH; ELEV-8 PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT; ERNST & YOUNG LLP (EY; EVILLE & JONES (COMMERCIAL SERVICES; GROUNDWORK SERVICES DURHAM; HAMILTON BROS. (ENGINEERING; HARVEY NASH; HYMANS ROBERTSON; IGNITE CONSULTING; JOHN MCGEADY; LEICA MICROSYSTEMS (UK; LIFE TECHNOLOGIES; LORIEN RESOURCING; MISTEV EXPORT HEALTH CERTIFICATION; MOLPLANT CONSTRUCTION; NITH VALLEY CONSTRUCTION; PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS; PS PARTNERSHIPS & CONSULTANCY; RPJ ENERGY SOLUTIONS; SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY SUPPLIES; STORM ID; TERRAS FORESTRY; THE OPEN UNIVERSITY; TRABAZON; VENESKY BROWN; VENESKY-BROWN RECRUITMENT; WALK IN THE GATE LTD (TRADING AS THE GATE WORLDWIDE; WELLSIDE RESEARCH; WIRTGEN; WOLF LABORATORIES; WSP |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

## Release History

- 17 Mar 2025 at 11:06 - Award - PCS Notice - Quick Quote Award - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAR526108

## Notice URLs

- http://crownestatescotland.com/
- http://https://forestryandland.gov.scot
- http://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk
- http://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk
- http://www.careinspectorate.gov.scot
- http://www.clacks.gov.uk/business/corporateprocurementprocess/
- http://www.dumgal.gov.uk
- http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk
- http://www.fife.gov.uk
- http://www.hie.co.uk
- http://www.highland.gov.uk
- http://www.midlothian.gov.uk
- http://www.nhshighland.scot.nhs.uk
- http://www.nhslanarkshire.org.uk
- http://www.pkc.gov.uk
- http://www.scotland.gov.uk
- http://www.scottish-enterprise.com/
- http://www.spa.police.uk

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