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title: "Award of DCEA-Evaluation of the Scottish Government's Climate Justice Fund"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000836448"
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# Award of DCEA-Evaluation of the Scottish Government's Climate Justice Fund

Buyer: Scottish Government  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000836448

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## Summary

The Scottish Government commissioned an external evaluation of its Climate Justice Fund, including recommendations for an operational model for any future iteration. The work covers the fund’s programme of projects and activities, assessing whether it delivered the intended climate justice outcomes in its theory of change and identifying good practice. It also examines the design and delivery of community-based projects, research projects, advocacy work and capacity-building programmes. The fund primarily supports rural communities in the Global South, alongside research and advocacy activity. The requirement is for evaluation consultancy services, classified under CPV 79419000. The Scottish Government is the buying organisation, acting on behalf of Scottish Ministers. The work concerns a Scottish Government-funded international climate justice programme, with delivery and evidence relating to projects in the Global South.

The procurement has been awarded to Tropical Health Consulting LLP, following a process that received seven bids. The award value is £269,549. The award concerns evaluation consultancy and the design of recommendations for potential future Climate Justice Fund operating models. The core contract end date is 13 April 2027, with an optional three-month extension to 13 July 2027 for time slippage only. The contract was signed on 9 November 2026 and is recorded as active. The evaluation is intended to consider outcomes against the fund’s theory of change and lessons from project delivery. The wider fund was committed to reach £36 million during the 2021–2026 Parliamentary Term; this is the programme’s funding context, not the awarded contract value.

This award indicates demand for specialist evaluation of international climate justice and development programmes, combining robust assessment with practical recommendations for future delivery. A credible competitor for a later requirement would need experience evaluating programmes against a theory of change and assessing outcomes across community-led projects, research, advocacy and capacity building. Relevant capability would include understanding participatory approaches and work with rural communities in the Global South, as well as the ability to gather and interpret evidence from varied projects and stakeholders. Suppliers should also be able to turn findings into realistic operational models for future public funding programmes, while recognising that recommendations must inform policy without assuming its outcome. Evaluation consultancy expertise, international development knowledge and strong analytical and report-writing capacity would therefore be central.

## Notice

The Scottish Government has a requirement to place a contract with an external service provider for the provision of Evaluation of the Scottish Government's Climate Justice Fund.The Scottish Government (SG), on behalf of Scottish Ministers, wishes to commission design and delivery of an evaluation of the Scottish Government's Government's Climate Justice Fund (CJF). This contract also includes the design of an operational model for a potential future iteration of the CJF, based on the findings of the evaluation.Scotland was the first nation to commit funds specifically to climate justice, launching the CJF in 2012, and committing to trebling it to 36 million GBP over the course of this Parliamentary Term (2021-2026). Since 2021 the Scottish Government has taken a revised approach to CJF programming, centred on participatory and community-led action informed by the findings of the 2021 evaluation of the CJF. While primarily funding projects supporting rural communities in the Global South, the CJF has also enabled a number of research projects, advocacy work and capacity building programmes.The purpose of the evaluation is to consider to what extent the programme of projects and activities under the CJF delivered the intended climate justice outcomes set out in the fund's theory of change, and what best practice was developed in the design and delivery of community-based projects, as well as research and advocacy projects that could strengthen the delivery of climate justice outcomes.The tender also includes scoping/recommendations for potential operational models for future Climate Justice Fund projects, noting that the design of such models does not pre-empt government policy about the future direction of the fund.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP564327 |
| 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 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £269,549 |
| 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 | Consumer Scotland; Fife Council; LHC Procurement Group for the Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA); Lothian Health Board; NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde; North Lanarkshire Council; Perth & Kinross Council; Registers of Scotland; Scottish Fire and Rescue Service |
| Locality | EDINBURGH |
| Postcode area | Edinburgh |
| Postcode | EH1 3DG |
| 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 | 17 |
| Supplier names | Tropical Health Consulting LLP; John Doe Group; Ace Taxis Perth Ltd; MAN Truck & Bus UK Ltd; Bell Group Limited; Jump Research; Quo Imus Limited; Morgan Philips Executive Search; Central Roofing & Building Services Ltd; Bright Digital Marketing LTD (Bright Signals); Gartner UK Limited; Zurich Municipal; Holyrood PR; Nuffield Health; Spire Healthcare; Laser Vision Scotland Ltd; Circle Health Group Limited |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79419000 - Evaluation consultancy services

## Release History

- 11 Sep 2026 at 10:46 - Award - PCS Notice - Quick Quote Award - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP564327

## Notice URLs

- http://firescotland.gov.uk
- http://https://www.nhslothian.scot/
- http://https://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk
- http://www.fife.gov.uk
- http://www.nhsggc.scot/about-us/procurement/
- http://www.pkc.gov.uk/article/15478/Tenders-and-contracts
- http://www.ros.gov.uk
- http://www.scotland.gov.uk
- http://www.scottishprocurement.scot
- https://consumer.scot/

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