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title: "Award of Scottish Government Interim Professional Staff Services Framework - Specialist Advisor"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000839016"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Scottish Government"
published: "2026-09-25"
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# Award of Scottish Government Interim Professional Staff Services Framework - Specialist Advisor

Buyer: Scottish Government  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000839016

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## Summary

The Scottish Government’s Marine Directorate procured a specialist adviser through a professional staff services framework. The requirement was for a specialist individual, with proposals including CVs, rather than a broader team or defined set of deliverables. This is a personnel service for temporary specialist support. The buyer is the Scottish Government, and the Marine Directorate is the commissioning unit. The procurement information does not identify a specific delivery location, project area or technical subject for the advisory work, so its relevance depends on a supplier’s ability to provide suitable specialist professional staff to the Directorate. Venesky Brown Ltd was selected to provide the service.

The process has been awarded to Venesky Brown Ltd, and the resulting contract is recorded as active. The award value was £14,288. The award date and contract period are not recorded in the process data. The procurement was run as a quick quote under the Scottish Government’s Interim Professional Staff Services Framework; three bids were reported. The requirement is presented as a single specialist-adviser service, with no separate lots described. The stated proposal content included CVs, but no further eligibility requirements or evaluation criteria are set out. This outcome shows that the buyer selected a supplier for the specialist-adviser requirement through a framework-based competition, rather than through an open tender for a newly established service arrangement.

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## Notice

Marine Directorate seek proposals (including CVs) for the provision of a Specialist Advisor.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP565359 |
| 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 | 25 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 | £14,288 |
| 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; Dumfries and Galloway Council; Moray Council; North Lanarkshire Council; Perth & Kinross Council; Registers of Scotland; Scottish Borders Housing Association; The Highland Council |
| Locality | GLASGOW |
| Postcode area | Glasgow |
| Postcode | G2 8LU |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM3 West Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM32 Glasgow City |
| Local authority | Glasgow City |
| Electoral ward | Anderston/City/Yorkhill |
| Westminster constituency | Glasgow North |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 14 |
| Supplier names | Venesky Brown Ltd; NEC Software Solutions UK Limited; FRP Advisory; Mitie; Turner & Townsend; Jump Research; Chase Services Group Ltd; Houlder Limited; IFF Research; Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd; GC Insight Ltd; Amey OW Ltd; Beam Up Ltd; Gemmell & Prout Marine Limited |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79620000 - Supply services of personnel including temporary staff

## Release History

- 25 Sep 2026 at 20:23 - Award - PCS Notice - Quick Quote Award - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP565359

## Notice URLs

- http://https://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk
- http://www.dumgal.gov.uk
- http://www.highland.gov.uk
- http://www.moray.gov.uk
- http://www.pkc.gov.uk/article/15478/Tenders-and-contracts
- http://www.ros.gov.uk
- http://www.sbha.org.uk
- http://www.scotland.gov.uk
- https://consumer.scot/

## Provenance

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