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title: "Award of SAAS2026-42 - CSR User Research Candidate Recruitment"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000839112"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Student Awards Agency Scotland"
published: "2026-09-17"
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# Award of SAAS2026-42 - CSR User Research Candidate Recruitment

Buyer: Student Awards Agency Scotland  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000839112

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## Summary

Student Awards Agency Scotland procured participant recruitment and incentive-payment management for its user research. The requirement covers finding students who are eligible for SAAS funding, recruiting them for research activities and managing the payments made to participating students. Recruitment is intended to reach the Scottish student population, including people meeting hard-to-reach criteria. This is a user research recruitment and market research service, with CPV classifications for market research services (79310000) and recruitment services (79600000). The work is for Student Awards Agency Scotland, based in Edinburgh, and concerns participants drawn from Scotland’s student population. The procurement is therefore relevant to specialist research recruiters, participant panels and agencies able to identify and engage eligible students.

The procurement has been awarded, rather than being a new tender opportunity. Taylor McKenzie Research & Marketing Ltd was selected as supplier, and the associated contract is recorded as active. The awarded value is £45,600, including the published currency of GBP. The process was initiated as a tender and received two bids. The requirement was evaluated through that tender process, with the successful award covering the recruitment of eligible student research participants and management of their incentives. This outcome identifies the buyer’s chosen route for commissioning the service and the scale of the awarded requirement. The award relates to the full participant-recruitment service described above, rather than a separately identified lot or multiple supplier awards.

For a future requirement from this buyer, credible suppliers would need practical capability in recruiting Scottish students who meet SAAS funding eligibility rules, including candidates within hard-to-reach groups. They would also need reliable methods for screening and verifying participants, maintaining an appropriate research participant pool, and managing recruitment communications. Experience supporting user research would be relevant, particularly where participant suitability and engagement affect the quality of findings. The supplier would need robust administrative and payment processes for issuing research incentives accurately and securely to participants. Research recruitment agencies, specialist fieldwork providers and organisations combining participant sourcing with incentive administration are the clearest competitive fit. The award demonstrates demand for an end-to-end service rather than recruitment alone.

## Notice

The Student Award Agency Scotland (the Purchaser) is seeking a supplier who can recruit student participants who are eligible for SAAS funding for user research and will manage the payment of incentives to those participants.Students are defined as those eligible for funding by SAAS as described on the SAAS website : https://www.saas.gov.uk/Recruitment of participants from among the Scottish student population with hard-to-reach criteria.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP564769 |
| 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 | 17 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 | £45,600 |
| 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 | Student Awards Agency Scotland |
| Additional buyers | Argyll and Bute Council; Clackmannanshire Council; Consumer Scotland; Crown Estate Scotland; Dumfries and Galloway Council; Dundee City Council; Fife Council; Moray Council; NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde; North Lanarkshire Council; Perth & Kinross Council; Public Health Scotland; Redress Scotland; Registers of Scotland; Scottish Borders Housing Association; Scottish Government; The Highland Council |
| Locality | EDINBURGH |
| Postcode area | Edinburgh |
| Postcode | EH11 3UT |
| 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 | Sighthill/Gorgie |
| Westminster constituency | Edinburgh South West |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 46 |
| Supplier names | Taylor McKenzie Research & Marketing 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; Venesky Brown Ltd; SKODA UK; HaskoningDHV UK Ltd; William Yule & Son Limited; LEARNING POOL LIMITED; Abbeyfield Kirkcaldy Society Limited; Sanderson Government and Defence; Helpthemove Ltd; George Brown & Sons Engineers (Leith) Limited; VWR International Ltd; WSP UK Limited; Stantec UK Ltd; Galliford Try Construction Ltd; Specialist Computer Centres; 8x8 UK Limited; Ipsos MORI; Decathlon UK; Findel Education Ltd; RJM Sports Ltd; Boswell Mitchell & Johnston Ltd; BLAZIE ENGINEERING LIMITED; Storm ID Ltd; McTaggart Construction Ltd; Alliance Disposables Ltd; Bunzl UK Ltd; Instock Disposables Ltd; QA RESEARCH LTD; Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP; Harper Macleod LLP; Brodies; CRB Cunninghams Limited; Spiritmedia Scotland |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79310000 - Market research services
- 79600000 - Recruitment services

## Release History

- 17 Sep 2026 at 17:49 - Award - PCS Notice - Quick Quote Award - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP564769

## Notice URLs

- http://crownestatescotland.com/
- http://https://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk
- http://www.SAAS.gov.uk
- http://www.argyll-bute.gov.uk
- http://www.clacks.gov.uk/business/corporateprocurementprocess/
- http://www.dumgal.gov.uk
- http://www.fife.gov.uk
- http://www.highland.gov.uk
- http://www.moray.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.sbha.org.uk
- http://www.scotland.gov.uk
- https://consumer.scot/
- https://publichealthscotland.scot/
- https://www.saas.gov.uk/Recruitment

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