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title: "Provision of Devolution Consultant"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000842047"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Glasgow City Council"
published: "2026-09-08"
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# Provision of Devolution Consultant

Buyer: Glasgow City Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000842047

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## Summary

Glasgow City Council commissioned specialist devolution consultancy support for Glasgow City Region. The work covers the development, management and delivery of proposals for testing with civil servants in the Scottish and UK Governments. Its scope spans innovation, investment, place—including infrastructure, housing and planning—transport, skills and economic development. Required outputs include a devolution and regional missions report; budget baselines for each service area; reports on current delivery and possible future arrangements, informed by stakeholders; a governance model and fiscal powers options paper; and draft and final frameworks setting out the rationale, proposed activities and deliverable models for devolution. The work is to be delivered in Glasgow for Glasgow City Region.

The procurement has been completed and awarded. It used an open procedure and was awarded against the Management Consultancy Framework Four (MCF4). There was one lot covering the full devolution consultancy requirement. KPMG was selected as supplier. The contract was signed on 19 August 2026 and is active, with an awarded contract value of £179,250 including the stated currency of GBP. The award covered the complete requirement rather than separate service-area contracts. The recorded competition received one bid, and that bid was not from an SME. The procurement was covered by the Government Procurement Agreement. The published outcome identifies Glasgow City Council as the buyer and the Glasgow City Region devolution programme as the subject of the engagement.

This requirement demonstrates demand for senior public-sector management consultancy that can turn a regional devolution ambition into evidence, options and an implementable framework. A credible competitor would need experience of working across local and central government, developing policy propositions and regional missions, and analysing how services are funded and delivered. Relevant capability includes service and budget baseline reviews, stakeholder engagement, governance design, public finance and fiscal powers analysis, and the preparation of clear options papers and framework documents. Suppliers would also need to understand the practical implications of devolving responsibilities across infrastructure, housing, planning, transport, skills, innovation, investment and economic development, and to coordinate complex partner interests into deliverable recommendations.

## Notice

Glasgow City Region has been exploring with our many partners, including civil servants in both UK and Scottish Governments, what a Glasgow City Region devolution deal would look like. With five broad services areas of focus emerging - Innovation, Investment, Place (Infrastructure, Housing and Planning), Transport, Skills, Economic Development.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Glasgow City Region is looking to bring in expert support to help shape, manage and deliver this process. The objectives are to develop propositions for testing with Scottish and UK Government Civil servants. The final outputs will include the following: A devolution and regional missions report and how these areas can help deliver them. Service area budget baselines and what is currently being funded within the above noted service areas Service area delivery baseline reports including stakeholder views on existing and possible future delivery arrangements. Governance Model and Finance - Fiscal Powers Options Paper. Draft Framework, rationale for why these budgets should be devolved and possible delivery options. Final Framework, final list of proposed activities, deliverable models in scope for devolution.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP563979 |
| Notice type | PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 8 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 | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £179,250 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Glasgow City Council |
| Locality | GLASGOW |
| Postcode area | Glasgow |
| Postcode | G2 1DU |
| 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 East |
| Delivery location | TLM82 Glasgow City |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | KPMG LLP |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 66 - Financial and insurance services

### Codes

- 66171000 - Financial consultancy services

## Release History

- 8 Sep 2026 at 01:00 - Award - PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP563979

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP563979
  Provision of Devolution Consultant - Glasgow City Region has been exploring with our many partners, including civil servants in both UK and Scottish Governments, what a Glasgow City Region devolution deal would look like. With five broad services areas of focus emerging - Innovation, Investment, Place (Infrastructure, Housing and Planning), Transport, Skills, Economic Development.

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://www.glasgow.gov.uk
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000842047
- https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/courts-and-tribunals/courts-tribunals-and-office-locations/find-us/glasgow-sheriff-court-and-justice-of-the-peace-court/

## Provenance

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