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Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service) verified 1 month ago Contract notice

DCEA Scotland Migration Service

Open United Kingdom Business services

Buyer Scottish Government

15 days left

Key facts

Closes
12:00 (UTC)
Estimated value
€5.8M
€5,837,848 · converted from GBP
Competition
Open race
  1. Published
  2. Today
  3. Deadline open for 64 days
  4. Awarded pending

Bidding window

64 days from publication to deadline

Longer than usual

Notices of this kind (United Kingdom, open procedure) give a median of 30 days, half of them between 24 and 34 days, based on 531 notices of the last two years.

This buyer usually gives 29 days (median of its last 28 calls for tender).

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The Aperlena Verdict

Open race

No supplier dominates: 49 different companies have won the last 120 comparable contracts from this buyer over 5 years. This is a genuinely open race.

Based on 120 comparable awards by this buyer in this sector over 5 years. Every verdict is recorded before the outcome and graded against the award notice. How we score ourselves.

Summary

Machine-generated summary

The Scottish Government is procuring a migration service for Scotland. The service will provide information and advice to people who are thinking about moving to Scotland, or who have just moved here. It will offer up-to-date and accurate information in plain English covering topics that help people move and settle into their communities, plus bespoke one-to-one advice. The aim is to help migrants not only move to Scotland but also stay, since the first few months and reception are crucial to their overall experience.

Description

Moving to another country can be challenging. The Scottish Government wants people not only to move to Scotland, but to stay. Migrants’ first few months here and their reception are crucial to their overall experience. The service will provide information and advice to people who are thinking about moving to Scotland, or who have just moved here. TAMS will provide up-to-date and accurate information in plain English. This information will cover topics to help people move and settle into their communities. The service will provide bespoke one-to-one advice.

Bid or no-bid?

Six questions before you commit a team. Under each one, what the register holds on it. The answers are yours.

  1. In your favour:

    Do we meet every eligibility criterion?

    Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.

  2. Your call:

    Can we deliver this with the team we have?

    Estimated at €5.8M.

  3. Your call:

    Do we have two comparable references?

    Comparable work is in Business services.

  4. In your favour:

    Is the deadline realistic for a proper offer?

    15 days left, 12 of them working days.

  5. Your call:

    Is there a margin at the likely winning price?

    This buyer usually awards this kind of contract for between €24,890 and €212,437.

  6. In your favour:

    Do we know this buyer?

    49 different companies won the last 120 comparable contracts.

Can I bid?

  • Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.
  • Documents in English.

Official source

Source: Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service)

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Last verified against Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service) 1 month ago

Documents on Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service) (English)

What this buyer has paid before

Based on 118 comparable contracts this buyer awarded in this sector over the last 4 years.

This notice
€5.8M
Median award
€60,113
Middle half of past awards
€24,890 to €212,437

The estimate is larger than three in four past awards.

Most recent awards

Award values as published by the official sources. Use them as a guide, not a rule: scope, lots and duration differ between contracts.

Scottish Government

United Kingdom

notices in the register
407
awards
358
awarded in total
€258.1M

Who wins its contracts

Many suppliers
different companies won its awards
209
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
17%
of its calls state an estimated value
84%

Based on 357 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

One dot per award, on the day it was signed, sized by its value. A ring is an award with no published value.

Who usually wins this buyer's contracts in this sector

Company Wins Total awarded Last win
Venesky Brown Ltd 28 €4.5M Sep 2026
SERVICE CARE SOLUTIONS LTD 13 €3.1M Aug 2026
The Lines Between Ltd. 10 €218,328 Jul 2026
Harvey Nash Limited 7 €1.4M Oct 2026
Venesky-Brown Recruitment 6 €340,768 Oct 2026

Based on 120 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.

7 open tenders right now

Market context

Larger than 91% of the open notices in Business services across Europe.

open now in Business services
4,276
median open notice
€224,504

Who wins in this market

Many suppliers

United Kingdom · Business services

different companies won awards here
946
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
7%
buyers awarded contracts here
447

Based on 2,213 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

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