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Entrepreneurial Development Training Provider

Open United Kingdom Business services

Buyer Heriot-Watt University

18 days left

Key facts

Closes
12:00 (UTC)
Estimated value
€71,625
converted from GBP
Procedure
Open procedure Anyone may submit a bid, in one step, with no pre-selection. Full entry
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Description

Heriot-Watt University is seeking on behalf of Converge, to appoint an experienced service provider to provide Entrepreneurial development training for the future Grand Converge Challenge participants (approx. 50 projects). Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. Tenderers will be asked to submit the following forms. These forms are for information only and will not be scored. Form of Tender Bona Fide Tender Freedom of Information Supply Chain Code of Conduct The Successful Tenderer must confirm that they comply with the requirements of the Modern Slavery Act 2015. The Successful Tenderer will be required to provide two years audited accounts, or equivalent prior to awarded to the Contract, or confirm in their tender submission the publicly accessible, free, online location of accounts if available in such a format. There must be no qualification or contra-indication from any evidence provided in support of the Contractor’s economic and financial standing. Where the capability & capacity of a subcontractor, members of a consortia or any other body will be relied on, separate SPD(s) are required from each of those other parties relied on. Where subcontractors are to be used but their capability & capacity are not relied on, the University may choose to request separate SPD(s). The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 32994. The ITT code is itt_66009. The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 32994. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 (SC Ref:845948)

Timing

31 days from publication to deadline. Usual length in United Kingdom: 26 days. Usual length

  1. Published
  2. Today
  3. Deadline
  4. Awarded pending
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Notices of this kind (United Kingdom, open procedure, below the EU threshold) give a median of 26 days, half of them between 20 and 31 days, based on 2,475 notices of the last two years.

Bid or no-bid?

2 of 6 answered from the register

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 €71,625.

  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?

    18 days left, 13 of them working days.

  5. Your call:

    Is there a margin at the likely winning price?

    In this country this kind of contract is usually awarded for between €8,463 and €182,411.

  6. Your call:

    Do we know this buyer?

    The buyer has 15 notices in the register and no pattern of winners yet.

Can I bid?

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

Official source

Source: Public Contracts Scotland

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Last verified against Public Contracts Scotland 6 days ago

Documents on Public Contracts Scotland (English)

Market

Business services in United Kingdom

median award in this market
€58,483
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What this market pays

The buyer has too few awards of its own in this sector, so this is the range of the last 2,000 awards for Business services in United Kingdom.

This notice
€71,625
Median award
€58,483
Middle half of past awards
€8,463 to €182,411

The estimate sits inside the usual range.

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

Market context

Larger than 31% of the open notices in Business services across Europe.

open now in Business services
4,287
median open notice
€220,000

Who wins in this market

Many suppliers

United Kingdom · Business services

different companies won awards here
986
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
7%
buyers awarded contracts here
475

Based on 2,322 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.

The buyer in figures

Heriot-Watt University

notices in the register
15
awards
10
awarded in total
€2.8M

Who wins its contracts

Many suppliers
different companies won its awards
10
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
30%

Based on 10 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.

Heriot-Watt University

United Kingdom

This buyer has no award history in this sector yet. Usual winners, Business services - United Kingdom

Company Wins Total awarded Last win
Venesky Brown Ltd 87 €17.8M Oct 2026
Promar International Ltd 48 €277,984 Sep 2026
Harvey Nash Limited 34 €6.3M Oct 2026
Reed Specialist Recruitment Limited 30 €6.2M Sep 2026
Venesky-Brown Recruitment 28 €5.6M Oct 2026

Based on 2322 awards with a linked company profile over the last 2 years.

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