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Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service) verified 2 weeks ago Contract notice

SPS-02357 Temporary Maintenance Staff

Open United Kingdom Business services

Buyer Scottish Prison Service

12 days left

Key facts

Closes
14:00 (UTC)
Procedure
Open procedure
  1. Published
  2. Today
  3. Deadline open for 30 days
  4. Awarded pending

Bidding window

29 days from publication to deadline

Usual length

Notices of this kind (United Kingdom, open procedure) give a median of 30 days, half of them between 24 and 34 days, based on 536 notices of the last two years.

This buyer usually gives 30 days (median of its last 21 calls for tender).

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Summary

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The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) is establishing a framework for the supply of suitably qualified and experienced temporary maintenance staff. SPS operates 14 publicly managed prisons, two Community Custody Units, its headquarters, the SPS College and a Central Stores facility across Scotland. Its Estates and Technical Services Directorate, managed by SPS Headquarters, inspects, services and maintains buildings and equipment at these sites. The framework will provide temporary staff covering a range of skill sets required in maintenance services. Staff must hold the relevant disclosure and security clearances, with Level 1 Disclosure Scotland as standard. The supplier must be able to provide consistent levels of service and deploy temporary staff to SPS sites across Scotland.

Description

The SPS has a number of facilities containing buildings and equipment which are required to be inspected, serviced and maintained. This work is carried out by the Estates and Technical Services Directorate managed by SPS Headquarters (HQ). SPS currently operates 14 publicly managed prisons, two Community Custody Units (CCUs), its HQ, the SPS College, and a Central Stores facility, all situated across Scotland. This framework shall provide SPS with the capability to employ suitably qualified and experienced temporary staff, covering a range of skill sets required in maintenance services. These staff shall have the relevant disclosure/security clearances (e.g. Level 1 Disclosure Scotland as standard). The supplier shall be able to provide temporary staff to the SPS sites across Scotland and the level of service shall be consistent.

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  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?

    The register holds nothing on this. The official documents will.

  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?

    12 days left, 9 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 €7,610 and €168,883.

  6. Your call:

    Do we know this buyer?

    The buyer has 71 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.

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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) 2 weeks ago

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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.

Median award
€52,546
Middle half of past awards
€7,610 to €168,883

Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service) publishes no value for this notice, so it has no mark on the scale. The official documents may state one.

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The buyer

Full buyer profile

Scottish Prison Service

United Kingdom

notices in the register
71
awards
41
awarded in total
€9.1M

Who wins its contracts

Many suppliers
different companies won its awards
38
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
15%
of its calls state an estimated value
0%

Based on 41 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.

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 82 €17.4M Oct 2026
Promar International Ltd 48 €277,984 Sep 2026
Harvey Nash Limited 34 €6.3M Oct 2026
Lorien Resourcing Ltd 27 €7.0M Aug 2026
Reed Specialist Recruitment Limited 27 €5.9M Sep 2026

Based on 2206 awards with a linked company profile over the last 2 years.

4 open tenders right now

Market context

Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service) publishes no value for this notice, so it cannot be placed among the open notices of its sector. The official documents may state one.

open now in Business services
4,464
median open notice
€190,000

Who wins in this market

Many suppliers

United Kingdom · Business services

different companies won awards here
943
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
7%
buyers awarded contracts here
446

Based on 2,206 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.

Change history

Every time an official source republished this notice with different content. We watch every source we index, including regional copies of the same notice.

  1. Status
    Was: Upcoming
    Now: Open
    Submission deadline
    not stated
    Now: October 29, 2026, 14:00
    Procedure
    not stated
    Now: Open procedure

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