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Business Support for Fife Council Sites

Business ServicesCPV 79620000

Value£300k

Deadline7 Sept 2026

Published5 Aug 2026

RegionNationwide

Timeline

Published 5 Aug 202632 days leftCloses 7 Sept 2026

Who to contact

Ryan Butchart

Ryan.Butchart@fife.gov.uk

+44 3451550000

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit

Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context

£300ktotal contract value

median £66k

this tender£0£1.6m

This is a large award for Business Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 57,319 valued Business Services tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

Fife Council has published 6 Business Services notices, about every 15 months. On that rhythm the next one is expected around September 2027.

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The brief

Provision of business support services for Fife Council sites.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

Provision of business support services for Fife

Provision of business support services for Fife Council sites.

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

What it takes to bid this

12–20 daysof bid-team effort

£8.2k–£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £100k–£1m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

Hold at bidProfessional indemnity insurance
Show at bidNamed engagement team with CVs
Show at bidComparable references / case studies
Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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