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Scottish Government

DCAF - Secure Transport and Escort of Children to Scottish Ministers

Government ServicesCPV 75231220
Value£1.0m
Deadline5 Aug 2026
Published6 Jul 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 6 Jul 202611 days leftCloses 5 Aug 2026
Who to contact
campbell.forsyth2@gov.scot

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
£1.0mtotal contract value
median £400k
this tender£0£22.3m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Government & Public Administration band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 5,438 valued Government & Public Administration tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

Scottish Ministers seek to appoint an external service provider for the provision of Secure Transport and Escort of Children.

What it takes to bid this

2540 daysof bid-team effort
£17.1k£27.4kat typical UK bid-team rates
Compressed window — start the same week

Typical UK bid effort for the £1m–£10m 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

  • 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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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06947d
Stage
tender · Open
Source
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Buyer ref
063254-2026
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