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Provision of a Host Body for the Anti-Racism Observatory for Scotland (AROS)
Historical: no longer open for bids.
01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- Not statedValue not stated in source
- Deadline (UK time)
- No open deadlineA deadline does not apply to this historical notice.
- Published
- 1 May 2025
- Region
- Not stated
02/ The brief
What the notice says
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We are seeking a Supplier who can operate in the anti-racism arena showing strong ties and commitment to anti-racism from a corporate level down to all levels of their organisation For avoidance of doubt the Host Organisation will be the Supplier. The Scottish Government (on the recommendation of the Anti-Racism Interim Governance Group and built from the recommendation from the Covid19 and Ethnicity Expert Reference Group) is seeking to contract with a host organisation for a period of two years to incubate the Anti-Racism Observatory for Scotland (AROS) The AROS will be an independent organisation funded by the Scottish Government and will deliver its mission and strategy through the governance of an Advisory Group.
Scottish Government (the Buyer) are fully funding AROS. Therefore the commercial relationship will be between Scottish Government and the Supplier.
Further information can be found on the Scottish Government’s website Developing National Anti-Racism Infrastructure: Interim Governance Group - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) and Anti-Racism Vison Mission and Anti-Racism Method and Structure documents.
The Supplier must provide the following services:
Administrative, Finance
Human Resources including Recruitment (excludes employment)
Operational Delivery
Accommodation for AROS Staff and
Recommendation Report
The successful bidder will enable AROS to meet its objectives and support AROS to become a fully independent body. It will house senior staff (appointed by the advisory group) to lead the AROS workplan.
03/ Classification
CPV codes
Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.
- 98340000
- 72222300
- 75100000
- 79621000
04/ History
Releases of this notice
3 releases held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 18 Apr 2024Planning notice
Planning notice published 18 April 2024.
Release 012586-2024
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 11 Jul 2024Tender notice
Tender notice published 11 July 2024. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Deadline in this release: Mon 2 Sep 2024, 12:00 BST.
Release 021179-2024
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 1 May 2025Award notice
Award notice published 1 May 2025. The source does not state what changed.
Release 018236-2025
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab)
05/ Limits
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- The source does not state a usable value.
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- award · Awarded
- Last verified
- Mon 6 Apr 2026, 18:04 BST
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