Public Contracts Scotland

SPS-02183 Research and Evaluation Services

Scottish Prison Service

Awarded
services
Framework agreement
Scotland

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Key details

Contracting authority
Region
Scotland
Contract value
Not stated by buyer
Submissions closed
Not stated by buyer
Published
3 February 2026

Procurement

Procedure type
Open procedure
CPV classifications
  • 73110000 Research services

What happened

Scottish Prison Service awarded this contract to Blake Stevenson Ltd | Dr Briege Nugent | The Diffley Partnership | Edinburgh Innovations | KSO Research Limited | Progressive Partnership worth £43,975 on 8 Apr 2025.

Description

SPS is seeking suppliers as part of a Research and Evaluation framework agreement. The SPS commissions various research and evaluation projects (e.g evaluations of offender behaviour programmes and the implementation of control and restraint policy).

The duration of individual projects usually varies and is dependent on the scope of the research to be conducted. Indicatively, the duration will normally expect to be between 3 and 12 months and will be agreed prior to the start of each research project.

The SPS intends to appoint a maximum of 6 suppliers to the Framework Agreement

Awarded suppliers (6)

Suppliers
  • Blake Stevenson Ltd
  • Dr Briege Nugent
  • The Diffley Partnership
  • Edinburgh Innovations
  • KSO Research Limited
  • Progressive Partnership
Award value
£43,975
Award date
8 April 2025

Contact

Address
One Lochside, 1 Lochside Avenue, Edinburgh, EH12 9DJ
Contact name
Christine Hutchison

Identifiers

Buyer reference
SPS-02183
Notice ID
rls-90-FEB548738
OCID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000779526

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