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Quick answer — NHS Education for ScotlandLast refreshed 06 Jun 2026

At a glance

NHS Education for Scotland has awarded £5.1m across 107 suppliers, with 196 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 20% · 61 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 48% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration20%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share48%
Pipeline · open now61
Awards · 90 d0
Supplier?PipelineTop suppliersCategories boughtWatchdog?ModificationsFOIA & transparencySME share

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

NHS Education for Scotland is a contracting authority, based in UKM75. Tracks 172 published notices and 112 awards on PublicSupply.

172
Notices published
112
Awards
107
Suppliers engaged
—
First award on file

Spend profile

Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.

£0
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
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YoY change
£300k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
NHS Education for Scotland — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£0m£1m£1m£1mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.

Planned

8

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

61

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

0

£0

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.

Contract type

services156 · £3.1m
goods16 · £562k

Instrument type

contract172 · £3.7m
Source:Find a Tender: 172

Awarded contracts · 196 live

All contracts with a published award notice where NHS Education for Scotland is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
W002193 Continued Provision of Actors for various directorates in NESBirdsong Communication Skills80000000——active
W002193 Continued Provision of Actors for various directorates in NESInteract Roleplay80000000——active
W002193 Continued Provision of Actors for various directorates in NESPHS Pro-Motion80000000——active
Delivery and evaluation of CBT for staff working in CAMHS and IPT training for staff working in MH services inc CAMHS/AMSThe University of Edinburgh80000000——active
Delivery and evaluation of CBT for staff working in CAMHS and IPT training for staff working in MH services inc CAMHS/AMSThe University of Edinburgh80000000——active
C002032 - Framework of Providers with relevant expertise to provide additional teaching/tutor support for the NES Enhanced Psychological Practice Programme as and when required.Independent sole trader80000000——active
C002032 - Framework of Providers with relevant expertise to provide additional teaching/tutor support for the NES Enhanced Psychological Practice Programme as and when required.Independent sole trader80000000——active
Production of learning materials for clinicians for early diagnosis of cancerGatewayC c/o The Christie NHS Foundation Trust——active
C002143 - Delivery of training in Autism Diagnostic Observation Scale – 2nd edition (ADOS-2) for NHS staff from a range of disciplines working in Scottish services across the lifespan.———cancelled
C002133 - Delivery and evaluation of Systemic and Family Therapy training for staff working in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) in Scotland.Family Therapy Training Network80000000——active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.

1
CI
Citysprint
1 contract
£1.0mest.
20% of total
—
2
BA
Badenoch and Clark
2 contracts
£1.0mest.
20% of total
—
3
AP
Aspen People Ltd
2 contracts · SME
£1.0mest.
20% of total
—
4
ES
Eden Scott Ltd
2 contracts · SME
£1.0mest.
20% of total
—
5
TE
TeamKinetic
1 contract · SME
£382kest.
7% of total
—
6
KY
Know You More Ltd
2 contracts · SME
£250kest.
5% of total
—
7
WH
Wright Health Group
1 contract
£180kest.
4% of total
—
8
MT
Making the Connections Ltd
1 contract · SME
£15kest.
0% of total
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9–107
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99 other suppliers
long tail · 59 SMEs
£285k
6% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Business, legal, advisory
11 contracts
£9.1m
54%
Education, training
147 contracts
£6.0m
35%
Postal, telecoms
1 contract
£1.0m
6%
Software packages, IT
5 contracts
£382k
2%
Other
19 contracts
£250k
1%
Medical, pharmaceutical
4 contracts
£180k
1%

Activity heatmap

Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.

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Sept
Oct
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Dec
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Feb
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Business, legal, advisory
Education, training
Postal, telecoms
Software packages, IT
Other
Medical, pharmaceutical
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

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Curated leadership roster

Chief commercial officer, framework owners, SME lead and clinical sign-offs per buyer. Top-50 contracting authorities first, rolling out by sector.

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Modifications · 0 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Total mods
0
Above tolerance
0
Total value
£0
Novations
0

No modifications recorded in the last 90 days.

NHS Education for Scotland has not filed a modification notice in the selected window.

Compliance & transparency

FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.

Coming Q4 2026

FOIA & prompt-payment ingestion

Notice timeliness and modification flags are derivable today. FOIA refusal rate, prompt-payment %, KPI reporting and net-zero plans need new data sources — work scoped, ingestion next quarter.

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SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

48%
SME supplier share
target 33%
88
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
107
Distinct suppliers

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News mentions

Major UK press & trade publications.

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKM75
Contact
Lynn Donald
Email
tenders@nes.scot.nhs.uk

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

Pulled from gov.uk for arm's-length bodies and from Companies House for company-form buyers — chair, CEO, SRO and sign-off authority per contract band.

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