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SCOTTISH QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY

Administration services
Large
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Awarded
£22.6m
Live
4
Buyers
4
12m
£1
At a glance
  • Quick answer
Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities2
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts4 / 14
  • Top buyers4
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
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Quick answer — SCOTTISH QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITYUpdated 10 Aug 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

SCOTTISH QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY has won £22.6m across 4 public-sector buyers, with 4 live contracts.

Why: top buyer Department for Education at 75% · 100% in Administration services · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
No CH recordCompany status
4 of 14Live contracts
75%Top-buyer concentration
100%Category exposure
0Contract modifications
If you're a buyer:CapabilitiesReferencesKPIComplianceWatchdog?FlagsModificationsConcentrationNews

Social value

Commitments mapped to the Government Social Value Model themes.

⚑ Self-reported
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No social-value commitments yet

Jobs, skills, environmental, inequality and community commitments appear here once a claimed supplier attributes them to awarded contracts, or once we detect them on the supplier’s website.

ESG & policies vault · 0/5

Key governance & sustainability policies. Published documents link out; missing ones are greyed.

↔ Cross-checked
Net-zero planNot provided✓
Modern slavery statementNot provided✓
EDI policyNot provided✓
Anti-briberyNot provided✓
Data protectionNot provided✓

Capabilities

What this supplier does, where they sit, who they sell to.

⚑ Self-reported & from notices

Service tags, sectors served and target geographies appear here once a supplier verifies ownership of this profile.

Frameworks & DPS · 2 from notices
  • Trialling FrameworkDepartment for Education · £10.0m
  • Dangerous Goods Qualification ServicesDVSA - Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency · £5.6m

Case studies

Delivery stories the supplier has published, with sector and outcome.

⚑ Self-reported
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No case studies yet

Once a claimed supplier publishes delivery stories — the buyer, the sector, what was delivered and the outcome — they appear here.

Buyer references

Named public-sector contacts who have agreed to act as a reference.

✓ Confirmed by buyer
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No buyer references yet

Public-sector buyers can confirm they'll act as a reference for this supplier. Confirmed references — with the contract they relate to — show here.

Accreditations & memberships

Independently issued. Verification dates cross-checked against issuer registers.

↔ Cross-checked
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No accreditations recorded

B-Corp, ISO, Cyber Essentials, Living Wage and similar credentials appear here once added by a claimed supplier and cross-checked against the issuing register.

KPI performance

Delivery, budget and satisfaction scores reported quarterly by buyers.

✓ Verified
84

No verified KPI scores yet

Once buyers report contract KPIs — delivery on time, on budget, satisfaction, adoption and accessibility — a weighted grade and breakdown appear here.

Contracts · 4 live · 10 historic

Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
Non-exclusive Administration of MCA Safety Assessments for Candidates
MCA - Maritime and Coastguard Agency7510000017 Sept 2025£12.5 yrsLive
Dangerous Goods Qualification Services
DVSA - Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency8000000024 Jun 2024£5.6m3 yrsLive
Trialling Call Off 03 - SQA con_17912
Department for Education8000000020 Dec 2022£588k9 moClosed
Reception Baseline Assessment - Technical Pre-Test Administration (September 2022 Trial Only) - Con_14222
Department for Education8000000025 May 2022£130k6 moClosed
Digital Reception Baseline Assessment -Item Validation Trial Administration - Call Off 18
Department for Education8000000024 May 2021£11k7 moClosed
Extension - Trialling & Sampling Framework Call-Off, STA 0166-04 - KS1 TPT
Department for Education8000000021 Nov 2019£1.9m1.8 yrsClosed
Trialling & Sampling Framework Call-off, STA 0166-04
Department for Education8000000021 Nov 2019£1.5m10 moClosed
Trialling Framework STA 0166-01
Department for Education8000000021 Nov 2018£1.2m10 moClosed
Trialling Framework
Department for Education8000000014 Jun 2018£10.0m4 yrsClosed
Administration for 3 (three) Multiplication Tables Check Trials in 2018
Department for Education8000000011 Jan 2018£241k8 moClosed
Total live value £5.6m · mean award £1.6m1–10 of 14

Top buyers · 4 buyers · top 3 = 100%

Share of awarded value. Concentration fires above 40% for any single buyer.

✓ From notices
1
Department for Education
11 contracts
75%
since 2013
2
DVSA - Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
1 contract
25%
since 2024
3
MCA - Maritime and Coastguard Agency
1 contract
0%
since 2025
4
Maritime and Coastguard Agency
1 contract
0%

Category mix

CPV-division share of last-12m awarded value. Single-category exposure: 100%.

✓ From notices
Administration services75
100%
⚠ Concentration: 100% of recent awarded value sits in a single CPV division. A category-specific downturn would materially affect revenue.

Geography

Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.

✓ From notices
UK · schematic only
South East1 contract
0%
Region resolved for 0% of awarded value (by buyer postcode); the remainder lacks a usable address.

Peers

Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). SCOTTISH QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY highlighted.

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
KP
KPMG LLP
No£223.2m3
TP
Triple Point Investment Management LLP
No£12.9m1
TG
THE GROWTH COMPANY LIMITED
No£7.4m1
MA
MOTTRAM ASSOCIATES LIMITED
No£2.7m2
BA
Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
No£2.1m1
SQ
SCOTTISH QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY
No£1—
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Red flags · 0 active

Automated scan of Companies House status, charges and insolvency records.

✓ Verified
No Companies House record linked — automated risk checks unavailable.

Compliance scorecard

Derived from Companies House filings — not a full supplier-assurance check.

↔ Cross-checked
No Companies House record linked — statutory compliance checks unavailable.

Modifications

Variations to awarded contracts logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74.

✓ From notices
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No modifications recorded

No published contract variations for this supplier. Modification notices appear here as they are issued under the Procurement Act 2023.

News mentions

UK trade press & nationals, matched to this supplier.

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No news mentions found

We haven't matched any recent UK press coverage to this supplier. Mentions appear here automatically as they're published.

Companies House

Registered details, directors and PSC.

✓ Live sync
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No Companies House record linked

No Companies House number on file — this supplier may be overseas, a sole trader or a consortium.

Financial

Filed accounts from Companies House.

↔ From Cos House
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No financial filings on record

Turnover, profit and headcount appear here once audited or micro-entity accounts are filed at Companies House.

Org tree

Group structure and ownership.

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Independent. No parent company or subsidiaries recorded at Companies House for this entity.