Education Scotland - Framework agreements for call-off contracts: FOI release

Information requested

I am doing a research project investigating call-off contracts in the public sector. I have identified six potential call-off contracts awarded by Education Scotland, but I can't find details of the framework agreements they were awarded from, or which lots were used.

I have attached an Excel file that contains the information I am looking at. The last two columns ("Title of framework used" and "Further framework info") is where I am missing information.

Please could you provide the name of the specific framework agreement or DPS/Dynamic Market used here, as well as the lot used if the framework was divided into lots. If there is any further info which you think would help me locate the framework agreements (e.g., a link to the framework's Contract Finder or FTS listing, the framework provider, or a widely-used reference number such as CCS's RM codes), please use the final column for this. Please use the second column for the relevant lot information.

Please note that I have identified these contracts as possible call-off contracts, so some of them might not be. Some could be, for instance, procured directly (without being called off from a framework agreement), or could be themselves notices of the establishment of a framework agreement. Therefore I would kindly ask you to specify in these incidences what kind of procurement was used in the "Title of framework used" column.

I have provided the title, description, the publication date, and procedure type used to award each potential call-off, as well as a URL link to the call-off in question and a unique reference ID for each potential call-off. Please let me know if there is anything else you need to complete the request.

Response

Education Scotland can confirm that all notices submitted were awarded through existing framework agreements. The specific frameworks used along with the relevant links, are detailed in the spreadsheet provided at Annex A.

Under section 25(1) of FOISA, we do not have to give you information which is already reasonably accessible to you. If, however, you do not have internet access to obtain this information from the links included in the spreadsheet, then please contact me again and I will arrange to send you a paper copy.

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FOI 202600520968 - Information Released - Annex A

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