Open competition
Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- University of Strathclyde · Body governed by public law
- Suppliers
- Skillfluence SME, Anchored In SME
- Value
- £186,944.80 across 6 lots
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Sector
- Education & training · Training services (CPV 80500000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 098192-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date15 Oct 2026
- Published16 Oct 2026Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
This Lot focuses on supporting postgraduate researchers to develop effective communication skills for public, professional, and non academic contexts. The emphasis is on enabling researchers to communicate their work, expertise, and professional identity clearly and confidently to a range of audiences beyond the academic community. Proposed course packages will collectively address the following areas as a minimum: - Public engagement and outreach - Developing and communicating a personal voice or professional profile - Effective and responsible use of social media - Building and engaging with professional and external networks Courses will be relevant to researchers across disciplines and career aspirations. Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015
Lots in this award
| Lot | Supplier | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Provision of Researcher Development Program & Centre of Doctoral Training – 6 Lots: Communicating: General | Skillfluence SME | £23,700 |
| Provision of Researcher Development Program & Centre of Doctoral Training – 6 Lots: Communicating: Academic | Anchored In SME | £23,888 |
| Provision of Researcher Development Program & Centre of Doctoral Training – 6 Lots: Thriving in Your Research | Skillfluence SME | £22,909 |
| Provision of Researcher Development Program & Centre of Doctoral Training – 6 Lots: Writing: General | Anchored In SME | £14,083 |
| Provision of Researcher Development Program & Centre of Doctoral Training – 6 Lots: Writing: Academic | Skillfluence SME | £19,400 |
| Provision of Researcher Development Program & Centre of Doctoral Training – 6 Lots: Centre for Doctoral Training Programme | Skillfluence SME | £82,965 |
About the suppliers
Skillfluence: every public contract they have won.
Anchored In: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 10075807).