Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Historic Environment Scotland · Non-Departmental Public Body
- Supplier
- Ipsos (Market Research) Limited
- Value
- £40,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Market research services (CPV 79310000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 099246-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date21 Oct 2026
- Published21 Oct 2026Published the same day
Description
HES are members of ALVA (the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions). ALVA is a national framework representing tourism bodies across the country. ALVA benchamrking survey which benchmarks our 3 top attractions against the leading attractions within the UK.
About the supplier
Ipsos (Market Research) Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00948470).