Business services, legal, HR and marketing contracts expiring in Scotland: 22 worth £29m
Public sector business services, legal, hr and marketing contracts held by buyers in Scotland that have a published end date. Approach the buyer while the incumbent still holds it, rather than meeting the work for the first time when it goes out to tender.
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What this market looks like
22 business services, legal, hr and marketing contracts in Scotland carry a published end date, worth £29m between them. They are held across 6 buyers, and the typical one is worth £193k.
8 of them expire within twelve months, and 3 are already inside the window where the buyer would normally be shaping the replacement. That is 36% of this market back in play inside a year.
19 different suppliers hold the work, and the three largest hold 39% of it. That is a fragmented market, which usually means no single relationship is decisive and a smaller supplier can win on merit.
2 are frameworks rather than a single contract, so part of this market is reached by getting onto a supplier list first and competing for call-offs afterwards.
The most active buyers are University of Strathclyde (8), ORE Catapult (5), Great British Energy (3).
The contracts here are most often held by JISC SERVICES LIMITED (7), Deloitte LLP (2), Baringa Partners LLP (2).
| Contract | Buyer | Value | Expires | Incumbent | Phase |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provision of Technical & Professional Advisory Services for Great British Energy (2026-2028) Scotland | Great British Energy | £10m incl. VAT | 26 Apr 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Provision of Technical & Professional Advisory Services for Great British Energy (2026-2028) Scotland | Great British Energy | £10m incl. VAT | 30 Apr 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| GBE - Senior Recruitment Services Digital Scotland | Great British Energy | £207k incl. VAT | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| FW Services- Partnership Customer Support- Multi Site 0328 Scotland | SCOTTISH HYDRO ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION PLC | £2.9m incl. VAT | 31 Mar 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Spotlight Event: Event Management Scotland | ORE Catapult | £180k | 20 Dec 2026 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Interactive Voice Recognition (IVR) Design Consultation & Audio Recording Services Scotland | Student Loans Company | £66k | 13 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| UK7 - Recruitment of Non-Executive Chair for the Single Source Regulations Office (SSRO) Scotland | Ministry of Defence | £61k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| marine survey campaign Scotland | ORE Catapult | £80k | 31 Dec 2026 | Subscribers | Window open |
| LGBT Restorative Measures Communications Scotland | Ministry of Defence | £44k | 12 Dec 2026 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Recruitment of a Strategic Police Advisor (PIP 4) Scotland | Ministry of Defence | £284k | 16 Sept 2027 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Elsevier Read and Publish 2026-2028 (JISC) Scotland | University of Strathclyde | £2.1m | 31 Dec 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Technical & Commercial Consultancy Services Scotland | ORE Catapult | £70k | 03 Jul 2027 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Translation Services Scotland | Student Loans Company | £120k | 06 Jan 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Springer Nature Read and Publish 2026-2028 (JISC) Scotland | University of Strathclyde | £930k | 31 Dec 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Wiley Read and Publish Open Access 2026-2028 (Jisc) Scotland | University of Strathclyde | £760k | 31 Dec 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| F4OR Consultancy Services – Business Excellence Framework Scotland | ORE Catapult | £333k | 04 Mar 2029 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Sage Journals Read and Publish 2026-2028 (Jisc) Scotland | University of Strathclyde | £460k | 31 Dec 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| F4OR Consultancy Services Business Excellence Framework - Wales 3 Scotland | ORE Catapult | £66k | 16 Mar 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| AIP Fusion Pilot 2026-2028 (JISC) Scotland | University of Strathclyde | £152k | 31 Dec 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Oxford University Press (OUP) Read and Publish 2026-2028 (JISC) Scotland | University of Strathclyde | £193k | 31 Dec 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Info4Education (Jisc) Scotland | University of Strathclyde | £72k | 31 Dec 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science Journals) 2026-2028 (JISC) Scotland | University of Strathclyde | £40k | 31 Dec 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
Business services, legal, HR and marketing in other regions
Other sectors in Scotland
Regions come from the buyer's published NUTS code, which is the location of the buying authority rather than always the place the work happens. Contract end dates are published by buyers on contract details notices. Re-tender windows are computed estimates, not announcements.