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One or more suppliers on this contract have also made political donations. See supplier details below.
SCOPE OF REQUIREMENTS
The scope of work will comprise of standard due diligence and financial governance. This is what will be termed ‘core’ work representing ongoing business activities of advice, guidance, reporting, engagement with the business, meetings and costing on a planned, regular programme. The second part relates to cases where we consider that more complex analysis will be required and that appropriate time and rates are proportionate for this activity.
Core Scope
Provision of advisory services as may be required to provide expert strategic, financial and commercial advice in respect of core services:
Advice & guidance
Analysis
Reporting
Work across all sectors of industry
Meetings and costing on a planned regular programme.
Additional Scope
The Scottish Government require the Service Provider to be able to provide all services outlined below across a range of possible intervention, investment or funding structures, including debt, guarantees, grants and equity:
Financial/Commercial due diligence.
Analysis and reports on potential mergers or acquisitions and disposal of assets, Insolvency, restructuring and turnaround advice
Specialist economic and market technical expertise relevant to government
Market analysis of relevant sectors, including those strategic to Scotland
Options Appraisal in line with the principles of HMT Green Book
Evaluation exercises in line with the principles of HMT Magenta Book
Strategic and commercial advice in respect of exit strategies for Scottish Government interventions
Financial Accounting assessments
Company valuations
Counterparty due diligence, addressing financial, commercial and reputational risks
Economic impact assessments
Commercial market operator assessment in support of a wider subsidy control assessment, working with appointed legal advisors and Scottish Government’s Legal Directorate and Subsidy Control Division. This will include appropriate pricing of any financial instruments to be applied to the transaction.
Undertaking a sale and marketing process for existing investments, including marketing the business for sale, engaging with prospective purchasers and negotiating commercial heads of terms
Forensic accounting assessments.
The Scottish Government require the Service Provider to provide all services outlined above for all noted transaction and intervention types. Should the Service Provider require the use of sub-contractor to fulfil the requirements this should be noted in the Tenderer’s Single Procurement Documents (SPD) and Technical response. Further details of the required services are detailed in Annex
| Supplier | Identifier | Award Value | Lots Won | Cross-References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deloitte LLP | OC303675 | - | 1 lot Commercial Advisor Framework 2 | DONOR£617K across 13 donations To: Labour Party, Conservative and Unionist Party, Liberal Democrats MP LINK |
| FRP Advisory | 12315862 | - | 1 lot Commercial Advisor Framework 2 | - |
| Grant Thornton UK LLP | OC307742 | - | 1 lot Commercial Advisor Framework 2 | DONOR£97K across 14 donations To: Labour Party, Conservative and Unionist Party |
| Interpath Ltd | 13225134 | - | 1 lot Commercial Advisor Framework 2 | - |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP | OC303525 | - | 1 lot Commercial Advisor Framework 2 | DONOR£3.38M across 100 donations To: Labour Party, Liberal Democrats, Conservative and Unionist Party +7 more MP LINK |
| Teneo Restructuring Limited | 13192958 | - | 1 lot Commercial Advisor Framework 2 | - |
This procurement was divided into 2 lots, each awarded separately. 8 bids were received in total.
| Lot | Value | Bids Received | Awarded To | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lot 1 Commercial Advisor Framework 2 720 days (≈2 yrs) | £15,000,000 initial term | 8 | Deloitte LLP FRP Advisory PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Grant Thornton UK LLP Interpath Ltd Teneo Restructuring Limited | active |
| Lot 2 Commercial Advisor Framework 2 | - | - | - | planned |
Government spending data: These suppliers have received £2,808,332,080 in 16,063 payments (over £25k) from Home Office, Department of Health and Social Care, Department for Transport, Ministry of Defence, HMRC and 92 more public bodies (2010-04-01 to 2026-08-21).
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