Fast, efficient, and compliant procurement options
Public sector clients can procure our services through the following frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems:

Government Commercial Agency

Research and Insights Dynamic Purchasing System
Agreement ID:

RM6126

The Research and Insights DPS has been established to enable government and public sector organisations to commission social, economic and market research, including behavioural insights and media monitoring and analysis services, for projects of all sizes and values.

It is accessible via a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) which suppliers can join at any time.

What you can buy

The Research and insights DPS is organised into a structure of high level filters, with additional sub-filters. The four main filters are:

Subject area:

  • Agriculture, fishing, and food
  • Business, finance, and the economy
  • Crime and justice
  • Culture, media, and sport
  • Education, training, and employment
  • Health, public services, and society
  • Science, technology, engineering, and manufacturing

Research methods:

  • Analysis and modelling
  • Data collection (general, quantitative, and qualitative)
  • Evaluation and evidence synthesis
  • Experiments and trials
  • Physical sampling / surveys
  • Research specialisms
  • Sample design / source

Target participants:

  • Business and the economy 
  • Education, training, and employment
  • Place of residence / tenure
  • Professionals
  • Socio-economic
  • Specialist groups
  • Transport users

Location:

  • UK
  • British Overseas Territories
  • Commonwealth
  • Crown Dependencies 
  • EU
  • International

You can find and download the full list from the Research & Insights webpage, under the documents tab, entitled ‘Scope overview and service filters’.

How to buy

For information on how to register as a buyer, select appointed suppliers, run a competition, and award a contract:

Visit: Government Commercial Agency website

Download: RM6126 Guide to buying marketing communications and research services

Download: RM6126 Buyer guide

Download: RM6126 Scope overview and service filters

Download: RM6126 CPV codes

Communications Marketplace
Agreement ID:

RM6124

The aim of the Communications Marketplace is to help UK government and public sector bodies run public service campaigns by providing access to a wide range of specialist marketing and communications services.

The agreement uses a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) with a filtering system to help identify a shortlist of relevant agencies to invite to competition.

What you can buy

The agreement covers:

  • Creative development
  • Direct marketing
  • Sponsorship
  • Events
  • Production
  • Public Relations (PR)
  • Social marketing and emerging channels
  • Campaign coordination
  • Marketing and advertising technology advice
  • Data science
  • In-house agency services
  • Recruitment advertising
  • Partnerships
  • Content aggregation marketing
  • Marketing and communications strategy
  • Marketing strategic advice and consultancy
  • Data provision, management and augmentation
  • Internal communications and engagement
  • Innovation and experience.
How to buy

For information on how to register as a buyer, select appointed suppliers, run a competition, and award a contract:

Visit: Government Commercial Agency website

Download: RM6124 Guide to buying marketing communication and research services

Download: RM6124 Buyer guide

Download: RM6124 Scope overview and specification

Download: RM6124 Scope overview filters

Digital outcomes and specialists 7 framework
Agreement ID:

RM1043.9

The Digital Outcomes and Specialists 7 combines 2 previous frameworks: 

Central Government, Charities, Education, Health, Local authority, Blue light (police, fire, ambulance, search and rescue) and devolved administrations can use this agreement to procure suppliers to provide digital, data, and technology services in line with government policies, standards and best practices.

Suppliers can provide work across the full agile lifecycle, including:

  • discovery
  • alpha 
  • beta 
  • live 
  • retirement

These services help organisations to provide application development and user centred design services to build digital products and services that meet the needs of citizens. 

What you can buy

Lot 1 Digital Outcomes

Use this lot when you need to procure suppliers to provide specific, outcome-based digital projects in line with agile methodologies and government digital standards.

Lot 3 Digital Specialists

Use this lot when you need to procure digital specialists with expertise in specific digital roles. They support defined projects, services and transformation initiatives by bringing targeted skills into existing teams.

Lot 4 User Research Studios and Participants

Use this lot when you need to hire studio space or recruit user research participants to test digital services.

Low value purchase system
Agreement ID:

RM6237

If you are a public sector buyer, the Low value purchase system (LVPS) agreement offers a simple, efficient route to a wide range of suppliers of common goods and services for below threshold contracts. With LVPS, you can run a mini-competition to select a supplier. There is also the option to direct award, you will need to ensure compliance with your corporate procurement policy.

What you can buy

You can access our research and consultancy services via this system.

How to buy

Learn more about purchasing via the Low value purchase system.

The Scottish Government’s Procurement and Property Directorate

Digital technology and cyber services: dynamic purchasing system

This dynamic purchasing system (DPS) is for the provision of digital technology and cyber services (DTCS). It replaces the DPS 2.0 for digital and technology services which expired in March 2023. This dynamic purchasing system continues to provide Scottish public sector and third sector bodies with a quick route to market for digital technology and cyber security services.

The service is used by a broad range of public sector organisations including: central government, health, local authorities, universities and colleges, third sector organisations and other public bodies.

Our services are available via:
Lot 2: Digital technology resources

The digital resources lot is expected to provide access to a diverse range of skills and expertise in support of digital technology services. This lot provides access to digital specialists, project and programme managers, data specialists and related expertise, including:

  • Digital specialists
  • Project/Programme managers
  • User researchers
  • Business analysts
  • Solution architects
  • Data modelling
  • Digital consultants.
Lot 3: Digital training services

This lot is focused on digital training services and bespoke development such as:

  • standard ICT training courses
  • project management training
  • off the shelf training packages for commonly used applications such as Microsoft 365
  • bespoke training development services
  • training analysis and strategy development
  • individual training coaches and train the trainer.
How to buy

For more information on how to access and use the system please refer to the Digital technology and cyber services DPS: Buyer’s guide.

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