Top suppliers
Top suppliers to Consumer Scotland
Top-five suppliers hold 99% of contract value — a concentrated market.
Procurement categories
What Consumer Scotland buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
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Latest Consumer Scotland contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Award of Interim Professional Staff Services Framework - 2 x Consumer Markets Policy and Advocacy...
Venesky Brown Ltd · 2025-10-17
Award of Interim Professional Staff Services Framework - Business Support Officer
Venesky Brown Ltd · 2025-08-11
Award of Provision of Postal Research
Thinks Insight and Strategy (Britain Thinks) Limited · 2025-08-08
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Consumers in Vulnerable Circumstances Research
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Market analysis
Bidding into Consumer Scotland — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
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Top-5 supplier share
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Avg response window
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Median response window
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Avg contract duration
Frequently asked
Common questions about selling to Consumer Scotland
How much does Consumer Scotland spend on procurement?
Consumer Scotland awarded 25 contracts totalling £1.1M between 2023-08-01 and 2026-08-01, working with 15 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £108K.
Who are Consumer Scotland's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to Consumer Scotland by total award value are Thinks Insight and Strategy (Britain Thinks) Limited, Ipsos (market research) Ltd, Dovetail Enterprises (1993) ltd. The top five suppliers together hold 99% of contract value.
What does Consumer Scotland buy from suppliers?
Consumer Scotland's procurement is concentrated in research services, office furniture, advertising and marketing services, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.
How can my business bid for Consumer Scotland contracts?
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What's the typical response window for Consumer Scotland tenders?
Consumer Scotland typically gives suppliers a median of 30 days to respond (average 30 days). Standard contract duration is around 0 months.
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Sources & methodology
How this profile is compiled
Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-08-01
This profile aggregates public-record procurement data published by the UK Government under the Open Government Licence v3.0. ENKII fetches, deduplicates, and aggregates source records; we don't edit the underlying facts.
Source portals
- · Find a Tender (find-tender.service.gov.uk)
- · Contracts Finder
- · Spend Network
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