Perth & Kinross Council awards Modern Apprenticeship training

Tender information last checkedLast checked 8 Oct 2026, 18:42.

Opportunity overview

Perth & Kinross Council required an approved Modern Apprentice centre to register, deliver and certificate the full Business & Administration Modern Apprentice qualification. This will include the required SVQ, Core Skills and enhancement (if appropriate).

Awarded to

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Quest (Scotland) Ltd

Ai Match

Published award value: £17.3k
Awarded: Not supplied
Contract signed: 10 Aug 2026
Award ID: awd-1
Location: Dundee, DD2 1XD

Classification

CPV80500000 — Training services
CPV80530000 — Vocational training services

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id: tender-845247
Main Procurement Category: services

Tender Period

Starts: 10 Dec 2026, 00:00
Ends: 10 Nov 2027, 00:00

Additional Classifications

Entry 1

Id: 80500000
Description: Training services
Scheme: CPV

Entry 2

Id: 80530000
Description: Vocational training services
Scheme: CPV

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1

Name: Aberdeenshire Council
Id: org-1

Address

Street Address: Woodhill House
Locality: Aberdeen
Postal Code: AB16 5GB

Contact

Name: School Transport
Telephone: +44 1467539600
Url: http://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk ↗

Roles

buyer

Organisation 2

Name: Central Taxis (North East) Limited
Id: org-2

Address

Street Address: Millbank
Locality: Peterhead
Postal Code: AB42 3AN

Contact

Name: Paul Anderson

Roles

supplier

Organisation 3

Name: Scottish Government
Id: org-3

Address

Street Address: 5 Atlantic Quay
Locality: Glasgow
Postal Code: G2 8LU

Contact

Name: AD&D
Telephone: +44 412425466
Url: http://www.scotland.gov.uk ↗

Roles

buyer

Organisation 4

Name: Venesky-Brown Recruitment
Id: org-4

Address

Street Address: 4A Rutland Square
Locality: Edinburgh
Postal Code: EH1 2AS

Contact

Name: Simone Lockhart

Roles

supplier

Organisation 5

Name: Perth & Kinross Council
Id: org-5

Address

Street Address: 2 High Street
Locality: Perth
Postal Code: PH1 5PH

Contact

Name: Place Development
Email: SCumiskey@pkc.gov.uk
Telephone: +44 1738475000
Url: http://www.pkc.gov.uk/article/15478/Tenders-and-contracts ↗

Roles

buyer

Organisation 6

Name: EKOS Ltd
Id: org-6

Address

Street Address: St Georges Studios, 93-97 St Georges Road
Locality: Glasgow
Postal Code: G3 6JA

Contact

Name: Chris Kelly

Roles

supplier

Organisation 7

Name: Quest (Scotland) Ltd
Id: org-7

Address

Street Address: 8 Riverside Court
Locality: Dundee
Postal Code: DD2 1XD

Contact

Name: Laura Mason

Roles

supplier

Award information

Award 1

Id: awd-1
Description: Total cost of the contract has been calculated by taking the value of the core SVQ course plus two core skills multiplied by 15 which is the maximum amount of students to participate.

Items

Item 1

Id: awditem-1
Description: Perth & Kinross Council required an approved Modern Apprentice centre to register, deliver and certificate the full Business & Administration Modern Apprentice qualification. This will include the required SVQ, Core Skills and enhancement (if appropriate).

Value

Amount: 17,250
Currency: GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1

Name: Quest (Scotland) Ltd
Id: org-7

Contracts and changes

Entry 1

Id: awd-1
Award ID: awd-1
Status: active
Date Signed: 10 Aug 2026, 01:00

Recorded locations

Buyer location · Perth · PH1 5PH

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION

rls-4-OCT566283award · 8 Oct 2026, 15:13

PROCURAAXIS AWARD ANALYSIS

Award outcome intelligence

Evidence-bound analysis of the published award appears below the official tender and award information.

ANALYSIS PREVIEW

Award intelligence at a glance

Perth & Kinross Council awarded a Business & Administration Modern Apprenticeship training requirement to Quest (Scotland) Ltd. The published award value is £17,250 and is described as an estimate based on the core SVQ course and two Core Skills for up to 15 students.

Published outcome signals

Notice stageAwardEvidence: Process display status is "awarded" and notice type is "award".
Contract record statusActiveEvidence: Contract record awd-1 has status "active".
Signed date10 August 2026Evidence: Contract record awd-1 states dateSigned: 2026-08-10T00:00:00Z.

88% approved-analysis confidence1 supplier record analysed4 source limitations

SOURCE AND FRESHNESS

Traceable procurement data

Source: Public Contracts Scotland
Notice reference: rls-4-OCT566283
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000836517
First published: 8 Oct 2026
Last checked: 8 Oct 2026, 18:42
Notice versions reviewed: 1

View Public Contracts Scotland notice ↗

HOW THIS WAS PREPARED

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

ProcuraAxis structures information found in published procurement records, checks the result for consistency and publishes only approved analysis. Confidence describes the completeness and consistency of the available source information; it is not a guarantee of eligibility or contract award.

Analysis status: Approved for publication
Analysed: 8 Oct 2026

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AWARD OUTCOME

What happened

Published outcome

Award recorded to Quest (Scotland) Ltd; the source contract record is marked active and gives a signed date of 10 August 2026.

Market significance

A small vocational-training services award supporting Modern Apprenticeship qualification delivery.

AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS

1 supplier record analysed

Quest (Scotland) Ltd

93% confidence

Award awd-1 · 17250 GBP · Awarded; associated contract record marked active

View supporting evidence

Award awd-1 names Quest (Scotland) Ltd as supplier and gives a value of GBP 17,250. The associated contract awd-1 is marked active.

LIFECYCLE

Award or contract stage

Notice stage

99% confidence

Award

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Process display status is "awarded" and notice type is "award".

Contract record status

95% confidence

Active

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Contract record awd-1 has status "active".

Signed date

95% confidence

10 August 2026

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Contract record awd-1 states dateSigned: 2026-08-10T00:00:00Z.

VALUES

Published values explained

Published award value

99% confidence

£17,250

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Award awd-1 value is 17,250 GBP.

Value methodology

96% confidence

Calculated from the core SVQ course plus two Core Skills, multiplied by a maximum of 15 participating students

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Award description states the total cost calculation and maximum student number.

TIMELINE

Procurement timeline

Award notice published

99% confidence

8 October 2026

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Process published_at is 2026-10-08T14:13:25Z.

Tender period shown in source

90% confidence

10 December 2026 to 10 November 2027

View supporting evidence

Tender tenderPeriod gives startDate 2026-12-10 and endDate 2027-11-10.

SCOPE

What was awarded

Requirement

98% confidence

Registration, delivery and certification of the full Business & Administration Modern Apprentice qualification

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Tender description.

Included learning elements

97% confidence

Required SVQ, Core Skills and enhancement where appropriate

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Tender description.

Service classifications

99% confidence

CPV 80500000 Training services; CPV 80530000 Vocational training services

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Published additional classifications.

Maximum learner volume used in value calculation

96% confidence

15 students

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Award description states that 15 is the maximum number of students to participate.

PROCEDURE

Procedure and competition

Procurement method

99% confidence

Unknown

View supporting evidence

Information not supplied in the published notice data.

Competition and bid count

99% confidence

Unknown

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Information not supplied in the published notice data.

Evaluation results

99% confidence

Unknown

View supporting evidence

Information not supplied in the published notice data.

CONTRACT TERMS

Published contract terms

Contract status

95% confidence

Active in the source contract record

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Contract awd-1 status is "active".

Contract signed date

95% confidence

10 August 2026

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Contract awd-1 dateSigned is 2026-08-10.

Contract start and end dates

99% confidence

Unknown

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Process contract_start_at and contract_end_at are null; no separate contract period is supplied.

Extension or renewal terms

99% confidence

Unknown

View supporting evidence

Information not supplied in the published notice data.

COMMERCIAL VIEW

Commercial observations

Pricing structure

90% confidence

The published total is tied to a maximum cohort of 15 learners rather than a published fixed term or unit-price schedule.

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Award description describes the calculation using course and Core Skills costs multiplied by 15 participants.

Demand ceiling

88% confidence

The stated maximum of 15 participating students may limit total delivery volume under the published calculation.

View supporting evidence

Award description states that 15 is the maximum amount of students to participate.

ANALYSIS QUALITY

88%overall confidence

Confidence reflects the completeness and consistency of the published award data.

Reference: ocds-r6ebe6-0000836517
Analysed: 8 Oct 2026

APPROVED AWARD ANALYSIS

BUYER CONTEXT

Buyer context

Buyer

99% confidence

Perth & Kinross Council

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Process buyer_name and party org-5 identify Perth & Kinross Council as buyer.

Buyer location

98% confidence

Perth, PH1 5PH

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Buyer party org-5 gives locality Perth and postal code PH1 5PH.

SUPPLIER CONTEXT

Supplier context

Awarded supplier

90% confidence

Quest (Scotland) Ltd (unverified source name)

View supporting evidence

Award awd-1 names Quest (Scotland) Ltd. Supplier identity status is checked_unmatched.

Published supplier locality

93% confidence

Dundee, DD2 1XD

View supporting evidence

Supplier record for org-7 lists locality Dundee and postal code DD2 1XD.

RENEWAL OUTLOOK

Renewal outlook

99% confidence

Unknown

View supporting evidence

No explicit contract end date or extension terms are supplied, so a renewal estimate cannot be calculated.

DATA QUALITY

Gaps and source limitations

Supplier identity

99% confidence

Unverified supplier name

View supporting evidence

The supplier verification workflow completed with status checked_unmatched; no verified company name or number was supplied.

Date inconsistency

99% confidence

The recorded signed date precedes both the award-notice publication date and the tender-period dates shown in the source.

View supporting evidence

dateSigned is 10 August 2026; award notice publication is 8 October 2026; tender period is 10 December 2026 to 10 November 2027.

Contract period

99% confidence

Information not supplied in the published notice.

View supporting evidence

Contract start and end fields are null.

Competition information

99% confidence

Information not supplied in the published notice.

View supporting evidence

No procurement method, bidder count or evaluation information is present.

SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS

Information not supplied in the published notice

Quest (Scotland) Ltd is an unverified source name: the Companies House workflow completed without finding a safe company match, and no verified legal company name or number was supplied.
The source dates are inconsistent: the recorded signed date is earlier than the award notice publication date and the displayed tender-period dates. This analysis does not select an unsupported chronology.
Information not supplied in the published notice: procurement method, bidder count, evaluation results, individual pricing, contract start date, contract end date, and extension or renewal terms.
No lots or individual lot allocations are published.

MARKET THEMES

Relevant award themes

COMMON QUESTIONS

About this award

Who received the award?

The award names Quest (Scotland) Ltd. Its name remains unverified because the completed supplier-identity check did not identify a safe company match.

What is the published award value?

The published award value is £17,250.

What is being procured?

Registration, delivery and certification of the Business & Administration Modern Apprentice qualification, including the required SVQ, Core Skills and enhancement where appropriate.

Is the contract period known?

No. The published data does not provide explicit contract start or end dates.

ProcuraAxis award analysis supplements, but does not replace, the official award notice, contract data or procurement documents. “Awarded” does not by itself prove that a contract has been signed.

Award of PKC14144 Business & Admininistration Modern Apprenticeship

Opportunity overview

Awarded to

Quest (Scotland) Ltd

Classification

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Award intelligence at a glance

Published outcome signals

Traceable procurement data

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