Procurement of goods and services
As the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) provides administrative support and services to the Council, all procurement tenders are carried out in accordance with the SCTS polices. For more information, please see our page on our relationship with the SCTS.
All contracts with external suppliers with a value in excess of £25,000 are listed below.
|
Goods or services |
Date tender issued |
Date contract awarded |
Value of contract (excluding VAT) |
Supplier |
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Design and creation of the Scottish Sentencing Council website and website maintenance and support thereafter. |
13 April 2015 |
12 May 2015 |
£30,000 |
Lewis Creative Consultants Limited |
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Focus-group based studies regarding sentencing by Scottish courts. |
22 October 2018 |
19 November 2018 |
£39,982 |
ScotCen Social Research |
|
Nationally representative telephone survey of public perceptions of sentencing by Scottish courts. |
5 November 2018 |
10 January 2019 |
£45,000 |
Ipsos MORI Scotland |
|
Qualitative exploration of the attitudes of young people, including young offenders, to the sentencing of young people. |
15 March 2019 |
26 June 2019 |
£28,236.60 |
University of the West of Scotland |
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Focus groups exploring views on sentencing for sexual assault and rape. |
17 January 2023 |
03 March 2023 |
£48,675.57 |
University of Glasgow |
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Focus groups exploring views on sentence discounting.* |
17 January 2023 |
03 March 2023 |
£24,958.00 |
University of Glasgow |
|
Sentencing disparities exploratory study. |
27 September 2023 |
27 November 2023 |
£49,311.50 |
University of Strathclyde |
|
Environmental and wildlife offences - public perceptions.* |
27 September 2023 |
27 November 2023 |
£24,349 |
University of Glasgow |
|
Nationally representative survey of public perceptions of sentencing by Scottish courts. |
28 February 2024 |
08 May 2024 |
£75,000 |
Ipsos MORI Scotland |
*exceeds £25,000 when VAT is taken into account
This page was last updated on 13 June 2024.