Thomson Gray one of five to land place on deal

Five consultants have been handed places on a cost consultancy framework for NHS Scotland.

National firms Aecom, Currie & Brown, Gardiner & Theobald and Turner & Townsend have been joined on the deal by local firm Thomson Gray which is based in Edinburgh and has five offices in total north of the border.

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Aecom is one of five firms to have landed spots on the deal

The £4m framework will provide cost advisor services to customers on a call-off basis. It will run for four years.

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