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for what it is worth i used to work at a ford dealership and did have some dealings with lease returns. Usually when they were turned in a manager (usually in sales dept) did a condition report on the vehicle before the owner left. Usually the lessee was completely aware of what is put on that report before leaving (can't remember if it was signed or not). Then the car is in the custody of the dealership, when the truck comes to pick up the car most of the time the condition is marked 'dirty/scratches' and that was unchargeable.
Any discrepancies between the truck drivers report and the dealers report was the responsiblity of the dealer, then on to the auction for the same thing. Discrepancies are now the drivers responsiblity. As far as your scratches a good detail with decent touch up job should do the trick. For touch ups there can be many options depending on the area. Most dealers deal with a lot of "non shop" vendors for touch ups, dents and so on.
You could always drop by the place where you are gonna turn it in and ask them for whoever does condition reports on lease turn ins. Have them look at the car and ask them to tell you what is chargeable and if they recommend an affordable option.
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