Public procurement notice: Dynamic Purchasing System
Published: 2019-10-07
Buyer: Scottish Government
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 48000000 | 48800000 | 48810000: Information systems
Estimated value: 3000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2024-11-18
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The authority is establishing a dynamic purchasing system (DPS) for social programme management (SPM) Services split into a 2 lots for the provision of SPM Projects and SPM Resources.
Suppliers must have previous design, configuration and implementation experience of the IBM Curam Social Programme Management (SPM) product. This must be organisational experience of delivering this technology as a lead or subcontractor and must be the organisation’s experience in successfully delivering these SPM projects not just individual staff with experience.
This SPM projects lot will provide third party supplier delivery and support for Social Security Scotland’s core case management platform. Typically these digital technology projects will have known outcomes, objectives, deliverables, milestones and identified methodologies (e.g. agile is becoming more common). SPM Projects may include but not limited to: SPM Development Projects, SPM Client Side Support, SPM Application Support, SPM Design and Architecture, SPM Data Analysis, SPM Training.
Suppliers must have previous design, configuration and implementation experience of the IBM Curam Social Programme Management (SPM) product. This must be organisational experience of delivering this technology as a lead or subcontractor and must be the organisation’s experience in successfully delivering these SPM Projects not just individual staff with experience.
The SPM Resources lot will provide resource skills and expertise in support of Social Security Scotland’s core case management platform. Resources will typically assist with the delivery of digital technology requirements and will be commissioned to deliver specific objectives and tasks. The nature of digital technology resources typically required is diverse and some examples (non-exhaustive list) are; SPM Business Analysis, SPM Dev (Build/Config/Code), SPM Architecture (including Cloud Design and Deployment), SPM Data Architecture (Schema design and assurance, etc.), SPM Data Migration (relevant experience including data translation/matching between schema’s), SPM Testing (Strategy and Execution), SPM Release and Configuration Management (including Change), SPM DevOps, SPM System Support and DBA, SPM Live Running, SPM Training (Technical).
It is a requirement of this contract that bidders holder, or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:
Financial Assessment will be taken on a risk based approach for each contract advertised within the DPS.
Bidders will be required to provide examples that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the services/supplies as described in Part II.2.4) of the OJEU Contract Notice or the relevant section of the site notice.
Economics operators may be excluded from this DPS if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulations 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) 2015.


Award value: 3000000