Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2019-06-24
Buyer: Scottish Government
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 72000000

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
Scottish Government is considering engaging partners to help achieve improved government services using digital ways of working and driving reuse. This is to extend the capacity and capability of the Digital Transformation Division team. This PIN is to invite potential bidders to a bidder Day on 19.7.2019 in Edinburgh, to discuss the aims and scope of the proposed partnership and to set out the strategic context. Example activities to be commissioned under this agreement are set out as additional information.
The Digital Transformation Division (DTD) is responsible for promoting and supporting digital transformation projects across the public sector. The Scottish Government wishes to procure a Digital Partner Service to extend the capacity and capability of the division.
We are investing possible approaches to let a 1 year partnership contract with suppliers with a potential extension of 1 further year.
The suppliers will work with DTD at a strategic level to plan work, agree the best approach and make best use of the budget and resources available to deliver the biggest impact. It is anticipated that work will be commissioned as a combination of project and resource-based work packages.
We are also seeking partners who can contribute strategic advice and digital innovation to government programmes as part of the potential partnership arrangements.
The work will involve delivering digital public services and, as such, will require to conform to the Scottish Digital First Standard. A core element of the services will also be to maximise re-use across government — standards, methods, components and platforms.
— opportunity for potential bidders to ask Scottish Government Digital Transformation team questions in an open forum.
Any digital service transformation would be for use by Scottish Government and potentially the greater Scottish public sector and would be in support of the Scottish Government’s refreshed digital strategy ‘Realising Scotland’s full potential in a digital world: a Digital Strategy for Scotland’, Scottish Governments 2020 Vision, Scottish Government national performance framework and the public sector reform strategy.
Views/comments are encouraged from suppliers interested in participating. We actively invite feedback and ideas and suppliers can forward this to nia.lewis@gov.scot by 10.7.2019.
More information on the scope of the project can be obtained from the attached documents. After viewing supporting documentation of the opportunity the intention is to hold a market engagement day on in Edinburgh. Tickets can be obtained for this event using the Eventbrite link in the additional information attached to this notice and are limited 2 per organisation.
Note: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland website at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=588251