Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-09-29
Buyer: Scottish Government
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 72000000
Submission deadline: 2018-10-29
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
Social Security Scotland is the new social security agency in Scotland. Responsibility for some social security benefits is transferring from the UK Government to Scottish Ministers on a phased basis over the next few years. Social Security Scotland has already invested in a case management platform, IBM’s Social Program Management (SPM) Platform, for the first wave of benefits, and work is already underway to develop, configure and integrate SPM for those first benefits.
We now require support to develop, configure and integrate SPM for the disability benefits that will transfer to Scottish Ministers. The disability benefits are more complex than the benefits that are being delivered in the first wave and will require more sophisticated configuration of SPM and greater levels of integration between SPM and other systems. The Supplier will work as part of a multidisciplinary delivery team alongside Scottish Government resource and other Suppliers.
Social Security Scotland is the new social security agency in Scotland. Responsibility for some social security benefits is transferring from the UK Government to Scottish Ministers on a phased basis over the next few years. Social Security Scotland has already invested in a case management platform, IBM’s Social Program Management (SPM) Platform, for the first wave of benefits, and work is already underway to develop, configure and integrate SPM for those first benefits.
We now require support to develop, configure and integrate SPM for the disability benefits that will transfer to Scottish Ministers. The disability benefits are more complex than the benefits that are being delivered in the first wave and will require more sophisticated configuration of SPM and greater levels of integration between SPM and other systems. The Supplier will work as part of a multidisciplinary delivery team alongside Scottish Government resource and other Suppliers.
This procedure will be conducted via the Public Contracts Scotland-Tender (PCS-T) Portal. All queries must be made via the PCS-T messaging system. For further instructions, please refer to the ESPD Guidance document attached to this project in PCS-T.
Stage 1: Pre-Qualification via the ESPD. The ESPD asks bidders general questions; when completing, bidders must have regard for the statements in this Notice that detail specific requirements. For each lot, bidders must:
(a) Pass the Minimum Standards in ESPD Sections 4A, 4B, and 4D in the PCS-T Qualification envelope. Statements for these questions can be found in Sections III.1.1, III.1.2, and III.1.3 of this Notice and are the same for all lots.
(b) Complete the scored ESPD Section 4C (Technical and Professional ability) found in the PCS-T Technical envelope. Statements for these questions can be found in Section III.1.3 of this Notice and are the same for all lots. Section 4C will be scored as per the scoring methodology detailed below. The 6 highest scoring bidders, who score 50 percent and above, will be invited to submit a tender.
Stage 2: Invitation to Tender (ITT) and submission of shortlisted bidder tender returns. These must be received no later than the date and time detailed within the ITT documentation.
0 – Unacceptable. Nil or inadequate response. Fails to demonstrate previous experience/capacity/capability relevant to this criterion.
1 – Poor. Response is partially relevant but generally poor. The response shows some elements of relevance to the criterion but contains insufficient/limited detail or explanation to demonstrate previous relevant experience/ capacity/capability.
2 – Acceptable. Response is relevant and acceptable. The response demonstrates broad previous experience, knowledge and skills/capacity/capability but may lack in some aspects of similarity e.g. previous experience, knowledge or skills may not be of a similar nature.
3 – Good. Response is relevant and good. The response is sufficiently detailed to demonstrate a good amount of experience, knowledge or skills/capacity/capability relevant to providing similar services to similar clients.
4 – Excellent. Response is completely relevant and excellent overall. The response is comprehensive, unambiguous and demonstrates thorough experience, knowledge or skills/capacity/capability relevant to providing similar services to similar clients.

Eligibility requirements: Bidders will be required to provide examples of services carried out during the past 3 years that demonstrate that you have experience in delivering Social Programme Management (SPM) projects/services which are similar in value and complexity to this one.