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How can we create the most local and best possible user experience for people engaging with the Citizens Advice Scotland network?

CITIZENS ADVICE SCOTLAND (CAS)

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Award

01 Aug 2022 at 09:44

Tender

27 Jul 2021 at 17:14

TenderUpdate

08 Jul 2021 at 15:04

Summary of the contracting process

The public procurement process involves Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) seeking innovative solutions to enhance user engagement with its services network. The title of the tender is "How can we create the most local and best possible user experience for people engaging with the Citizens Advice Scotland network?". This initiative falls under the IT services industry category, specifically consulting and software development. The procurement method employed is an open procedure, and the tender is currently at the active stage, having been recently updated. The submission deadline for responses was set for 12 July 2021, therefore, participation has concluded.

This tender presents a significant opportunity for businesses in the technology and service development sectors, particularly those specialising in digital transformation and user experience enhancement. Companies that are agile, innovative, and capable of developing solutions that improve the efficiency of public services will find this particularly relevant. Small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are encouraged to engage, taking advantage of CivTech's collaborative approach to drive innovation in public sector solutions.

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Notice Title

How can we create the most local and best possible user experience for people engaging with the Citizens Advice Scotland network?

Notice Description

As its name suggests, members of Citizens Advice Scotland provide advice to people across Scotland, across a wide range of topics and communities . Much of this help has been traditionally face to face, but the organisation has been developing online services for some years. However the pandemic has accelerated our digital transformation, and we want to build the best services we possibly can whilst ensuring advice is delivered as locally as possible Building on our experience of launching the national Scottish Citizen Advice Helpline (SCAH) service, which went live on 14 April 2020, we want to enable everyone wishing to use our services, irrespective of the way they contact us [phone, chat or website] to benefit a national portal that consistently, effectively and automatically routes them to the right local CAB advisers. This would not only ensure that the chances of an allocation of a local advisor the default and enables more local deployment of advisors,. In the first instance, we want to focus on streamlining the help available for those in debt including advice on benefits and employment. So how can tech help us create the best possible user experience for people engaging with the Citizens Advice Scotland network? Please visit our website for information on CivTech and how to get involved. https://www.civtechalliance.org/

Lot Information

Lot 1

About CivTech CivTech's mission is to drive daring and innovation in the public sector by collaboratively solving challenges that make people's lives better - and in doing so create generations of sustainable, high growth businesses. CivTech brings together public sector expertise and private sector innovation to solve real problems, develop new products, and deliver better, faster and easier services for everyone. Central to the approach is co-production with the citizen. Part of the Scottish Government's Digital Directorate, CivTech's approach is helping transform public sector engagement with tech and innovation, delivering significant benefits to public services, producing genuine uplifts for the Scottish economy - and along the way, making lives better. Across the country there are problems public sector organisations would like to solve and in the current environment the need for smart, efficient and effective products has never been greater. The Scottish Government is aware innovation is a good way to create them and is committed to ensuring a large part of its tech spend goes to smaller, innovative businesses. This is where CivTech comes in. The CivTech Innovation Flow is designed to create products as quickly and effectively as possible, and uses a true Accelerator model at the heart of its Innovation Flow model. For you - whether you're an individual, team or company - it's an opportunity to take on a Challenge, solve it, and win contracts with a blue-chip public sector organisation. You'll build a product, and a business to take it as far as possible. Because here's the kicker: the Challenges we issue aren't 'single organisation' problems - most exist worldwide. In short: Open Challenges are set. Any organisation, team or individual can respond. Applications are assessed, and shortlisted proposals go into an Exploration Stage where they're developed further [for which participating applicants are paid]. The best go through to the Accelerator - a period of intensive work to create the solution, and through CivTech's unique business workshop system, a business capable of taking the product to the world. Please visit our website for information on CivTech and how to get involved https://www.civtechalliance.org/

Renewal: potential extensions to compete work/milestones

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-02bb7c
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020925-2022
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

32 - Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support


CPV Codes

32412000 - Communications network

32524000 - Telecommunications system

72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£250,000 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£207,975 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
1 Aug 20223 years ago
Submission Deadline
9 Jul 2021Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
28 Feb 20223 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
CITIZENS ADVICE SCOTLAND (CAS)
Contact Name
Leigh Syme
Contact Email
leigh.syme@gov.scot
Contact Phone
+44 7423743010

Buyer Location

Locality
EDINBURGH
Postcode
EH7 4GB
Post Town
Edinburgh
Country
Scotland

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM1 East Central Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM13 City of Edinburgh
Delivery Location
TLM Scotland

Local Authority
City of Edinburgh
Electoral Ward
Leith Walk
Westminster Constituency
Edinburgh North and Leith

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

SIDE LABS

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