Notice Information
Notice Title
Support of Applications on the OutSystems Platform
Notice Description
This Contract is to provide 3rd line support to the Purchaser's Chief Digital Office in respect of applications supported by the Purchaser on the OutSystems Platform.
Lot Information
Projects
This Contract is to provide 3rd line support to the Purchaser's Chief Digital Office in respect of applications supported by the Purchaser on the OutSystems Platform
Options: The value of 1000000GBP in this notice is based on 4 years at the indicative 250000GBP maximum annual value. The contract does enable the Purchaser potentially to spend beyond this value during the contract.
Renewal: This DPS is expected to run for a period of four years until January 2027. There are no time limit restrictions on a DPS and Social Security Scotland reserve the right to shorten, terminate or extend the operation of the DPS at any time
Digital ResourcesResources for a specific output to support the following areas - Support, Maintenance, Application Development, Client Side Support and Continuous Improvement on the OutSystems platform. The anticipated services and/or role profile include (but not limited to) the following: Digital Specialists Quality Assurance Network Advice Specialists Project/Programme Managers UX/UI Dev Ops Business Analysts User Researchers Software Engineers Data Analytical Specialists Solutions Architect Technical Architect Security Architect Testing Specialist Pen Testing Specialists Lot 2 - Relevant experience of providing resources for a specific piece of work for development and deployment of applications and or support and maintenance on OutSystems Platform - 2 examples 350 words per example Suppliers must have at least 12 months experience delivering the types of services within this lot. Please provide details about the services you can provide under this lot including at least 2 relevant case study examples from the last 3 years. Examples from public and/or private sector may be provided. Please try and be as clear and concise as possible and preferably within 2 sides of text on the relevant case study evidence form. Do not include hyperlinks or embed files to this response and ensure acronyms are explained in full. Note: at least two case study examples are required for each lot. A copy of the case study evidence form can be found at section 4C.1.2 of the Single Procurement Document (SPD) Scotland within Public Contracts Scotland - Tender (PCS-T). The form should be downloaded, populated with relevant case study examples and uploaded. Suppliers should be aware there is not a requirement to provide all services within this lot, applications can be submitted for discrete elements of the services.
Renewal: This DPS is expected to run for a period of four years until January 2027. There are no time limit restrictions on a DPS and Social Security Scotland reserve the right to shorten, terminate or extend the operation of the DPS at any time.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-037cb2
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030271-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Dynamic
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
-
- CPV Codes
72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
72222300 - Information technology services
72223000 - Information technology requirements review services
72267100 - Maintenance of information technology software
72267200 - Repair of information technology software
72600000 - Computer support and consultancy services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £8,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £1,000,000 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 5 Jun 20258 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 19 Jan 202711 months to go
- Future Notice Date
- 7 Nov 2022Expired
- Award Date
- 25 Sep 20232 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- January 2027
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active, Unsuccessful
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- SOCIAL SECURITY SCOTLAND
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- DUNDEE
- Postcode
- DD1 4BF
- Post Town
- Dundee
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM0 Eastern Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM03 Angus and Dundee City
- Delivery Location
- TLM Scotland
-
- Local Authority
- Dundee City
- Electoral Ward
- Maryfield
- Westminster Constituency
- Dundee Central
Further Information
Notice URLs
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