Award

ScotlandsPeople Website Services

NATIONAL RECORDS OF SCOTLAND

This public procurement record has 3 releases in its history.

Award

07 Dec 2023 at 14:19

Tender

31 May 2023 at 13:48

Planning

03 Feb 2023 at 14:56

Summary of the contracting process

The National Records of Scotland has recently awarded a contract for the "ScotlandsPeople Website Services" project. The project involves designing, developing, testing, and hosting a new website aiming to widen the customer base and usage through positive engagement and marketing. The contract was signed on December 4, 2023, with a value of £6,600,000. The service provider, CACI Ltd, is responsible for delivering IT services, consulting, software development, and support within the UK.

For businesses looking to grow in the IT services sector, this tender presents an opportunity to engage with the National Records of Scotland for digital service provision. The procurement process for the ScotlandsPeople Website Services project has been completed, and the contract is now active. Businesses with expertise in Internet services, web design, software development, and IT infrastructure management would be well-suited to compete and potentially secure future contracts with NRS. The project's key dates include commencing service testing in July 2024 and going live on September 1, 2024, aiming to improve service delivery for the public.

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Notice Title

ScotlandsPeople Website Services

Notice Description

The successful Service Provider for the ScotlandsPeople Website will: Design, develop, robustly test and host a new ScotlandsPeople website that is flexible and pro-active and capable of being developed over the life of the contract to improve the service and service delivery, offering creativity and flexibility in their proposed solution. Transfer existing user account data ensuring users retain access to their user history, transaction history, credit balance, saved searches, saved images and information stored within their 'Timeline' functionality. Undertake the design and development of the new service from December 2023 with all testing completed in July 2024 in readiness of the new website service going live on 1 September 2024, ensuring the service to the public is maintained from the Operational Services Commencement date. Widen the customer base and usage through strong positive engagement, publicity and marketing.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The successful Service Provider for the ScotlandsPeople Website will: Design, develop, robustly test and host a new ScotlandsPeople website that is flexible and pro-active and capable of being developed over the life of the contract to improve the service and service delivery, offering creativity and flexibility in their proposed solution. Transfer existing user account data ensuring users retain access to their user history, transaction history, credit balance, saved searches, saved images and information stored within their 'Timeline' functionality. Undertake the design and development of the new service from December 2023 with all testing completed in July 2024 in readiness of the new website service going live on 1 September 2024, ensuring the service to the public is maintained from the Operational Services Commencement date. Widen the customer base and usage through strong positive engagement, publicity and marketing. The ScotlandsPeople website will help develop digital services for NRS in the following ways: Delivery of new record releases online Digital services allow wider access More efficient delivery of service, supporting a shift from paper to digital delivery and develop public dissemination of born-digital records Online access to digitised records allows online sales of certificates and extracts from statutory and other records which increases revenue The services provided will include: Service migration including data and customer accounts, hosting & infrastructure, managing a cloud environment, support services, data & integration, transaction & eCommerce services, website analytics, digital marketing, customer communications.

Renewal: There will be the option to extend in periods of 1 year for up to an additional 3 years.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-03a2dd
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036098-2023
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

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

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

48 - Software package and information systems

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

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security


CPV Codes

48400000 - Business transaction and personal business software package

48800000 - Information systems and servers

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

72212217 - Transaction-processing software development services

72212220 - Internet and intranet software development services

72230000 - Custom software development services

72250000 - System and support services

72300000 - Data services

72400000 - Internet services

72411000 - Internet service providers ISP

72413000 - World wide web (www) site design services

72414000 - Web search engine providers

72415000 - World wide web (www) site operation host services

72900000 - Computer back-up and catalogue conversion services

79342000 - Marketing services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£6,600,000 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
7 Dec 20232 years ago
Submission Deadline
17 Jul 2023Expired
Future Notice Date
30 Mar 2023Expired
Award Date
4 Dec 20232 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Between 2028 and 2030, depending on extension periods taken up.

Notice Status

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

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
NATIONAL RECORDS OF SCOTLAND
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
procurement_queries_mailbox@nrscotland.gov.uk
Contact Phone
+44 1312020451, +44 1313144215

Buyer Location

Locality
EDINBURGH
Postcode
EH12 7TF
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
TLM75 City of Edinburgh

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

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

CACI

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