Notice Information
Notice Title
IPED - The Supply and Support of a Correspondence Management System
Notice Description
The Scottish Government is seeking a suitably qualified and experienced service provider who will be responsible for the supply and support of a new Correspondence Management System. Both the Solution, and Services, which are to be provided by the Service Provider will form the core of a wider Correspondence Management capability, including updated operating models and business process improvements, to be implemented by the SG.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The Scottish Government is seeking a suitably qualified and experienced service provider who will be responsible for the supply and support of a new Correspondence Management System. Both the Solution, and Services, which are to be provided by the Service Provider will form the core of a wider Correspondence Management capability, including updated operating models and business process improvements, to be implemented by the SG. The purpose of this procurement is to provide a platform to manage the processing of the vast and varied correspondence submitted through various channels in a secure and managed software as a service solution. The correspondence in scope for this solution that are received into Scottish Government via various channels that can be categorised as one of four key types - -Ministerial Correspondence -General Correspondence -Freedom of Information (FOI) Requests -Parliamentary Questions Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Renewal: Initial contract period will be 24 months with the possible extension of a further 24 months.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04bde6
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/017492-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender
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
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
48 - Software package and information systems
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
-
- CPV Codes
48311000 - Document management software package
48311100 - Document management system
72212311 - Document management software development services
72512000 - Document management services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £2,500,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 29 Apr 20259 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 6 Jun 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 31 Jan 2025Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT
- Contact Name
- Michael Brydon
- Contact Email
- michael.brydon@gov.scot
- Contact Phone
- +44 1312443619
Buyer Location
- Locality
- EDINBURGH
- Postcode
- EH6 6QQ
- 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
- Westminster Constituency
- Edinburgh North and Leith
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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