Notice Information
Notice Title
SPS-02319 Prisoner Records System Move to Open Source
Notice Description
The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) is initiating a procurement project to migrate its primary prisoner management system, PR2, from the legacy Oracle Forms and Reports platform (version 12.2.1.4), currently backed by an Oracle 19c database, to a modern, open-source, solution hosted in the Cloud. This transition is aimed at improving scalability, maintainability, and alignment with contemporary digital standards. See "Additional Information" for further details
Lot Information
Lot 1
The procurement route for this procurement activity is still being determined. It is expected that this will either be issued as an Open ITT or as an ITT via a Scottish Government Dynamic Purchasing System. Suppliers will be notified via this PIN notice of the intended route once determined.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05eb91
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078324-2025
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
-
- CPV Codes
72222300 - Information technology services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 1 Dec 20252 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 2 Mar 20266 days to go
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planned
- Lots Status
- Planned
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- SCOTTISH PRISON SERVICE
- Contact Name
- Jenny Nairn
- Contact Email
- jennifer.nairn@prisons.gov.scot
- Contact Phone
- +44 1313303778
Buyer Location
- Locality
- EDINBURGH
- Postcode
- EH12 9DJ
- Post Town
- Edinburgh
- Country
- Scotland
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- 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
- Drum Brae/Gyle
- Westminster Constituency
- Edinburgh West
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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