Notice Information
Notice Title
Integration Platform
Notice Description
Provision of an Integration Platform for Social Security Scotland.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The technology estate on which Social Security Scotland's business operations run is critical to delivering the services offered to the people of Scotland. Day-to-day business operations both within Social Security Scotland, and those conducted with the support of its partners, are supported by an extensive enterprise architecture of business applications and underlying technologies. These applications and technologies operate in concert by means of an integration platform, which is responsible for exchanging data between internal solutions, and between Social Security Scotland and its external partners. The core business application currently used by Social Security Scotland to facilitate such integration is contracted until the end of 2026 (with the possibility to extend until the end of 2027). It is currently the strategic core platform providing API (application programming interface) lifecycle management and enabling integration with external services. Note that for the purposes of this exercise, the term "integration platform" should be interpreted to mean the systems by which integration and API management are fulfilled. We are developing a strategy of how this service will look moving forward and would like input from suppliers on this by means of a Request for Information.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05f122
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080780-2025
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
30 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
-
- CPV Codes
30211300 - Computer platforms
72212000 - Programming services of application software
72416000 - Application service providers
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 8 Dec 20252 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 2 Aug 20266 months 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
- SOCIAL SECURITY SCOTLAND
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- danielle.ross@socialsecurity.gov.scot
- Contact Phone
- +44 1412425913
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
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