Planning

Provision of Safeguarding Product for Glow

EDUCATION SCOTLAND

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Planning

10 Aug 2018 at 00:00

OJEU - F1 - Prior Information Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The procurement process is initiated by Education Scotland, which is seeking suppliers for the "Provision of Safeguarding Product for Glow," a product essential for monitoring user activity within Scotland's national digital learning environment, Glow. This requirement falls under the goods category within the education sector. The procurement is currently in the planning stage, with potential bidder presentations scheduled between 27th and 30th August 2018, and interested parties must register their intention to participate by 12:00 on 24th August 2018. The presentations will be held at Education Scotland's premises in Glasgow or via teleconference.

This tender presents an excellent opportunity for businesses specialising in educational technology, cybersecurity, and software development. Companies that can provide monitoring and alerting solutions for digital environments, especially those capable of seamless integration with Office 365, GSuite, and WordPress, will be well-positioned to compete. Additionally, businesses with offerings in artificial intelligence, data security, and behavioural analytics could leverage this opportunity to expand their presence in the educational sector while contributing to enhancing safeguarding measures within digital learning platforms.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Provision of Safeguarding Product for Glow

Notice Description

Education Scotland has a requirement to place a contract with an external service provider for the provision of a Safeguarding product for their Glow environment. Glow is Scotland's national digital environment that offers a number of different services to support learning and teaching across the curriculum. The Safeguarding product will be used to monitor and alert on the activity, interaction and behaviour of users within this environment.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Education Scotland has a requirement to place a contract with an external service provider for the provision of a Safeguarding product for their Glow environment. Glow is Scotland's national digital environment that offers a number of different services to support learning and teaching across the curriculum. The Safeguarding product will be used to monitor and alert on the activity, interaction and behaviour of users within this environment.The Glow environment's core components are Office 365, GSuite and WordPress. The Glow environment is accessed via corporate and personal devices, as such the product should have the capability to monitor these environments and not be device specific (not require software to be loaded on the users endpoint). In addition, Education Scotland would welcome an initial proposal relating to a partnership with Education Scotland for the creation of a Safeguarding product including but not limited to the following capabilities within the O365, GSuite and WordPress environment: live keyword searc; behavioural analysis; child safeguarding; artificial intelligence; reporting; alerting; image recognition; meta data search; deep learning.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000553403
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG327812
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
OJEU - F1 - Prior Information 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

48 - Software package and information systems

80 - Education and training services

CPV Codes

48730000 - Security software package

80330000 - Safety education services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
10 Aug 20187 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
7 Sep 2018Expired
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
EDUCATION SCOTLAND
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
stephen.phillips@gov.scot
Contact Phone
+44 1412420131

Buyer Location

Locality
LIVINGSTON
Postcode
EH54 6GA
Post Town
Edinburgh
Country
Scotland
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM1 East Central Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM14 West Lothian
Delivery Location
TLM Scotland
Local Authority
West Lothian
Electoral Ward
Livingston South
Westminster Constituency
Livingston

Further Information

Notice Documents

  • https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG327812
    Provision of Safeguarding Product for Glow - Education Scotland has a requirement to place a contract with an external service provider for the provision of a Safeguarding product for their Glow environment. Glow is Scotland's national digital environment that offers a number of different services to support learning and teaching across the curriculum. The Safeguarding product will be used to monitor and alert on the activity, interaction and behaviour of users within this environment.

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