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Provision of Application and Support Services

EDUCATION SCOTLAND

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Summary of the contracting process

The procurement process conducted by Education Scotland focuses on the provision of application and support services for Glow Blogs. This contract, valued at £29,140, was awarded on 24 July 2018 and is currently active. The procurement method utilized was a selective approach under a restricted procedure, and the contract falls under the services category within the education sector. The contract delivery addresses are located in Livingston, UK.

This tender presents significant growth opportunities for businesses in the IT and digital services sector, particularly those specialising in application support, project management, and educational technology solutions. Businesses capable of providing a comprehensive range of support services, including user support, incident management, and system upgrades for educational applications would be well-suited to compete. Additionally, companies with experience in managing transitions to new service providers would be advantageous in fulfilling the contract requirements.

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Notice Title

Provision of Application and Support Services

Notice Description

Provision of application and support services to Glow Blogs.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The Supplier will be required to deliver application support services for the Glow Blogs service including the following main elements: 1. Migration to new service provider. The Supplier will be required to provide professional services: - To conduct a due diligence exercise to enable the supplier's support engineers and Service Manager to obtain a detailed understanding of the Glow Blogs application. - All information gathered should be securely recorded and used to form a working knowledge base for the supplier's support team to support the service during the term of this contract. - Engage with our hosting provider to establish a smooth working relationship. 2. On-going support The Supplier will be required to provide operational support and management to the Glow Blogs application. This must include: - Available support between the hours of Monday to Friday 08:00 - 18:00 at minimum of equivalent of two full days (16 hours) per week and including: - A Client Service Manager (CSM) or Account Contact - Provision of a secure incident management application - Availability of named skilled personnel to respond to requests for service within SLA and progressed appropriately - Monthly incident and timesheet reporting - Attendance at checkpoint service review meetings - Liaison with third parties during incident resolution if required - A single helpdesk contact number - A helpdesk email address Project Management, Development and Deployment support to cover: - Identification and assessment of upgrades and patches to core and third party plugins and themes. - Development of patches and bug fixes to bespoke Glow blogs plugins, where required - Seeking approval from Education Scotland for, and the application of, monthly application upgrades, patches and bug fixes to core WordPress and all plugins and themes. - Fixing of any issues or degradation of functionality as a result of the above. - Ad-hoc / Emergency application of upgrades, patching and bug fixes to core WordPress and all plugins and themes when required - Fixing of any issues or degradation of functionality as a result of the above. Basic Monthly reporting on service performance including but not limited to: - Incident Management; - Change Management; - Helpdesk performance; - Budgetary tracker; - IT Security; and 3. User support The Supplier will be required to provide user support to the Glow Blogs application. This must include: - Second and third line application support for the service including: - Support via telephone and online at hours specified within the support contract - Logging of incidents to resolution within agreed SLAs - Resolution of incidents involving super administrator activities including but not limited to: - Adding a user to a blog - Removing a blog - Generating statistics for a blog or blog pages - Supporting and Managing security concerns - Increasing User Blog storage allocation within the process defined with the customer 4. Exit Management The Supplier will be required to provide general support to facilitate the exit requirements of the Glow Blogs application support service. At the end of the exit period, the Supplier will be required to provide Education Scotland an Exit Report.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000556348
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP330298
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Restricted procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

48 - Software package and information systems


CPV Codes

48190000 - Educational software package

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£29,140 Under £100K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
5 Sep 20187 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
24 Jul 20187 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
EDUCATION SCOTLAND
Contact Name
Stephen Phillips
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

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

AFFINITY DIGITAL TECH

Further Information

Notice Documents

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