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Provision of Safeguarding Product and Services for Glow

Education Scotland

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

10 Dec 2020 at 00:00

OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice
Tender

20 Feb 2019 at 00:00

OJEU - F2 - Contract Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The procurement process led by Education Scotland pertains to the provision of safeguarding products and services for Glow, the national digital learning platform in Scotland. The tender is marked as complete, having been awarded on 1st December 2020, following a competitive procedure with negotiation. The buying organisation, Education Scotland, is located at Denholm House, Almondvale Business Park, Livingston, EH54 6GA. This contract is categorised under services and specifically targets developments in safety and security provisions. The related lot described the technological requirements to enhance the monitoring and alerting capabilities within the Glow platform, which integrates Office 365, G Suite, and WordPress.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses focused on cybersecurity and educational technology solutions, particularly those experienced in developing safeguarding tools tailored for digital platforms. Companies with a track record in creating custom software solutions or those with expertise in child safeguarding and user behaviour monitoring are encouraged to explore further opportunities as Education Scotland may seek additional services in the future, especially given the potential for extensions in contract duration. Such contracts not only support growth in the educational sector but also allow providers to expand their portfolios in public sector engagements.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Provision of Safeguarding Product and Services for Glow

Notice Description

To enhance the existing safety and security of Glow, Education Scotland has a requirement to place a contract with an external service provider for the creation and ongoing support of a bespoke safeguarding product and services to function within Scotland's national digital learning platform known as Glow.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Education Scotland wishes to further strengthen the safety and security of Scotland's national digital learning platform known as Glow and has a requirement to place a contract with an external service provider for the creation and ongoing support of a bespoke safeguarding product and service to function within Glow. Glow offers a number of different services to support learning across the curriculum. The safeguarding product and service 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, G Suite 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) Education Scotland would welcome an initial proposal for the creation and ongoing support of a safeguarding product and service including but not limited to the following capabilities within the Office 365, G Suite and WordPress environment: Live keyword search Image recognition Metadata search Child safeguarding Reporting Alerting. 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) 2015.

Renewal: Two separate options to extend for a further 12 months.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000573509
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=DEC402043
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Competitive procedure with negotiation
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

CPV Codes

72212730 - Security software development services

72222300 - Information technology services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£841,250 £500K-£1M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
10 Dec 20205 years ago
Submission Deadline
25 Mar 2019Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
1 Dec 20205 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

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Education Scotland
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LIVINGSTON
Postcode
EH54 6GA
Postcode Area
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

Seric Systems Ltd

Further Information

Notice Documents

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