Award

Services: Robotic Process Automation Consultancy

WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE COUNCIL

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Summary of the contracting process

The West Dunbartonshire Council is seeking consultancy services for the implementation of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) as part of a project aimed at increasing efficiency and delivering savings. This procurement falls under the services industry category and was awarded on 1st April 2020, with the contract value set at £70,000. The procurement method utilised was an open procedure, with the successful bidder being VKY Intelligent Automation Limited. The award is linked to the G-Cloud framework, and the delivery location for this consultancy will be within West Dunbartonshire.

This tender presents valuable opportunities for businesses specialising in technology and automation solutions. Companies with expertise in RPA, artificial intelligence, or those offering consultancy services in business process automation would be particularly well-suited to compete in this market. As RPA technology is increasingly demanded across various sectors, suppliers that can deliver innovative solutions and support the automation of processes may find significant growth potential in this area.

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Notice Title

Services: Robotic Process Automation Consultancy

Notice Description

West Dunbartonshire Council has undertaken a project to implement Robotic Process Automation. 3.4 The contract award is for the purchase of the consultancy to implement the RPA software and build the processes to be automated.

Lot Information

Lot 1

WDC has been exploring the implementation of a RPA solution to automate appropriate processes and deliver savings to increase efficiency. RPA is an emerging form of business process automation technology based on the notion of software robots or artificial intelligence (AI)/ virtual workers. Using this technology, computer software is configured to allow virtual workers emulate and integrate the actions of a human interacting within digital systems to execute a business process. RPA virtual workers are capable of undertaking many repetitive actions and simple decision-making actions currently being done by staff that an be doing other value added work. RPA can deliver efficiencies in process areas where manual tasks are based on rules, or where systems are incompatible with each other to create an interface, can digitally interface between them. The contract award is for the purchase of the consultancy to implement the RPA software and build the processes to be automated having been undertaken via a G-Cloud call off process

Options: The contract may required additional scope and or time to fully implement the required solution for the council, and as such may increase in price based on the established G-Cloud rate card

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000624132
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUN389062
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

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

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

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


CPV Codes

72200000 - Software programming and consultancy services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£70,000 Under £100K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
24 Jun 20205 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
1 Apr 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

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE COUNCIL
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
andrew.duncan@west-dunbarton.gov.uk
Contact Phone
+44 1389737000

Buyer Location

Locality
DUMBARTON
Postcode
G82 1QL
Post Town
Glasgow
Country
Scotland

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM3 West Central Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM31 East Dunbartonshire and West Dunbartonshire
Delivery Location
TLM81 East Dunbartonshire, West Dunbartonshire, and Helensburgh and Lomond

Local Authority
West Dunbartonshire
Electoral Ward
Dumbarton
Westminster Constituency
West Dunbartonshire

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

VKY INTELLIGENT AUTOMATION

Further Information

Notice Documents

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