Award

CivTech 7 - Challenge 7.3 - How can technology help people self-organise and build meaningful connections as the beating heart of Scotland's global business community?

SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT

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Award

15 Mar 2024 at 00:00

Tender

31 May 2022 at 00:00

Summary of the contracting process

The Scottish Government has awarded a contract for the procurement process titled "CivTech 7 - Challenge 7.3 - How can technology help people self-organise and build meaningful connections as the beating heart of Scotland's global business community?" The procurement process falls under the services category and took place in Glasgow. The procurement stage was completed on March 15, 2024. The contract was awarded to VeryConnect Ltd for a value of 420,000 GBP on October 19, 2023.

This tender presents an opportunity for businesses, particularly smaller and innovative ones, to compete in the open procedure procurement method. The process was accelerated due to project timescales. The CivTech 7 challenge aims to drive innovation in the public sector by solving real problems and creating sustainable, high-growth businesses. The procurement process is part of a wider initiative by the Scottish Government to promote innovation and support smaller businesses in delivering solutions for public services.

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Notice Title

CivTech 7 - Challenge 7.3 - How can technology help people self-organise and build meaningful connections as the beating heart of Scotland's global business community?

Notice Description

Instead of preparing people for a specific change, what if we created leaders who don't just adapt to change but lead it. Today's world moves so fast traditional education can't keep pace and if we want Scotland in the vanguard we have to connect our leaders, in all sectors, to those at the forefront of change. Using technology, we can recycle the human capital and knowledge that exists in and out of Scotland to mentor, advise and support the best of Scotland's leadership community, equipping them with the skills, attributes and burning passion to deliver for their organisation and for Scotland. Please visit our website for information on CivTech and how to get involved: https://www.civtech.scot/how-to-apply https://www.civtech.scot/selection-process

Lot Information

Lot 1

CivTech's mission is to drive daring and innovation in the public sector by collaboratively solving Challenges that make people's lives better - and in doing so create generations of sustainable, high growth businesses. CivTech brings together public sector expertise and private sector innovation to solve real problems, develop new products, and deliver better, faster and easier services for everyone. Central to the approach is co-production with the citizen. Part of the Scottish Government's Digital Directorate, CivTech's approach is helping transform public sector engagement with tech and innovation, delivering significant benefits to public services, producing genuine uplifts for the Scottish economy - and along the way, making lives better. Across the country there are problems public sector organisations would like to solve and in the current environment the need for smart, efficient and effective products has never been greater. The Scottish Government is aware innovation is a good way to create them and is committed to ensuring a large part of its tech spend goes to smaller, innovative businesses. This is where CivTech comes in. The CivTech Innovation Flow is designed to create products as quickly and effectively as possible, and uses a true Accelerator model at the heart of its Innovation Flow model. For you - whether you're an individual, team or company - it's an opportunity to take on a Challenge , solve it, and win contracts with a blue-chip public sector organisation. You'll build a product, and a business to take it as far as possible. Because here's the kicker: the Challenges we issue aren't 'single organisation' problems - most exist worldwide. In short: Open Challenges are set. Any organisation, team or individual can respond. Applications are assessed, and shortlisted proposals go into an Exploration Stage which runs from the 15th of August to the 2nd of September 2022, where they are then developed further [and for which participating applicants are paid]. The best go through to the Accelerator - a period of intensive work to create the solution, and through CivTech's unique business workshop system, a business capable of taking the product to the world. The Accelerator Stage will run from the 3rd of October 2022 to the 28th of January 2023. Please visit our website for information on CivTech and how to get involved: https://www.civtech.scot/how-to-apply https://www.civtech.scot/selection-process

Renewal: Extensions may be required in order to complete the contract

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000695083
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAR501049
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
OJEU - F3 - 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

73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security


CPV Codes

72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£650,000 £500K-£1M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£420,000 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
15 Mar 20241 years ago
Submission Deadline
28 Jun 2022Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
19 Oct 20232 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
SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT
Contact Name
Leigh Syme
Contact Email
leigh.syme@gov.scot, spoeprocurement@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
Contact Phone
+44 1412420133, +44 1412425466

Buyer Location

Locality
GLASGOW
Postcode
G2 8EA
Post Town
Glasgow
Country
Scotland

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM3 West Central Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM32 Glasgow City
Delivery Location
TLM Scotland

Local Authority
Glasgow City
Electoral Ward
Anderston/City/Yorkhill
Westminster Constituency
Glasgow North

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

VERYCONNECT

Further Information

Notice Documents

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