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CivTech 10.7 - How can technology help us deliver high-quality, scalable, public participation in decision-making, inspiring trust around ethical data use and sharing, AI, and wider public good activities?

SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

18 Jul 2025 at 00:00

Tender

30 Jul 2024 at 00:00

Summary of the contracting process

The Scottish Government recently awarded a contract under its CivTech 10.7 initiative, aiming to integrate technology into public decision-making processes. The focus is on enhancing trust around ethical data use and the application of AI. The procurement relates to services in the 'General public services' industry category with a specific focus in Edinburgh, UK. The process followed an open procedure, and the contract, worth £604,632, was signed on 4th July 2025. Key dates in the procurement lifecycle include the tender being initially active as of 30th July 2024, with a submission deadline on 10th September 2024, and the award process beginning the same day.

This tender presents an excellent opportunity for SMEs, particularly those involved in technology and innovation sectors, to engage with large-scale public contracts. CivTech facilitates collaboration between the public sector and innovators to address real-world challenges, fostering sustainable, high-growth business opportunities. With an emphasis on small and innovative firms, particularly those with capabilities in data and AI services, the CivTech initiative supports the Scottish Government’s commitment to leveraging technology for efficient service delivery. Businesses with competencies in developing scalable tech solutions have the potential to not only impact public service efficiency but also position themselves for growth in global markets.

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Notice Title

CivTech 10.7 - How can technology help us deliver high-quality, scalable, public participation in decision-making, inspiring trust around ethical data use and sharing, AI, and wider public good activities?

Notice Description

A continuous and systematic public dialogue on uses of public data and AI would help us better understand and act on the public's expectations, thereby cultivating greater trust, while realising emerging technologies' benefits for public services. Continuous public dialogues would also let the public's wishes contribute to evidence-led policy making, in real-time. However, under financial pressures, high-quality participation approaches can be too resource intensive for governments to use more widely. Could technology help deliver high-quality, efficient, and scalable participation in Scottish Government decisions?

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 where they're developed further [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. Please visit our website for information on CivTech and how to get involved https://www.civtech.scot/civtech-10-challenge-7-public-participation-in-decision-making https://www.civtech.scot/how-to-apply-civtech-10

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Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000773564
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUL534960
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

48 - Software package and information systems

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


CPV Codes

48613000 - Electronic data management (EDM)

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

72212732 - Data security software development services

72300000 - Data services

72313000 - Data capture services

72314000 - Data collection and collation services

72316000 - Data analysis services

72322000 - Data management services

72330000 - Content or data standardization and classification services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£650,000 £500K-£1M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£604,632 £500K-£1M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
18 Jul 20257 months ago
Submission Deadline
10 Sep 2024Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
4 Jul 20257 months 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
Iain Miller
Contact Email
brody.johnston@gov.scot
Contact Phone
+44 1312444000

Buyer Location

Locality
EDINBURGH
Postcode
EH6 6QQ
Post Town
Edinburgh
Country
Scotland

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM1 East Central Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM13 City of Edinburgh
Delivery Location
TLM Scotland

Local Authority
City of Edinburgh
Electoral Ward
Leith
Westminster Constituency
Edinburgh North and Leith

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

CROWNSHY

Further Information

Notice Documents

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