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CivTech 10 - Wildcard Challenge 10.10 - How can technology help make teachers' workload be more manageable, enabling them to focus on the activities that add the most value to learners' outcomes?

SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

03 Jul 2025 at 00:00

Tender

06 Aug 2024 at 00:00

Summary of the contracting process

The procurement process initiated by the Scottish Government, located in Glasgow, focuses on the "CivTech 10 - Wildcard Challenge 10.10," which aims to utilize technology to make teachers' workloads more manageable and enhance learning outcomes. This falls under the services category and targets General Public Services on the Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) code 72000000. The procurement was conducted using the open procedure method, with an award value of £600,000 to the supplier, HelpFirst. The completed contract was signed on 27 June 2025. The project location is in Edinburgh, and the key deadline for tender submissions was 10 September 2024, marking the commencement of the award period.

The CivTech 10 - Wildcard Challenge provides significant business growth opportunities, particularly for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) involved in the technology and education sectors. The initiative encourages collaboration between public sector buyers and innovative private sector suppliers to solve real-world challenges and develop new products. With a focus on co-production and accelerated innovation, businesses have the chance to demonstrate their capabilities in a competitive environment, potentially scaling their solutions beyond Scotland. Companies that are adept at creating efficient technological solutions for education would be particularly well-suited to participate, offering a pathway to secure further contracts and business expansion through public sector engagement.

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Notice Title

CivTech 10 - Wildcard Challenge 10.10 - How can technology help make teachers' workload be more manageable, enabling them to focus on the activities that add the most value to learners' outcomes?

Notice Description

Teachers play a pivotal role in not just the education of children and young people but in the wider communities they are part of. This role has become increasingly evident throughout the recovery from the Covid 19 pandemic however this has also placed significant additional pressures on teachers. This challenge is seeking to explore ways in which technology could support a reduction in workload, allowing teachers to focus their time on the activities which make the biggest contribution to outcomes for learners.

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/how-to-apply-civtech-10 https://www.civtech.scot/civtech-10-challenge-10-making-teachers-workload-more-manageable-to-add-value-to-learning-outcomes

Renewal: The contract can be extended if required

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000774280
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUL533844
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

39 - Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products

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

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

80 - Education and training services


CPV Codes

39162000 - Educational equipment

39162100 - Teaching equipment

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

79600000 - Recruitment services

80000000 - Education and training services

80100000 - Primary education services

80200000 - Secondary education services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£650,000 £500K-£1M
Lots Value
£650,000 £500K-£1M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£600,000 £500K-£1M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
3 Jul 20257 months ago
Submission Deadline
10 Sep 2024Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
27 Jun 20258 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
Not specified
Contact Email
brody.johnston@gov.scot, paul.packett@gov.scot
Contact Phone
+44 1312444000

Buyer Location

Locality
GLASGOW
Postcode
G2 8EA
Post Town
Glasgow
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

HELPFIRST

Further Information

Notice Documents

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