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Solace/IS Transformation Programme: Digital Assets Register

Improvement Service

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

06 Aug 2026 at 01:00

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Tender

12 May 2026 at 01:00

PCS Notice - Website Contract Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Improvement Service commissioned an independent consulting service for the Solace/Improvement Service Transformation Programme. The work is a digital assets register and sector-wide assessment: the consultant interviews the Digital Lead in each of Scotland’s 32 local authorities to understand their digital roadmaps and future plans, and assesses each council’s maturity against the eight pillars in the programme’s digital future-state model. The purpose is to build a shared view of the sector’s digital landscape and support councils working collaboratively towards a blueprint for the council of the future. This is a professional services requirement for organisations experienced in public-sector digital transformation, discovery interviews, maturity assessment and synthesising findings across multiple local authorities. Delivery is across Scotland, involving all 32 councils and their Digital Leads.

The procurement is complete and was run as a single lot under an open procedure. Bids were submitted electronically in English, with nine bids received, including two from SMEs. The submission deadline and bid opening were 8 June 2026 at 12:00. Intelligens Consulting Ltd was selected as supplier, and the contract was signed on 15 July 2026. The contract value is £19,450 excluding any separately stated amounts, and the contract period is 60 days. The requirement was evaluated through the tender process for the stated consulting service, with variant bids not permitted. The contract provides for electronic payment and ordering, and electronic invoicing is allowed. The procurement is classified as business and management consultancy services.

This award shows a defined requirement for independent digital transformation consultancy spanning every Scottish local authority, rather than a single-council review. A credible competitor for comparable work would need to manage a structured interview programme with 32 senior digital leads, understand local-authority operating environments and digital roadmaps, and assess organisational maturity against a common framework of eight digital pillars. It would also need to turn varied qualitative evidence into a coherent sector-wide register and practical findings that support collaborative transformation. The award attracted nine electronic bids, including two from SMEs, indicating competition from both larger and smaller consultancies. Relevant strengths include public-sector discovery, stakeholder engagement, digital strategy, maturity models, research synthesis and concise reporting across a multi-organisation programme.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Solace/IS Transformation Programme: Digital Assets Register

Notice Description

The Improvement Service, on behalf of the Solace/IS transformation programme are seeking to contract an independent consultant to interview each of the 32 local authority Digital Leads to understand their digital roadmap and future plans for their local authority and to gain a sense of each local authority's level of maturity against the 8 pillars in the digital to-be state schematic.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The Solace/IS Transformation programme is supporting all councils in Scotland to work together towards a blueprint for the council of the future. The programme is complex but by working collaboratively it will enable the sector to address collective challenges. There is no single view of the digital landscape for the sector. Previous attempts have been made but information is now outdated. The Improvement Service on behalf of the programme is seeking services of an independent consultant to interview each of the 32 local authority Digital Leads to understand their digital roadmap and future plans and gain a sense of each local authority's level of maturity against the 8 pillars in the digital to-be state schematic.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000831545
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG561815
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, 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
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

CPV Codes

73220000 - Development consultancy services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£19,450 Under £100K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
6 Aug 20261 months ago
Submission Deadline
8 Jun 2026Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
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
Improvement Service
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LIVINGSTON
Postcode
EH54 6FF
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

Intelligens Consulting Ltd

Further Information

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