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Supply and Support of a Digital Platform

Scottish Natural Heritage

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26 Aug 2026 at 01:00

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Summary of the contracting process

Scottish Natural Heritage procured services to support the ongoing enhancement of the InformedDECISION™ digital platform. The requirement covers digital platform development, improvement and support rather than the supply of a standalone product. The work is for delivery in Scotland and is connected to Scottish Natural Heritage’s environmental protection responsibilities. Scotland Excel acted for NatureScot in running the tender but is not a party to the contract or responsible for managing it over its lifetime. The procurement falls under CPV 72268000, covering software supply services. It was arranged as a call-off from the UK Government’s G-Cloud 14 framework, making it relevant to suppliers able to deliver and support public-sector digital platforms through that route.

This procurement is complete and has been awarded to Informed Solutions. The contract is active, was signed on 27 July 2026, and has a value of £708,333. The requirement was a single lot and used an open procedure. It was a G-Cloud 14 framework call-off. One bid was received, submitted electronically; the available bid statistics record no SME bids and one non-EU foreign bid. The published outcome identifies Informed Solutions as the supplier for the platform enhancement and support services. The process was covered by the Government Procurement Agreement. Scottish Natural Heritage is the buyer, with Scotland Excel conducting the tender on its behalf.

This opportunity shows Scottish Natural Heritage’s demand for specialist digital platform enhancement and ongoing support, delivered through a public-sector technology framework. A credible future competitor would need to develop and maintain an established digital platform, understand service continuity and improvement work, and operate effectively for a public environmental organisation. The requirement suits a supplier with substantial digital delivery capacity, the ability to provide sustained technical support, and experience working within framework call-off arrangements. The award to Informed Solutions, identified as a large supplier, indicates that the buyer accepted a provider able to undertake the requirement at organisational scale. Firms with comparable platform engineering, support and public-sector contracting capability would be best placed to compete when this type of requirement returns.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Supply and Support of a Digital Platform

Notice Description

Provision of services for the ongoing enhancement of the InformedDECISION(tm) digital platform. Call off from G-Cloud 14

Lot Information

Lot 1

Provision of services for the ongoing enhancement of the InformedDECISION(tm) digital platform. Call off from G-Cloud 14. Scotland Excel is acting on behalf of NatureScot in the execution of this tender but will not be party to the contract or the management of the contract throughout its lifetime.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000841165
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG563092
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
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

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

CPV Codes

72268000 - Software supply services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£708,333 £500K-£1M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
26 Aug 2026Yesterday
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
27 Jul 20261 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

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Scottish Natural Heritage
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
INVERNESS
Postcode
IV3 8NW
Postcode Area
Inverness
Country
Scotland
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM2 Highlands and Islands
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM20 Highlands and Islands
Delivery Location
TLM Scotland
Local Authority
Highland
Electoral Ward
Inverness West
Westminster Constituency
Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Informed Solutions

Further Information

Notice Documents

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