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title: "CivTech 8.5 - Help NatureScot flexibly manage its understanding of the state of protected areas by making best use of evidence"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-038061"
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buyer: "SCOTTISH NATURAL HERITAGE"
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# CivTech 8.5 - Help NatureScot flexibly manage its understanding of the state of protected areas by making best use of evidence

Buyer: SCOTTISH NATURAL HERITAGE  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-038061

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## Summary

Scottish Natural Heritage has completed a procurement process titled "CivTech 8.5 - Help NatureScot flexibly manage its understanding of the state of protected areas by making best use of evidence" in the services category related to IT services. The tender aimed to develop technology solutions for monitoring the health of protected areas to support decision-making in Scotland's biodiversity and climate emergencies. The procurement, led by Scottish Natural Heritage, was accelerated due to time constraints and was awarded to Informed Solutions on 7th August 2023 for a contract amount of 604,468 GBP.

This tender by Scottish Natural Heritage presents an opportunity for businesses, particularly SMEs in the IT services sector with expertise in environmental protection and management. The innovative proposals sought aim to help land and sea managers make informed decisions to protect and restore Scotland's nature. Businesses interested in collaborating with public sector organizations and contributing to global challenges in biodiversity and climate emergencies would find this tender suitable for growth and collaboration.

## Notice

If we are to support land and sea managers to make decisions that protect and restore Scotland's Nature we need a better understanding of our natural environments which give us a holistic understanding of ecosystem health. This includes; ability to ingest various different types of data, in as close to real time as possible and the ability to present and analyse that data at different scales. We are looking for innovative proposals for technology solutions to support our national nature agency, NatureScot, to develop a world leading approach to monitoring the health of Protected Areas to support land and sea managers in decisions that help Scotland respond to the global biodiversity and climate emergencies. Please visit our website for information on CivTech and how to get involved: https://www.civtech.scot/civtech-8-challenge-5-protected-area-management https://www.civtech.scot/how-to-apply-civtech-8

### 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. This Challenge is also one of the first being launched as part of the Innovate for Nature strategy, and falls under Mission 1. For more information on Innovate for Nature and its Missions please visit the dedicated page on our website. https://www.civtech.scot/innovate-for-nature Please visit our website for information on CivTech and how to get involved: https://www.civtech.scot/civtech-8-challenge-5-protected-area-management https://www.civtech.scot/how-to-apply-civtech-8

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## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004725-2024 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 13 Feb 2024 |
| Submission deadline | 30 Nov 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 6 Aug 2023 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £650,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £604,468 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | SCOTTISH NATURAL HERITAGE |
| Locality | INVERNESS |
| Post town | Inverness |
| Postcode | IV3 8NW |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM2 Highlands and Islands |
| ITL 3 | TLM20 Highlands and Islands |
| Local authority | Highland |
| Electoral ward | Inverness West |
| Westminster constituency | Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire |
| Delivery location | TLM Scotland |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | INFORMED SOLUTIONS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

### Codes

- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 90710000 - Environmental management
- 90720000 - Environmental protection

## Release History

- 13 Feb 2024 at 08:52 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004725-2024
- 9 Nov 2022 at 11:41 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031676-2022

## Notice URLs

- http://www.nature.scot
- http://www.publiccontractscotland.gov.uk
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000712792
- https://www.civtech.scot/civtech-8-challenge-5-protected-area-management
- https://www.civtech.scot/how-to-apply-civtech-8
- https://www.civtech.scot/innovate-for-nature
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00383

## Provenance

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