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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?"
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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?

Buyer: SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0487ec

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## Summary

The procurement process for the CivTech 10 Wildcard Challenge 10.10 has reached the award stage, with the contract being awarded to HelpFirst. The buying organisation is the Scottish Government, which is located in Glasgow, UK. This project falls under the industry category of IT services including consulting, software development, and support. The objective is to provide technology solutions to manage teachers' workloads better, enhancing the focus on impactful activities. The project location is Edinburgh, and the procurement was conducted via an open procedure. The award took place on 3rd July 2025, with the contract signed on 27th June 2025, and the contract is valued at £600,000.

For businesses, this tender offers significant growth opportunities, especially those specialising in IT services, educational technology, and software development. Innovative companies adept at creating solutions that enhance efficiency and outcomes in the education sector would be well-suited to participate. The CivTech programme, run by the Scottish Government, encourages collaboration between the public sector and smaller, innovative private enterprises, particularly SMEs, to develop high-growth, sustainable businesses. This programme provides an Accelerator model designed to help businesses not just solve public sector challenges but scale their solutions globally.

## Notice

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

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/037047-2025 |
| 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 | 3 Jul 2025 |
| Submission deadline | 10 Sep 2024 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 26 Jun 2025 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £650,000 |
| Lots value | £650,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £600,000 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT |
| Locality | GLASGOW |
| Post town | Glasgow |
| Postcode | G2 8LU |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM3 West Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM32 Glasgow City |
| Local authority | Glasgow City |
| Electoral ward | Anderston/City/Yorkhill |
| Westminster constituency | Glasgow North |
| Delivery location | TLM Scotland |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | HELPFIRST |

## CPV Codes

### 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

### 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

## Release History

- 3 Jul 2025 at 10:22 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/037047-2025
- 6 Aug 2024 at 09:19 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024625-2024

## Notice URLs

- http://www.scotland.gov.uk
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000774280
- https://www.civtech.scot/civtech-10-challenge-10-making-teachers-workload-more-manageable-to-add-value-to-learning-outcomes
- https://www.civtech.scot/how-to-apply-civtech-10
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA10482

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