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title: "CivTech 11 - Challenge 11.6 - How can technology reduce teacher workload?"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0563a7"
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# CivTech 11 - Challenge 11.6 - How can technology reduce teacher workload?

Buyer: SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0563a7

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## Summary

The Scottish Government has initiated a tender process entitled "CivTech 11 - Challenge 11.6 - How can technology reduce teacher workload?" with the aim of driving innovation in public sector services. This procurement falls under the services category, specifically targeting IT services, consulting, software development, the Internet, and support. The process is proceeding through the Tender stage with an open procurement method, offering a contract valued at £1,000,000. The tender, active and set within the IT and education sectors, invites proposals to develop technological solutions to ease teachers' workloads. Interested parties must submit their responses electronically by 12:00 PM on 2 September 2025, and the project will be primarily situated in Scotland.

This tender presents a significant opportunity for businesses involved in technology, education, and innovation sectors. By participating, companies can play a role in creating products that effectively address global challenges within the educational context while also expanding their business reach. This project is particularly suitable for tech firms, software developers, and consultants that can offer innovative solutions to enhance efficiency in educational settings. With a focus on co-production and collaborative problem-solving, this tender is conducive to business growth and offers pathways for high-growth and sustainable business models. CivTech's Accelerator programme is designed to offer intensive support and business growth opportunities for companies ready to meet these challenges.

## Notice

The workload, expectations and demands on teachers has increased. While we can pinpoint different factors contributing to increasing workloads, we don't know enough about how these manifest themselves for teachers, nor how they vary at different career stages, in different school contexts (high school, primary etc) or across different roles (principal teacher, department head, management etc). This Challenge seeks to reduce teacher workload by developing a strong understanding of the reality of teachers' different, varying experiences and so drive the development of products that teachers (and related professions) want to use and make a real impact on reducing workload.

### 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 innovative businesses - whatever stage they're at, or size they are.. 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 of the problems we are solving 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 together with the Challenge Sponsor and the CivTech [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 growth 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-11 https://www.civtech.scot/civtech-11-challenge-6-reducing-teaching-workload

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/041927-2025 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 22 Jul 2025 |
| Submission deadline | 2 Sep 2025 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £1,000,000 |
| Lots value | £1,000,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Active |
| Lots status | Active |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## 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 | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems
- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 48190000 - Educational software package
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 72200000 - Software programming and consultancy services
- 72212190 - Educational software development services
- 80000000 - Education and training services
- 80100000 - Primary education services
- 80200000 - Secondary education services

## Release History

- 22 Jul 2025 at 10:41 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/041927-2025

## Notice URLs

- http://www.scotland.gov.uk
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000804534
- https://www.civtech.scot/civtech-11-challenge-6-reducing-teaching-workload
- https://www.civtech.scot/how-to-apply-civtech-11
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=804534
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA10482
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx

## Provenance

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