--- title: "CivTech 11.2 - How can technology unlock the cultural and economic potential of the Gaelic language by addressing the sparsity of useful, available data - a problem faced by many languages around the world?" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0563ac" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-0563ac" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0563ac.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0563ac.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT" published: "2025-07-22" --- # CivTech 11.2 - How can technology unlock the cultural and economic potential of the Gaelic language by addressing the sparsity of useful, available data - a problem faced by many languages around the world? Buyer: SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0563ac [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-0563ac) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0563ac.json) ## Summary The Scottish Government is inviting tenders for the CivTech 11.2 challenge, aimed at addressing data sparsity issues surrounding the Gaelic language. This procurement process falls under the industry category of Information Technology Services. It focuses on developing advanced language technologies to benefit the cultural and economic landscape of the Gaelic language. The contract, valued at £650,000, seeks innovations through open procedure methodology. This opportunity is active and currently in the tender stage, with submissions accepted electronically. Interested parties should complete their submissions by the deadline of 2nd September 2025. The project is set to take place primarily in Edinburgh, Scotland, and falls under the General Public Services category. This tender presents a significant opportunity for technology firms specialising in educational software and language technology development to collaborate with the Scottish Government through its innovative CivTech initiative. It targets companies and teams inclined towards solving global language sparsity issues to enrich cultural heritage and boost economic activities. Businesses engaging with this process can expect to not only develop bespoke solutions tailored to public sector challenges but also to gain exposure to potential international markets, thanks to the scalability and relevance of the problems addressed. Participants can grow their business through the CivTech Accelerator model, which flexibly supports individuals, small teams, or larger enterprises aiming to expand their clientele in the public sector. ## Notice Scottish Gaelic, like many under-resourced languages, faces a significant barrier in developing advanced language technologies: data sparsity. This Challenge aims to overcome this barrier, ensuring Gaelic language and culture thrive in the 21st century and beyond. Successfully addressing data sparsity will enrich communities, safeguard cultural heritage and unlock economic opportunities, providing lasting benefits for speakers and learners globally. ### Lot Information Lot 1 About CivTech 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-2-data-sparsity-gaelic-language Renewal: Extensions may be required in order to deliver this work ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/041935-2025 | | 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 | £650,000 | | Lots value | £650,000 | | 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 | TLM Scotland | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 48 - Software package and information systems - 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 75 - Administration, defence and social security services ### Codes - 48190000 - Educational software package - 72212190 - Educational software development services - 72222300 - Information technology services - 75121000 - Administrative educational services ## Release History - 22 Jul 2025 at 10:44 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/041935-2025 ## Notice URLs - http://www.scotland.gov.uk - https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000804752 - https://www.civtech.scot/civtech-11-challenge-2-data-sparsity-gaelic-language - https://www.civtech.scot/how-to-apply-civtech-11 - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=804752 - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA10482 - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx - https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/courts-and-tribunals/courts-tribunals-and-office-locations/find-us/edinburgh-sheriff-court-and-justice-of-the-peace-court/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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