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title: "CivTech 11.8 - How can the public sector ensure a safe, secure and transparent adoption of robotics?"
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# CivTech 11.8 - How can the public sector ensure a safe, secure and transparent adoption of robotics?

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

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## Summary

The Scottish Government, as the central purchasing body, is initiating a tender for the project titled "CivTech 11.8 - How can the public sector ensure a safe, secure and transparent adoption of robotics?" This procurement falls under the industry category of information technology services, specifically focusing on services to enhance robotics' safety in the public sector. The procurement process is currently at the tender stage, with a submission deadline scheduled for 2nd September 2025, at 12:00 PM. The contract is intended to be performed in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, with a value of £1,200,000. Interested parties can submit their responses electronically, adhering to the open procedure procurement method and electronic submission guidelines.

This tender offers significant opportunities for businesses specialising in IT services, robotics, cybersecurity, and innovation. The focus on utilizing robotics in public services creates a platform for growth, and companies effective in tackling cybersecurity and operational challenges will likely excel. The tender encourages participation from diverse entities, including individuals, teams, or companies, particularly those adept at creating technological solutions that can withstand cyber threats in physical interactions. The CivTech programme's accelerator model supports rapid product development, providing a pathway for businesses to partner with the public sector in addressing global challenges. The initiative is poised to stimulate innovation, offering successful bidders the chance to develop and scale cutting-edge solutions with potential worldwide applications.

## Notice

Robotics is rapidly advancing and with ever-increasing capabilities there are massive opportunities to improve public services and so make people's lives better. Unlike traditional IT systems robots interact with the physical world. This means that cyber-attacks can potentially result in not just data breaches, but also operational disruption, safety hazards and physical harm. So unless clear standards, assurance requirements and robust testing are established and in place, there are risks to robotics adoption at scale in the public sector supply chain. So how can we ensure that robotic systems are resilient, trustworthy and capable of withstanding evolving cyber threats?

### 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-8-safe-secure-and-transparent-adoption-of-robotics

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## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/041939-2025 |
| 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 | £1,200,000 |
| Lots value | £1,200,000 |
| 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

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

### Codes

- 72222300 - Information technology services

## Release History

- 22 Jul 2025 at 10:45 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/041939-2025

## Notice URLs

- http://www.scotland.gov.uk
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000805012
- https://www.civtech.scot/civtech-11-challenge-8-safe-secure-and-transparent-adoption-of-robotics
- https://www.civtech.scot/how-to-apply-civtech-11
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=805012
- 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/

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