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title: "Award of Glow Online Productivity Suite"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000451832"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "EDUCATION SCOTLAND"
published: "2017-05-17"
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# Award of Glow Online Productivity Suite

Buyer: EDUCATION SCOTLAND  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000451832

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## Summary

The procurement process involves Education Scotland, located at Denholm House, Almondvale Business Park in Livingston, who has awarded contracts for the "Glow Online Productivity Suite." This procurement falls under the services industry and took place under the open procedure, with a focus on providing online services for educational users. The contracts span an initial period of five years, with options for two extensions, making the total potential contract duration ten years. This award signifies the culmination of the tender stage, with notable completion occurring on 10 April 2017, and relevant stakeholders being engaged in the process.

This tender presents substantial opportunities for businesses, particularly those specialising in offering online productivity tools and software solutions tailored for educational environments. Companies that can successfully provide free online services devoid of advertising and in-application purchases will be especially well-positioned. Targeted businesses might include technology firms developing educational software or platforms that facilitate collaboration, communication, and time management in academic settings. The user base for these services encompasses a diverse range of educational stakeholders, including over two million users from local authorities and independent institutions across Scotland.

## Notice

The Scottish Ministers has awarded multiple contracts for the provision of Online Productivity Suites for use within Glow. The Online Productivity Suite(s) will provide Glow Users with access to a range of online services that allow communication and collaboration across the Glow. These include: - Email - Calendar - Word processing, spread sheets, presentations - Storage - Online Classroom - Video Conferencing - Instant Messaging - Video - Organisational Social Networking Pre-market engagement identified that there are a number of online productivity suites available free of charge. The Scottish Ministers therefore sought only to establish contracts with suppliers willing to offer their online productivity suite free of charge. This includes free from advertising/sponsored content and 'in-application' purchases. The Contracts will be 5 years with two optional extensions for a further 3 and 2 years. The total contract term is therefore 10 years.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The Scottish Ministers sought to award multiple contracts for the provision of Online Productivity Suites for use within Glow. The Online Productivity Suite(s) will provides Glow users with access to a range of online services that allow communication and collaboration across the Glow and, where appropriate, the opportunity to communicate and collaborate with other Internet users. These include: - Email - Calendar - Word processing, spread sheets, presentations, graphic notes - Storage - Online Classroom - Video Conferencing - Instant Messaging - Video - Organisational Social Networking The existing scope of Glow users are: -Staff and pupils across all 32 local education authorities; -Staff and pupils within Independent and other schools outside of -local authority control; -College staff; -Staff and students within Faculties of Education in Universities; and -National education bodies (e.g. Education Scotland. Parents and carers are another important stakeholder for Glow. Although this group currently do not have direct access, how they can gain appropriate access is part of the longer term vision for Glow. This will bring the potential user base for Glow up to approximately 2 million users. This procurement sought commercial off the shelf services free of charge to Education Users. Therefore, the assessment was 100% on quality.. This procurement sought commercial off the shelf services that are free of charge for Education Users. Therefore, the assessment was 100% on quality. Any references to the value of this contract as 1 GBP in this Contract Award Notice should be read as zero.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAY283224 |
| Notice type | PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 17 May 2017 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 10 Apr 2017 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

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

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | EDUCATION SCOTLAND |
| Locality | LIVINGSTON |
| Post town | Edinburgh |
| Postcode | EH54 6GA |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM1 East Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM14 West Lothian |
| Local authority | West Lothian |
| Electoral ward | Livingston South |
| Westminster constituency | Livingston |
| Delivery location | TLM Scotland |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 2 |
| Supplier names | GOOGLE FOR EDUCATION; MICROSOFT |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems

### Codes

- 48000000 - Software package and information systems
- 48190000 - Educational software package

## Release History

- 17 May 2017 at 00:00 - Award - PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAY283224

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAY283224
  Award of Glow Online Productivity Suite - The Scottish Ministers has awarded multiple contracts for the provision of Online Productivity Suites for use within Glow. The Online Productivity Suite(s) will provide Glow Users with access to a range of online services that allow communication and collaboration across the Glow. These include: - Email - Calendar - Word processing, spread sheets, presentations - Storage - Online Classroom - Video Conferencing - Instant Messaging - Video - Organisational Social Networking Pre-market engagement identified that there are a number of online productivity suites available free of charge. The Scottish Ministers therefore sought only to establish contracts with suppliers willing to offer their online productivity suite free of charge. This includes free from advertising/sponsored content and 'in-application' purchases. The Contracts will be 5 years with two optional extensions for a further 3 and 2 years. The total contract term is therefore 10 years.

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000451832

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