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title: "CivTech 3.0 - Challenge 4"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000546042"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT ON BEHALF OF SCOTTISH HOUSING REGULATOR"
published: "2019-06-25"
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# CivTech 3.0 - Challenge 4

Buyer: SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT ON BEHALF OF SCOTTISH HOUSING REGULATOR  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000546042

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## Summary

The Scottish Government, acting on behalf of the Scottish Housing Regulator, is currently in the award stage of the CivTech 3.0 - Challenge 4 procurement process. This initiative, aimed at enhancing the accessibility and efficiency of social housing data, is classified under the services category and is located in Edinburgh, UK. The contract, valued at £40,000, was signed on 3rd May 2019, following an open procedure, and is part of a broader strategy to improve tenant empowerment and engagement within Scotland's social housing sector.

This tender represents a significant opportunity for tech-focused businesses, particularly those that specialise in data integration, user experience design, and public sector innovation. Companies that can provide flexible, cost-effective solutions to enhance the accessibility of social housing information are well-positioned to compete. The challenge encourages the development of user-friendly interfaces and integration with existing public sector systems, making it an appealing prospect for SMEs aiming to grow their footprint in public procurement.

## Notice

CivTech(r) brings together public sector expertise and private sector creativity 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 already helping transform public sector engagement with tech and innovation, delivering significant benefits to public services, and producing genuine uplifts for the Scottish economy. And along the way, it's making everyone's lives better.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Our statutory objective is to safeguard and promote the interests of tenants, people who are homeless and other service users. One fifth of Scotland's population lives in social housing and around 40,000 people seek help from local authority homelessness services each year. Tenants' choice is constrained. They can't easily choose to change their landlord the way that consumers can with other service providers. So we want to empower tenants and maximise their consumer power in other ways. Our data can help to do that, by enabling tenants to ask questions and by creating an environment where landlords are motivated to improve. Improved landlord services will improve people's lives. Our direct relationship is with the landlords we regulate. We want to go beyond traditional regulatory tools and engagement, using our data to shine a light on performance and harnessing tenants' consumer power to drive improvements more effectively and efficiently. What the Challenge Sponsor would like to see from the solution Key features of the solution: - Accessible, visually-engaging user interface, delivered through appropriate channels to reflect how tenants access and consume information. - Flexibility/ capacity to add or change data sources in future. - Minimal running costs once established. - Ability for tenants to select and focus on the data that matters to them. We have taken work in this area as far as we can using existing solutions - our Landlord Report and comparison tool, and by publishing our data through open data sources. There is nothing readily available that can make this information more accessible for the lay person to use. Other BI type solutions are too technical or costly, and not tailored to our purpose. And our existing systems cannot give us analytics on what pieces of data people are looking at. Systems including software, APIs and databases the solution will need to work with and / or integrate with: We have built our Business Intelligence System on a Microsoft platform which comprises MS Dynamics CRM 2011, MS Sharepoint 2013 and MS SQL Server 2012. Our most important data is published on our SHR website (Drupal) conforming to Open Data principles. Challenge page https://civtech.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CIV/pages/382206606/C4+How+can+we+use+data+to+drive+up+standards+in+social+rented+housing Link to how to apply page on our web page where you can find a guide on how to apply, the application form and the scorecard. https://civtech.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CIV/pages/45717443/How+to+apply

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUN358278 |
| 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 | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 25 Jun 2019 |
| Submission deadline | 2 Jul 2018 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 3 May 2019 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £250,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £40,000 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT ON BEHALF OF SCOTTISH HOUSING REGULATOR |
| Locality | EDINBURGH |
| Post town | Edinburgh |
| Postcode | EH6 6QQ |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM1 East Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM13 City of Edinburgh |
| Local authority | City of Edinburgh |
| Electoral ward | Leith |
| Westminster constituency | Edinburgh North and Leith |
| Delivery location | TLM Scotland |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | ACTIVE INFORMATION DESIGN |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

### Codes

- 73200000 - Research and development consultancy services

## Release History

- 25 Jun 2019 at 00:00 - Award - PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUN358278
- 11 Jun 2018 at 00:00 - Tender - PCS Notice - Website Contract Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUN321678

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUN321678&idx=7
  19th June 2018 - Questions and Answers
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUN321678&idx=6
  18th June 2018 - Questions and Answers
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUN321678&idx=5
  12th June 2018 - Due to technical difficulties on the CivTech website please find attached : Mandatory Exclusion Form
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUN321678&idx=4
  12th June 2018 - Due to technical difficulties being faced by the CivTech website please find attached the T&Cs
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUN321678&idx=3
  12th June 2018 - Due to technical difficulties being faced by the CivTech website please find attached the Scorecard
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUN321678&idx=2
  12th June 2018 - Due to technical difficulties on the CivTech website please find attached the Application Form
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUN321678&idx=1
  12th June 2018 - Due to technical difficulties being faced by the CivTech website please find attached the T&Cs
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUN321678
  CivTech 3.0 - Challenge 4 - CivTech(r) brings together public sector expertise and private sector creativity 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 already helping transform public sector engagement with tech and innovation, delivering significant benefits to public services, and producing genuine uplifts for the Scottish economy. And along the way, it's making everyone's lives better.
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUN358278
  CivTech 3.0 - Challenge 4 - CivTech(r) brings together public sector expertise and private sector creativity 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 already helping transform public sector engagement with tech and innovation, delivering significant benefits to public services, and producing genuine uplifts for the Scottish economy. And along the way, it's making everyone's lives better.

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
- http://www.scotland.gov.uk
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000546042
- https://civtech.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CIV/pages/382206606/C4+How+can+we+use+data+to+drive+up+standards+in+social+rented+housing
- https://civtech.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CIV/pages/45717443/How+to+apply

## Provenance

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