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title: "Provision of Safeguarding Product for Glow"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000553403"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "EDUCATION SCOTLAND"
published: "2018-08-10"
---

# Provision of Safeguarding Product for Glow

Buyer: EDUCATION SCOTLAND  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000553403

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## Summary

The procurement process is initiated by Education Scotland, which is seeking suppliers for the "Provision of Safeguarding Product for Glow," a product essential for monitoring user activity within Scotland's national digital learning environment, Glow. This requirement falls under the goods category within the education sector. The procurement is currently in the planning stage, with potential bidder presentations scheduled between 27th and 30th August 2018, and interested parties must register their intention to participate by 12:00 on 24th August 2018. The presentations will be held at Education Scotland's premises in Glasgow or via teleconference.

This tender presents an excellent opportunity for businesses specialising in educational technology, cybersecurity, and software development. Companies that can provide monitoring and alerting solutions for digital environments, especially those capable of seamless integration with Office 365, GSuite, and WordPress, will be well-positioned to compete. Additionally, businesses with offerings in artificial intelligence, data security, and behavioural analytics could leverage this opportunity to expand their presence in the educational sector while contributing to enhancing safeguarding measures within digital learning platforms.

## Notice

Education Scotland has a requirement to place a contract with an external service provider for the provision of a Safeguarding product for their Glow environment. Glow is Scotland's national digital environment that offers a number of different services to support learning and teaching across the curriculum. The Safeguarding product will be used to monitor and alert on the activity, interaction and behaviour of users within this environment.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Education Scotland has a requirement to place a contract with an external service provider for the provision of a Safeguarding product for their Glow environment. Glow is Scotland's national digital environment that offers a number of different services to support learning and teaching across the curriculum. The Safeguarding product will be used to monitor and alert on the activity, interaction and behaviour of users within this environment.The Glow environment's core components are Office 365, GSuite and WordPress. The Glow environment is accessed via corporate and personal devices, as such the product should have the capability to monitor these environments and not be device specific (not require software to be loaded on the users endpoint). In addition, Education Scotland would welcome an initial proposal relating to a partnership with Education Scotland for the creation of a Safeguarding product including but not limited to the following capabilities within the O365, GSuite and WordPress environment: live keyword searc; behavioural analysis; child safeguarding; artificial intelligence; reporting; alerting; image recognition; meta data search; deep learning.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG327812 |
| Notice type | OJEU - F1 - Prior Information Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 10 Aug 2018 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 7 Sep 2018 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

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

## Status

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

## 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 |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems
- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 48730000 - Security software package
- 80330000 - Safety education services

## Release History

- 10 Aug 2018 at 00:00 - Planning - OJEU - F1 - Prior Information Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG327812

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG327812
  Provision of Safeguarding Product for Glow - Education Scotland has a requirement to place a contract with an external service provider for the provision of a Safeguarding product for their Glow environment. Glow is Scotland's national digital environment that offers a number of different services to support learning and teaching across the curriculum. The Safeguarding product will be used to monitor and alert on the activity, interaction and behaviour of users within this environment.

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/
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- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=547172
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=553403

## Provenance

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