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title: "Scottish Government Payments Transformation - Beta Stage"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000618633"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT"
published: "2020-03-19"
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# Scottish Government Payments Transformation - Beta Stage

Buyer: SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000618633

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## Summary

The Scottish Government is planning a procurement titled "Scottish Government Payments Transformation - Beta Stage," which aims to establish a common payments service for the Scottish public sector. This initiative falls under the services category and will be conducted in Edinburgh. The online bidder event is scheduled for 31 March 2020, where potential bidders will receive information on the project’s aims, design, and development context. Interested parties should email SGPaymentService@gov.scot to confirm attendance. This invitation is part of the tendering process, and the procurement will follow the GPA framework.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in payment services and technology. Companies that can provide secure, scalable, and user-centred payment solutions are encouraged to participate. The online event will facilitate direct interaction with Scottish Government experts, allowing bidders to clarify requirements and gain insights into the expected outcomes of the project. Engaging in this process could enhance business visibility and lead to potential partnerships within the public sector.

## Notice

Scottish Government is in the process of establishing a common payments service, with the potential for use across the Scottish public sector. This PIN is to invite potential bidders to an event online taking place 31 March 2020. On the day we will present the aims and objectives of the Beta phase as well as the design, development and strategic context it sits within. Further details on the design of the service, target architecture, organisations we are working with and journey to a live service will also be available.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

There are currently multiple ways of making and taking payments across government and the public sector. This leads to duplication of effort and spend, and by default a confused landscape for both citizens and government. The Payments programme is seeking to design and deliver a continually-improving, shared payments service that has the potential to evolve over the longer term. This will process outbound payments and provide a trustable transactional history that interfaces with public sector organisations' financial services - it will consider inbound payments in the longer term, but not during the next development phase. It will be user-centred, organisationally agnostic, secure, scalable and built using flexible, component-based technology. Having undertaken a Discovery and Alpha phase, the programme is now looking to procure a partner, or consortium, to deliver the Beta phase of development. In place of the bidder day originally planned for 24 March 2020, in CivTech, Edinburgh, we shall be hosting the event online on 31 March 2020. The attendance will no longer be limited to two individuals per organisation - details on how to attend will be sent out to our mailing list. To ensure your place at our online bidder day please email: SGPaymentService@gov.scot The day will cover the following areas: - Strategic context and drivers for the programme, and the future service - User research and service design - Architecture - Known constraints, dependencies and risks - Outcome based requirements for beta and live service - Opportunity for potential bidders to ask Scottish Government Subject Matter Experts questions in an open forum - Expected procurement and programme timings

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAR384046 |
| Notice type | PCS Notice - Website Prior Information Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| 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 | 19 Mar 2020 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 20 Mar 2020 |
| 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 | 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 | TLM75 City of Edinburgh |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 72200000 - Software programming and consultancy services

## Release History

- 19 Mar 2020 at 00:00 - Planning - PCS Notice - Website Prior Information Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAR384046

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAR384046
  Scottish Government Payments Transformation - Beta Stage - Scottish Government is in the process of establishing a common payments service, with the potential for use across the Scottish public sector. This PIN is to invite potential bidders to an event online taking place 31 March 2020. On the day we will present the aims and objectives of the Beta phase as well as the design, development and strategic context it sits within. Further details on the design of the service, target architecture, organisations we are working with and journey to a live service will also be available.

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://www.scotland.gov.uk
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000618633
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=618633

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