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title: "Award of Programme Manager - Business Readiness"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000732138"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT"
published: "2023-05-25"
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# Award of Programme Manager - Business Readiness

Buyer: SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000732138

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## Summary

The Scottish Government has awarded the contract for the Programme Manager - Business Readiness to ASA Recruitment (Quick Quotes). The procurement process falls under the services category and is currently at the award stage. The tender period started on June 5, 2023, and will end on July 5, 2024. The contract was signed on May 25, 2023. The project is focused on delivering a change programme to enhance shared services efficiency, particularly in the areas of HR and Finance.

This tender presents an opportunity for businesses in the IT services sector to engage with the Scottish Government's Corporate Shared Services Programme. Companies specializing in consulting, software development, and support are well-suited to compete for this contract. The successful supplier, ASA Recruitment (Quick Quotes), will play a crucial role in leading the Business Readiness workstream to ensure smooth implementation and adoption of Oracle Fusion Cloud across various public sector organisations in Scotland.

## Notice

The Scottish Government is delivering a flagship change programme to improve the performance and efficiency of how corporate shared services are provided to core Scottish Government and other public bodies in Scotland.With significant multi-year investment in technology planned, the corporate Shared Services Programme (SSP) will deliver the implementation of Oracle Fusion Cloud, a modular based cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution at an overall cost of around PS20m. The SSP will deploy the solutions and platforms required to enable operational and cultural change to meet user needs and provide a better customer experience. The scope of the programme is across HR, Finance, (RTR, EPM, PTP & OTC) for core organisations and budgeting/forecasting and financial consolidation across the wider public sector. Our initial ambition is to replace old on premise customised technology to new cloud based integrated ERP / EPM Solutions, to allow the credible running of modern finance function with robust data structures and the basics of a customer and service driven management culture. The Programme will also provide a foundation for further growth to support the government's wider vision for shared services and the ability to be a data driven organisation.This role is based in the newly formed Corporate Transformation Directorate which encompasses the Shared Services Programme (SSP) and other transformational programmes. This role itself will lead the Business Readiness workstream and will be responsible for ensuring all business readiness activities are planned and delivered across all customer organisationsResponsibilitiesThe Business Readiness workstream will lead the execution of the SSP Business Change Strategy, working with customer organisation(s) receiving the new system to ensure their business readiness by managing, coordinating, and supporting:* Leading User Communications and Engagement - raising awareness and commitment and local ownership* Managing the completion of Change Impact Analysis - identifying, assessing, and maintaining a common data set and CIA tool and Adoption Dashboards* Ensuring Requirements Traceability in in place - ensuring local needs are mapped to the standard Oracle solution* Process Adaptation - supporting the alignment of local processes to the standard Oracle processes* Risk Management - working with the programme to manage opportunities and risks impacting the programme and BAU operations* Ensuring User Testing and Training - coordinating user participation in key transition activities* Planning Post Go-Live Support - helping to establish the support arrangements immediately after system cut-over* Leading Resource Coordination - ensuring the organisation's Business Managers, Process Champions, Super Users, Data Guardians, Technology SMEs (and others in the Change Network) actively supports the transition and sustainment.* Delivering awareness and engagement across customer organisation of the project, it's intent, stated aims and impact/benefit to the customer organisation* Identifying the gap between as-is and to-be processes across the impacted areas* preparing and implementing a plan to achieve business readiness for the impacted areas while maintaining service delivery across the customer organisation.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAY479409 |
| Notice type | PCS Notice - Quick Quote Award |
| 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 | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 25 May 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 7 May 2024 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 25 May 2023 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £246,936 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT |
| Additional buyers | FORESTRY AND LAND SCOTLAND; HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS ENTERPRISE; SASA SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT; SCOTTISH ENTERPRISE; THE COMMON SERVICES AGENCY (MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS NHS NATIONAL SERVICES SCOTLAND) ("NSS") |
| Locality | GLASGOW |
| Post town | Glasgow |
| Postcode | G2 8EA |
| 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 | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 15 |
| Supplier names | ASA RECRUITMENT (QUICK QUOTES; AURION LEARNING; AYRSHIRE RIVERS TRUST; BEN HARROWER CONSULTANCY; BIOMATHEMATICS & STATISTISTICS SCOTLAND; CAPITAL CLEANING SERVICE; DENTSU CREATIVE, A TRADING DIVISION OF DENTSU; FEEDS & STOVES; HARVEY NASH; HENDERSON LOGGIE; ITS COLD INSIDE; LORIEN RESOURCING; THE DIFFLEY PARTNERSHIP; THE LINES BETWEEN; VENESKY BROWN |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

## Release History

- 25 May 2023 at 15:27 - Award - PCS Notice - Quick Quote Award - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAY479409

## Notice URLs

- http://https://forestryandland.gov.scot
- http://www.hie.co.uk
- http://www.nss.nhs.scot/browse/procurement-and-logistics
- http://www.scotland.gov.uk
- http://www.scottish-enterprise.com/

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