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title: "Business Assurance Testing Services"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000755316"
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# Business Assurance Testing Services

Buyer: SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000755316

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## Summary

The Scottish Government has awarded a contract for Business Assurance Testing Services to Livingston IT Consulting Ltd. The procurement process, led by the Scottish Government, took place in Glasgow, UK. The tender, titled "Business Assurance Testing Services," falls under the category of services and was completed through an open procedure. The contract, worth £998,400, was signed on 20th December 2023, with the main aim being to provide support for the Agricultural Reform Program, particularly in transitioning to public cloud-based services in a controlled manner.

This contract presents an opportunity for businesses, especially SMEs with expertise in IT consulting services, to engage with the Scottish Government in delivering critical testing and operational support. Through this tender, businesses can contribute to enabling the successful implementation of digital systems supporting agricultural reforms. By aligning with cyber security requirements and ensuring business and technical feasibility, firms can play a pivotal role in delivering the desired outcomes and benefits of the Agricultural Reform Program, ultimately benefiting the rural economy.

## Notice

The purpose of this service contract is to provide skills, professional expertise and relevant experience to support ARE business colleagues in: - the delivery of Agricultural Reform Program (ARP) by ensuring that our Digital delivery systems that support operational delivery from Applications to Payments including Inspections operate as required to allow our Customers and Staff to interact with our products and ultimately deliver our core mission of payments into the rural economy whilst meeting our ministerial targets. And the transition from Legacy and current BAU systems to public cloud based services are done in a controlled manner. - Delivering support to Agricultural Reform Programme: - Providing testing evidence to the ARP SRO which allows them to make in-formed decisions about Go-Live for new public cloud based Products and Services they are responsible for. - Highlighting key operational risks from testing results to operational leaders and/or SROs therefore enabling mitigation plans to be developed for stable business operation when Products and Services are deployed into live. - UAT testing is part of the delivery process providing assurance to the business of its new products and services reducing the risk of change and ensuring that any changes are aligned to cyber security requirements. - The service provider will work with business, policy and technical staff to ensure that new products and services are appropriate, feasible from business and technical perspectives and ultimately meet the needs identified for users, business operations and policy outcomes. This area of work is key part of the programme in order to deliver the correct outcomes / benefits of ARP.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The purpose of this service contract is to provide skills, professional expertise and relevant experience to support ARE business colleagues in: - the delivery of Agricultural Reform Program (ARP) by ensuring that our Digital delivery systems that support operational delivery from Applications to Payments including Inspections operate as required to allow our Customers and Staff to interact with our products and ultimately deliver our core mission of payments into the rural economy whilst meeting our ministerial targets. And the transition from Legacy and current BAU systems to public cloud based services are done in a controlled manner. - Delivering support to Agricultural Reform Programme: - Providing testing evidence to the ARP SRO which allows them to make in-formed decisions about Go-Live for new public cloud based Products and Services they are responsible for. - Highlighting key operational risks from testing results to operational leaders and/or SROs therefore enabling mitigation plans to be developed for stable business operation when Products and Services are deployed into live. - UAT testing is part of the delivery process providing assurance to the business of its new products and services reducing the risk of change and ensuring that any changes are aligned to cyber security requirements. - The service provider will work with business, policy and technical staff to ensure that new products and services are appropriate, feasible from business and technical perspectives and ultimately meet the needs identified for users, business operations and policy outcomes. This area of work is key part of the programme in order to deliver the correct outcomes / benefits of ARP.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JAN496698 |
| 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 | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 17 Jan 2024 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 20 Dec 2023 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £998,400 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT |
| 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 | TLM75 City of Edinburgh |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | LIVINGSTON IT CONSULTING |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 72222300 - Information technology services

## Release History

- 17 Jan 2024 at 00:00 - Award - PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JAN496698

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JAN496698
  Business Assurance Testing Services - The purpose of this service contract is to provide skills, professional expertise and relevant experience to support ARE business colleagues in: - the delivery of Agricultural Reform Program (ARP) by ensuring that our Digital delivery systems that support operational delivery from Applications to Payments including Inspections operate as required to allow our Customers and Staff to interact with our products and ultimately deliver our core mission of payments into the rural economy whilst meeting our ministerial targets. And the transition from Legacy and current BAU systems to public cloud based services are done in a controlled manner. - Delivering support to Agricultural Reform Programme: - Providing testing evidence to the ARP SRO which allows them to make in-formed decisions about Go-Live for new public cloud based Products and Services they are responsible for. - Highlighting key operational risks from testing results to operational leaders and/or SROs therefore enabling mitigation plans to be developed for stable business operation when Products and Services are deployed into live. - UAT testing is part of the delivery process providing assurance to the business of its new products and services reducing the risk of change and ensuring that any changes are aligned to cyber security requirements. - The service provider will work with business, policy and technical staff to ensure that new products and services are appropriate, feasible from business and technical perspectives and ultimately meet the needs identified for users, business operations and policy outcomes. This area of work is key part of the programme in order to deliver the correct outcomes / benefits of ARP.

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://www.scotland.gov.uk
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000755316
- https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/the-courts/court-locations/edinburgh-sheriff-court-and-justice-of-the-peace-court

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