--- title: "CivTech 11.7 - How can technology increase the positive impact of Scotland's festivals for the general public, the culture sector, and the economy?" ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000804842" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-r6ebe6-0000804842" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-r6ebe6-0000804842.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-r6ebe6-0000804842.json" source: "Public Contracts Scotland" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT" published: "2025-07-22" --- # CivTech 11.7 - How can technology increase the positive impact of Scotland's festivals for the general public, the culture sector, and the economy? Buyer: SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000804842 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-r6ebe6-0000804842) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-r6ebe6-0000804842.json) ## Summary The Scottish Government has initiated a procurement process titled "CivTech 11.7 - How can technology increase the positive impact of Scotland’s festivals for the general public, the culture sector, and the economy?" This tender, classified under general public services, seeks innovative solutions to improve infrastructure challenges faced by Scotland's festivals, aiming to reduce costs for performers, locals, and tourists. Located in Glasgow, the procurement employs an open procedure and is presently in the tender stage with a submission deadline set for 2nd September 2025. The total contract value amounts to £350,000, with the procurement method focused on electronic submissions. This tender opens opportunities for businesses in tech innovation, particularly those specialising in infrastructure solutions for events and cultural industries. Companies with expertise in addressing logistics challenges, such as transport and accommodation, could significantly benefit. This procurement is an excellent prospect for tech-driven enterprises to collaborate with the public sector and potentially grow through solving globally relevant problems associated with event management. Due to its scope and potential impact, small to medium-sized enterprises and startups are well-suited to partake in this initiative, especially those eager to execute projects with rapid implementation and scalability. ## Notice Scotland's festivals contribute hugely to the economy and the cultural life of the nation. Scottish Government, working with festivals through the Strategic Partnership for Scotland's Art Festivals, are seeking innovative solutions to aid the problem of Scottish performers, people and places being priced out of Scotland's festivals. This challenge will focus on the development of innovative solution to the infrastructure problem facing festivals across Scotland. Scotland is home to over 200 festivals, with the common problem of increasing costs for performers, locals and tourists due to fragmented transport and accommodation availability at times when a mass of people come together in a short time. ### Lot Information Lot 1 About CivTech CivTech's mission is to drive daring and innovation in the public sector by collaboratively solving Challenges that make people's lives better - and in doing so create generations of sustainable, high growth businesses. CivTech brings together public sector expertise and private sector innovation 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 helping transform public sector engagement with tech and innovation, delivering significant benefits to public services, producing genuine uplifts for the Scottish economy - and along the way, making lives better. Across the country there are problems public sector organisations would like to solve and in the current environment the need for smart, efficient and effective products has never been greater. The Scottish Government is aware innovation is a good way to create them and is committed to ensuring a large part of its tech spend goes to innovative businesses - whatever stage they're at, or size they are.. This is where CivTech comes in. The CivTech Innovation Flow is designed to create products as quickly and effectively as possible, and uses a true Accelerator model at the heart of its Innovation Flow model. For you - whether you're an individual, team or company - it's an opportunity to take on a Challenge, solve it, and win contracts with a blue-chip public sector organisation. You'll build a product, and a business to take it as far as possible. Because here's the kicker: the Challenges we issue aren't 'single organisation' problems - most of the problems we are solving exist worldwide. In short: Open Challenges are set. Any organisation, team or individual can respond. Applications are assessed, and shortlisted proposals go into an Exploration Stage where they're developed further together with the Challenge Sponsor and the CivTech [for which participating applicants are paid]. The best go through to the Accelerator - a period of intensive work to create the solution, and through CivTech's unique business growth workshop system, a business capable of taking the product to the world. Please visit our website for information on CivTech and how to get involved https://www.civtech.scot/how-to-apply-civtech-11 https://www.civtech.scot/civtech-11-challenge-7-impact-of-scotlands-festivals ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland | | Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUL535168 | | Notice type | OJEU - F2 - Contract Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 22 Jul 2025 | | Submission deadline | 2 Sep 2025 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £350,000 | | Lots value | £350,000 | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Active | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT | | 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 | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ### Codes - 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ## Release History - 22 Jul 2025 at 00:00 - Tender - OJEU - F2 - Contract Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUL535168 ## Documents - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUL535168&idx=8 18th August 2025 - Video Recording of Q&A Session - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUL535168&idx=1 22nd July 2025 - CivTech 11 - Accelerator Terms and Conditions - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUL535168&idx=2 22nd July 2025 - CivTech 11 - Exploration Terms and Conditions - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUL535168&idx=3 22nd July 2025 - CivTech 11 - PCS - Grounds for Mandatory Exclusion relating to Criminal Convictions - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUL535168&idx=4 22nd July 2025 - CivTech 11 - PCS - Instructions for Submitting Proposals - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUL535168&idx=5 22nd July 2025 - CivTech 11 - Application Form - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUL535168&idx=6 22nd July 2025 - CivTech 11 - Application Scorecard - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUL535168&idx=7 22nd July 2025 - CivTech 11 - PCS Advert - Challenge 11.7 - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUL535168 CivTech 11.7 - How can technology increase the positive impact of Scotland's festivals for the general public, the culture sector, and the economy? - Scotland's festivals contribute hugely to the economy and the cultural life of the nation. Scottish Government, working with festivals through the Strategic Partnership for Scotland's Art Festivals, are seeking innovative solutions to aid the problem of Scottish performers, people and places being priced out of Scotland's festivals. This challenge will focus on the development of innovative solution to the infrastructure problem facing festivals across Scotland. Scotland is home to over 200 festivals, with the common problem of increasing costs for performers, locals and tourists due to fragmented transport and accommodation availability at times when a mass of people come together in a short time. ## Notice URLs - http:// - http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=804842 - http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx - http://www.scotland.gov.uk - https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000804842 - https://www.civtech.scot/civtech-11-challenge-7-impact-of-scotlands-festivals - https://www.civtech.scot/how-to-apply-civtech-11 - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ - https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. The canonical page is https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-r6ebe6-0000804842. 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