--- title: "ICT Data Platform Consultancy Services" ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000844297" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-r6ebe6-0000844297" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-r6ebe6-0000844297.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-r6ebe6-0000844297.json" source: "Public Contracts Scotland" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "Ayrshire College" published: "2026-09-29" --- # ICT Data Platform Consultancy Services Buyer: Ayrshire College Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000844297 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-r6ebe6-0000844297) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-r6ebe6-0000844297.json) ## Summary Ayrshire College is seeking a technical specialist partner to help develop a modern, secure and scalable enterprise data platform. The work is consultancy and technical support for the college’s data platform capability, delivered for Ayrshire College in Kilmarnock. The engagement is staged: mobilisation, discovery and assessment, and target design and roadmap are guaranteed stages. Foundation and priority delivery, followed by transition and enablement, may proceed after the college reviews progress and contractor performance. Suppliers should be able to support the college from assessment and planning through to implementation and capability handover. The college invited offers through an open procedure, with electronic submissions. The tender deadline was 11 November 2026 at 12:00. The estimated contract value is £200,000, and the stated contract period is 540 days. The first three stages are envisaged to take six months; the later delivery and transition stages are planned for a further 12 months if taken forward. Bidders were required to provide indicative programme plans for the first three stages. Evaluation assigns 80% to technical questions and 20% to price. Variant bids are not allowed, and bids must remain valid for 90 days. This opportunity suits specialist consultancies and technology partners with experience designing and delivering enterprise data platforms, particularly in environments where security, scalability and modernisation are central. Suppliers need technical depth to conduct discovery and assessment, shape a target architecture and practical roadmap, then potentially deliver priority foundations and support transition and enablement. The staged structure provides a defined initial consultancy and design assignment, with later implementation work dependent on the college’s review of results and contractor performance. Competition is weighted strongly towards technical responses, so firms able to demonstrate relevant expertise, a credible delivery approach and a workable programme for the first three stages are best placed to compete. The requirement calls for a suitably qualified and experienced technical specialist partner. ## Notice Ayrshire College is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced technical specialist partner to support the development of a modern, secure and scalable enterprise data platform capability for Ayrshire College. ### Lot Information Lot 1 Ayrshire College is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced technical specialist partner to support the development of a modern, secure and scalable enterprise data platform capability for Ayrshire College. The engagement will be a staged contract with the main stages 1 to 3, listed below, being guaranteed to the successful contractor with stages 4 and 5 to be actioned only after a review by the college of the outcomes to date and performance of the contractor: 1. Mobilisation 2. Discovery and Assessment 3. Target Design and Roadmap 4. Foundation and Priority Delivery 5. Transition and Enablement It is envisaged that the first 3 stages will take 6 months to complete with timescales for stages 4 and 5- 12 months. Bidders must provide indicative programme plans for the first 3 stages. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland | | Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP565521 | | 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 | 29 Sep 2026 | | Submission deadline | 11 Nov 2026 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £200,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | 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 | Ayrshire College | | Locality | KILMARNOCK | | Postcode area | Kilmarnock | | Postcode | KA1 3HY | | Country | Scotland | | ITL 1 | TLM Scotland | | ITL 2 | TLM9 Southern Scotland | | ITL 3 | TLM93 North Ayrshire and East Ayrshire | | Local authority | East Ayrshire | | Electoral ward | Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse | | Westminster constituency | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | | Delivery location | TLM93 North Ayrshire and East Ayrshire | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ### Codes - 72220000 - Systems and technical consultancy services ## Release History - 29 Sep 2026 at 01:00 - Tender - OJEU - F2 - Contract Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP565521 ## Documents - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP565521 ICT Data Platform Consultancy Services - Ayrshire College is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced technical specialist partner to support the development of a modern, secure and scalable enterprise data platform capability for Ayrshire College. ## Notice URLs - http:// - http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk - http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=844297 - http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx - http://www1.ayrshire.ac.uk/ - https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000844297 ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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