Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Scottish Government
5 Atlantic Quay
Glasgow
Contact
Laura Hunter
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKM - SCOTLAND
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA10482
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Collaborative Spend and Analytics Service
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 72300000 - Data services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The Scottish Government is considering the establishment of a contract for the provision of a Collaborative Spend Analytics Service. This is to replace the Scottish Procurement Information Hub contract which is due to expire in 2022.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 48812000 - Financial information systems
- 72310000 - Data-processing services
- 72300000 - Data services
- 72316000 - Data analysis services
- 72314000 - Data collection and collation services
- 48000000 - Software package and information systems
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKM - SCOTLAND
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Scottish Government is considering the establishment of a contract for the provision of a Collaborative Spend Analytics Service. This is to replace the Scottish Procurement Information Hub contract which is due to expire in 2022.
The current spend analysis tool is used to provide a collaborative view of procurement spend information and to identify collaborative procurement opportunities through the analysis of accounts payable data and contract information.
Over 14bn GBP of Scottish public sector procurement spend data was recorded and analysed in financial year 2018/19.
The supplier will be responsible for providing a cloud based spend analytics tool and other associated services to over 100 Scottish public sector bodies and organisations across central government, local government, NHS Scotland and Scottish higher and further education institutions.
The scope of the new contract is currently being considered however is likely to include the following:
- Data analysis: including accounts payable, transactional and supplier data
- Data sanitisation, standardisation and enrichment
- Data gathering and validation
- Category spend analysis
- Data reporting
- Cloud based
The solution may be required to interface with other solutions that are part of the Scottish Governments eCommerce Shared Service.
The resultant output from the solution will be used by public sector bodies to perform a wide range of analysis on procurement spend to allow the identification of potential collaborative opportunities and transactional efficiencies.
For example, identifying spend:
- with key suppliers
- with SMEs (Small to Medium Enterprises)
- on collaborative contracts
- by geographical location
- by commodity category
Reporting will be required at an individual public body level as well as at a national level by the Scottish Government.
two.2.14) Additional information
This PIN is for information only and does not formally constitute a call for competition or signify the start of a procurement. This does not form a commitment by Scottish Ministers to undertake any procurement exercise and we reserve the right to withdraw at any time.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
1 November 2021
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
Any collaborative cloud services arrangement would be on behalf of the whole of the Scottish public sector and would be in support of the following Scottish Government strategies:
- Digital First strategy: https://resources.mygov.scot/standards/digital-first/
- Scotland's Digital Future: https://www.gov.scot/publications/scotlands-digital-future-high-level-operating-framework-version-2/
- Cyber Resilience Framework: https://www.gov.scot/publications/cyber-resilience-framework/
(SC Ref:644812)