Future opportunity

Testing - Oracle Testing Partner - RFI

  • Scottish Government

F01: Prior information notice (prior information only)

Notice reference: 2024/S 000-013064

Published 23 April 2024, 8:33am



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Scottish Government

5 Atlantic Quay, 150 Broomielaw

Glasgow

G2 8LU

Contact

Colin Campbell

Email

colin.campbell3@gov.scot

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKM - Scotland

Internet address(es)

Main address

http://www.scotland.gov.uk

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

Testing - Oracle Testing Partner - RFI

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 72222300 - Information technology services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

The Scottish Government’s (SG) DG Corporate area is focussed on transforming the services it provides and expects there to be an ongoing need to call-off from a testing contract to support the technology implementations it will carry out.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKM - Scotland

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

The Scottish Government’s (SG) DG Corporate area is focussed on transforming the services it provides and expects there to be an ongoing need to call-off from a testing contract to support the technology implementations it will carry out. The current focus is on the replacement of the Finance and HR platforms with Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP and HCM, Oracle Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).

The testing partner will initially support the testing process for the Oracle Fusion and Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) and Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) updates, which are implemented on a quarterly, monthly and ad hoc basis respectively.

There is potential for the contract to be utilised for other ad hoc pieces of work relating to testing services.

SG are looking for further information on what services are available in the market and how these can be delivered by service providers.

two.2.14) Additional information

All parties must read the attached documentation. You are asked to complete the document and send back to colin.campbell3@gov.scot by 17:00pm 8th

May 2024 .

Pleasure note that this notice is purely for information purposes. Although a date has been advised of when we wish to go to market it is not

guaranteed we will be going to market at all or on that date.

two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice

31 July 2024


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

Please note that this notice is being treated as a Request for Information Notice (RFI) and not a Prior Information Notice (PIN) We are seeking guidance from the market to allow us to move forward with project plans.

All interested parties must read and complete the document attached and send this document back to the following email address colin.campbell3@gov.scot by 17:00pm 8th May 2024.

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at

https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=764486.

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