Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body
The Scottish Parliament, Procurement Services
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKM75 - Edinburgh, City of
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA10284
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
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
Other activity
Devolved Parliament
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Lobbying Register Solution
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 48000000 - Software package and information systems
two.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
two.1.4) Short description
The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body (SPCB) is carrying out market research to identify providers who may be capable of delivering, implementing and supporting an online registration and information database solution, and understand if this can be met through commercial off the shelf software (COTS) or a developed and bespoke solution, to meet the requirements of the current Lobbying Register (the “register”), as set out in the Lobbying Scotland Act 2016.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 48100000 - Industry specific software package
- 48600000 - Database and operating software package
- 48611000 - Database software package
- 48612000 - Database-management system
- 72212610 - Database software development services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKM75 - Edinburgh, City of
Main site or place of performance
The Scottish Parliament Building, Holyrood, Edinburgh
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Since March 2018, “regulated lobbying” must be recorded in a Lobbying Register.
The types of lobbying which are regulated are set out in the Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016. The Act places a statutory duty on eligible organisations (currently over 1,300) to register as ‘lobbyists’ and provide information returns for communications made face-to-face with any MSP, a member of the Scottish Government (Cabinet Secretaries and Scottish Law Officers), a junior Scottish Minister, a Scottish Government Special Adviser, or the Scottish Government’s Permanent Secretary. This type of lobbying is ‘regulated’ lobbying, and defined by the Act.
The information provided is assessed and published by the Scottish Parliament’s Lobbying Register Team (“LRT”), who administer the register. Published details are available to anyone, free of charge, at the dedicated site of www.lobbying.scot
The Parliament has a legal duty to monitor compliance, and the system also requires administration tools to assist the LRT with a number of daily tasks, related to:
- communications made with registered organisations; the management and tracking of the flow of information submitted for registration purposes and information returns.
- key reporting and messaging related to organisational compliance with statutory deadlines.
Other key considerations of the solution include:
- provide a facility for registration by lobbyists and interrogation of the register by the public
- allow lobbyists to register and submit returns directly
- be browser-based, and accessible from any location without being reliant on specific software installed on a client device
- a cloud based, hosted solution
- flexible to accommodate for future requirements arising under the legislation
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
1 January 2025
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
Interested suppliers should record an interest to this notice, and to obtain further information, by 1 August 24.
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=770869.
(SC Ref:770869)