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title: "CivTech 11.2 - How can technology unlock the cultural and economic potential of the Gaelic language by addressing the sparsity of useful, available data – a problem faced by many languages around the world?"
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# CivTech 11.2 - How can technology unlock the cultural and economic potential of the Gaelic language by addressing the sparsity of useful, available data – a problem faced by many languages around the world?

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/civtech-11-2-how-can-technology-unlock-the-cultural-and-economic-potential-of-the-gaelic-l-ocds-h6vhtk-0563ac). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Scottish Government: "CivTech 11.2 - How can technology unlock the cultural and economic potential of the Gaelic language by addressing the sparsity of useful, available data – a problem faced by many languages around the world?". Published status: active. Published Value: £650,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 2 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Scottish Government](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/scottish-government-GB-PPON-PVCB-3739-TNGL)
- **Published Value:** £650,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 2 September 2025 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Administrative educational services, Educational software development services, Educational software package, Information technology services
- **Delivery Location:** UKM
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0563ac`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/civtech-11-2-how-can-technology-unlock-the-cultural-and-economic-potential-of-the-gaelic-l-ocds-h6vhtk-0563ac#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk%2Fsearch%2FSearch_AuthProfile.aspx%3FID%3DAA10482)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/civtech-11-2-how-can-technology-unlock-the-cultural-and-economic-potential-of-the-gaelic-l-ocds-h6vhtk-0563ac#participate

## Description
Scottish Gaelic, like many under-resourced languages, faces a significant barrier in developing advanced language technologies: data sparsity. This Challenge aims to overcome this barrier, ensuring Gaelic language and culture thrive in the 21st century and beyond. Successfully addressing data sparsity will enrich communities, safeguard cultural heritage and unlock economic opportunities, providing lasting benefits for speakers and learners globally.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 48190000, 72212190, 75121000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Estimated Value:** £650,000
- **Description:** 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 t...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F041935-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-07-22T10:44:23.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T17:54:31.406Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0563ac