Official UK procurement notice
C002187 Framework Agreement for the provision of a Learning Management System
Authority: The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as Public Services Delivery Scotland) (PSD Scotland)·Consortium: 55 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPublic Services Delivery Scotland (PSD Scotland) is delivering the Digital Learning Infrastructure (DLI) Programme, a national transformation programme to establish a modern, scalable, interoperable and sustainable digital learning ecosystem for Scotland’s health and social care workforce. The programme responds to a fragmented learning technology landscape across public, private, voluntary and not-for-profit provision, where multiple local learning management systems, duplicated content, variable user experiences and inconsistent data quality limit workforce mobility, planning and system-wide efficiency.
CPV: Educational software development services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 1 suppliers
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The Framework Agreement is being put in place on behalf of all entities constituted…Renewal
The Framework Agreement is being put in place on behalf of all entities constituted pursuant to the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 or other NHS organisation established pursuant to the new Public Bodies (Joint Working) Scotland Act 2014 and the additional following entities Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA), Scotland’s 32 local authorities and the Scottish Police Authority.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical: 70%
- price: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical: 70
- Price: 30
- Suitability
Details found in Tender documents
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “C002187 Framework Agreement for the provision of a Learning Management…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 1 suppliers, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as Public Services Delivery Scotland) (PSD Scotland) buys Programming services of packaged software products (CPV 7221), and who usually turns up
The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as Public Services Delivery Scotland) (PSD Scotland)’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Programming services of packaged software products (CPV 7221) →
How the contest usually goes
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means the winner is registered in the region where that contract was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in Scotland.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 101 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid0% / 13%
2–327% / 27%
4–627% / 0%
7+45% / 60%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1The Framework Agreement is being put in place on behalf of all entities constituted…CPV 7221Estimate not published
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid8%
2–328%
4–611%
7+53%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
CGI IT UK LimitedLarge | £140m28 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 4 live · £46m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 5% below n=11 |
| £74m40 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 12 live · £503m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 13% below n=4 | |
Experian LimitedLarge | £9.2m24 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 13 live · £2.3m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 21% above n=1 |
BridgeallSME | £871k6 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago | 4 live · £589k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 7% below n=4 |
| £97k5 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 3 live · £128k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open admission
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 27 Apr 2026, 13:38 BST
- Last source update
- 5 Oct 2026, 15:59 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 25 Nov 2026 – …
- Authority reference
C002187- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-093955- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-068ba7Find a Tender
- Performance terms
Details found in Tender documents
Publisher note: The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 32849. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 A sub-contract clause has been included in this contract. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2363 Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/ A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: Details found in Tender documents (SC Ref:844721)
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Apply via Public Contracts Scotland- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Appointment period ends
- 25 Nov 2026, 13:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- —
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 25 Nov 2026, 13:00 GMT
Timeline
31 Aug 2026 → 25 Nov 2026 · 4 dates- Next notice expected50 days ago31 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
- Notice published15 days ago5 Oct 2026, 15:59 BST
- Today20 Oct 2026
- Admission / appointment period endsin 36 days · period end, not a bid countdown25 Nov 2026, 13:00 GMT
- Bids openedin 36 days25 Nov 2026, 13:00 GMT
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 5 Oct 2026- Status changed to active5 Oct 2026, 15:59 BST
- Procurement method changed5 Oct 2026, 15:59 BST
- Deadline published: 25 Nov 2026, 13:00 GMT5 Oct 2026, 15:59 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
26 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Aberdeen City CouncilContracting authority
- Aberdeenshire CouncilContracting authority
- Angus CouncilContracting authority
- Argyll and Bute CouncilContracting authority
- Clackmannanshire CouncilContracting authority
- Comhairle nan Eilean SiarContracting authority
- Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA)Contracting authority
- Dumfries and Galloway CouncilContracting authority
- Dumfries and Galloway Health BoardContracting authority
- Dundee City CouncilContracting authority
- East Ayrshire CouncilContracting authority
- East Dunbartonshire CouncilContracting authority
- East Lothian CouncilContracting authority
- East Renfrewshire CouncilContracting authority
- Falkirk CouncilContracting authority
- Fife CouncilContracting authority
- Glasgow City CouncilContracting authority
- Healthcare Improvement ScotlandContracting authority
- Highland CouncilContracting authority
- Inverclyde CouncilContracting authority
- Lothian NHS BoardContracting authority
- Midlothian CouncilContracting authority
- Moray CouncilContracting authority
- NHS 24Contracting authority
- NHS Ayrshire & ArranContracting authority
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria