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Electronic Marking System

Buyer: Qualifications Scotland →

BuyerQualifications Scotland
StatusAwarded
Deadline20 Apr 2026
ValueValue not published
Published24 Aug 2026

What is being bought

Qualifications Scotland intends to appoint a contractor to deliver an eMarking solution, other supporting software, hosting, hardware (excluding client-side equipment), training, management reporting and other services

Delivery location

UK

Categories

Software package and information systems 48000000Educational software package 48190000Document management system 48311100Information technology services 72222300

Lot details

Lot 1

The scope of this ITT includes for the retender of the NQ eMarking service. Qualifications Scotland would like the suppliers to detail the full extent of the services they can offer. Suppliers should provide descriptions of the full range of options open to Qualifications Scotland in terms of both implementing and supporting the Solution.

Statuscancelled

Award criteria
Demonstrate ability & methodology to deliver a quality service — 10
Provision of relevant management information — 5
Fair Working Practices — 5
Proposed Processes and Software Solution — 20
Evidence of ability to meet required delivery timescales — 20
price — 40

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Educational software package, Document management system, Software package and information systemsNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 48. The category anchor is Software package and information systems (48000000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 483,0161 median · 6 average (969 of 3,016 with a bid count)1.5 average (1,085 of 3,016 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UK7901 median · 9.1 average (224 of 790 with a bid count)2.3 average (261 of 790 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byGPA
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

Contracts

080222-2026-QS014-1

Statusactive
Value£4,420,881

Documents & submission route

No documents are published in the current source record.

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-066f1a
Latest release ID080222-2026
Latest release timestampMon Aug 24 2026 09:50:45 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis32014L0024
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release1
Parties in latest release3

Notice history

DateEventReference
24 Aug 2026award, contract080222-2026
19 Mar 2026tender025247-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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