Official UK procurement notice
NHS GDPR Compliance Tool · UK public procurement notice
Authority: The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS) (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProcurement of a GDPR Compliance Tool to support NHS Scotland Information Governance with the delivery of their core compliance activities which include completion and review of Data Protection Impact Assessments, maintenance of Information Asset Registers and Records of Processing.
CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£900,000
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 (3)
- Functional Requirements: 40%
- Non-Functional Requirements: 30%
- price: 30%
Published award criteria (3)
- Functional Requirements: 40
- Non-Functional Requirements: 30
- Price: 30
- Economic & financial standing
SPD Q.4B.1.1: Bidders are required to provide statement of accounts or extracts relating to their business for the previous 3 years. Where any are risks identified by NSS as part of the due diligence carried out on the above information NSS may require Bidders to provide additional information to demonstrate financial standing. Additional information can include but not be limited to:
- parent company accounts (if applicable)
- deeds of guarantee
- bankers statements and references
- accountants’ references
- management accounts
- financial projections, including cash flow forecasts
- details and evidence of previous contracts, including contract values
- capital availability.
Bidders who cannot provide suitable evidence of a secure financial standing may be excluded from the procurement.
Q.4B.5.1 and Q.4B.5.2: It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commence of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:
Employers liability insurance: 5 000 000 GBP;
Public liability insurance: 1 000 000 GBP;
Professional indemnity insurance: 1 000 000 GBP
- Technical & professional ability
4C.1.2 Please provide details of three relevant examples of services carried out during the last three years.
4.C.2 Bidders are required to confirm compliance with standards, such as ISO or equivalent, set by technical bodies, especially those responsible for quality control. Please provide examples such as the following:
- Cyber Essentials
- ISO 9001 - Quality Management Systems
- ISO 27001 - Information Security Management
- ISO 27017 - Code of practice for information security controls
- ISO 27018 - Code of practice for protection of personally identifiable information (PII) in public clouds acting as PII processors
- UK Government 14 Cloud Security Principles
Please state the relevance of any such educational and professional qualifications.
4C.6: Bidders will be required to confirm that they and/or the service provider have relevant educational and professional qualifications such as the following: ISO27001 or equivalent ITIL qualifications [Helpdesk, etc] or equivalent other professional qualifications relevant to the Services outlined in the Contract Notice.
And:
4C.6.1: Bidders will be required to confirm that they and/or the service provider's managerial staff have relevant educational and professional qualifications such as the following: ISO27001 or equivalent ITIL qualifications [Helpdesk, etc] or equivalent other professional qualifications relevant to the Services outlined in the Contract Notice.
4C.10: Bidders will be required to confirm whether they intend to …
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
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
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 12 Jun 2024, 14:50 BST
- Last source update
- 11 Aug 2025, 16:33 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 27 Jan 2025 – …
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-047760- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-046f75Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Review procedure
Economic operators should approach the contracting authority in the first instance. However, the only formal remedy is to apply to the courts:
An economic operator that suffers, or is at risk of suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 or the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014, may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session.
Publisher note: Estimated Value: The estimated value provided in sections II.1.7 and V.2.4 includes the initial 36 month contract period and the two optional extension periods of 12 months each. (SC Ref:807004)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 27 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 27 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
1 Oct 2024 → 11 Aug 2025 · 4 dates- Next notice expected1 Oct 2024, 00:00 BST
- Submission deadline27 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened27 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published11 Aug 2025, 16:33 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 12 Dec 2024- Published value published: £900,00012 Dec 2024, 11:47 GMT
- Status changed to active12 Dec 2024, 11:47 GMT
- Procurement method changed12 Dec 2024, 11:47 GMT
- Deadline published: 27 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT12 Dec 2024, 11:47 GMT
- Status changed to complete11 Aug 2025, 16:33 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| AWTG LTDSME | £512,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 047760-2025-NP610424-1 · AWTG LTDSME
- Signed
- 22 Jul 2025
- Value
- £512,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4bids · 4 electronic · 4 from abroad | 3 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Sheriff Court HouseReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- AWTG LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.