Official UK procurement notice
Provision of a National Source-to-Contract (S2C) Solution
Authority: Scottish Government (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Scottish Ministers through the National Collaborative Procurement Division of the Scottish Government has identified the need for a National Source-to-Contract (S2C) Solution, which shall be used by all public sector organisations across Scotland.
It is intended that the contract shall be for a period of 5 years, with two options to extend for a period of 24 months and a final option to extend for a period of 12 months.
CPV: Administration software package · Computer-related services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · IT software package · Procurement software package · Software package and information systems · Software support services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The Scottish Government (SG), is now seeking a suitably qualified and experienced…RenewalPublished value£11,900,000
The Scottish Government (SG), is now seeking a suitably qualified and experienced supplier (the “Service Provider”) who will be responsible for the supply support and maintenance of a new “Source to Contract Solution”, otherwise referred to as the S2C Solution and will be made available to all Scottish public sector bodies and organisations. Both the Solution and the associated Services, will form the core of the S2C procurement capability in supporting improved usability, streamlined business processes, and enhanced data management across the end-to-end procurement lifecycle.
The purpose of this new service is to provide a secure, scalable, and user-focused Solution to support the full S2C processes and services. This document sets out in detail, key functional areas, service requirements, and scope of the new S2C Solution.
The core functional areas in scope are expected to include:
- Supplier Registration
- Creation, publishing and advertising of procurement notices
- Carry out low value quotations (Quick Quote)
- Sourcing and tender management
- Evaluation and award
- Contract creation, approval, and management
- Contract and Supplier management
- Reporting and management information
The Service Provider will be required to deliver the following high-level areas as part of the Transition, Mobilisation and Implementation phases across the Scottish public sector customer base:-
- Mobilisation and project initiation
- Solution design, configuration and integration readiness
- Transition and implementation
- Testing, Training and Readiness
- Go-Live and Early Life Support Additional information: The Contract will be based on Scottish Government’s ICT Model terms and conditions with bespoke amendments. Each tenderer shall be invited to submit a Tender on the same contract terms.
Please note that the budget figure provided is for the full term of the contract notice, including any potential contract extensions.
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 award criteria (2)
- Quality: 70
- Price: 30
- Economic & financial standing
The Authority will undertake a Company Financial Assessment for each Tenderer using Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) Failure Risk Score for
the Tenderer and any consortia or reliance members. Details of the D&B "A Guide to Dun & Bradstreet’s Predictive Indicators" – can be
found using the http address below: www.dnb.co.uk/about-us/our-analyti… ↗
There must be no qualification or contra-indication from any evidence provided in support of the Tenderers economic and financial standing. The Authority has the right to request copies of financial accounts and insurance certificates which are not held electronically.
If the D&B Failure Risk Score is 50 or more you will receive a pass for this assessment. If the D&B Failure Risk Score is less than 50 or no D&B Risk Failure score is available the Authority will contact the Tenderer and seek further information.
The Authority will then use this further information to assess the Tenderer’s level of failure risk. In the event that the Tenderer does not meet the financial criteria above and/or the level of failure risk after assessment of further information is considered to be too high, they may still be considered via some form of other assurance e.g. Parent Company Guarantee (providing parent has a failure risk score of 50 or
more) or a performance bond. If this assessment identifies an unmanageable risk (i.e. it is unacceptable) the Tenderer will fail this assessment.
SPD Statements 4B.5 Insu…
Minimum: The Authority will undertake a Company Financial Assessment for each Tenderer using Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) Failure Risk Score for the Tenderer and any consortia or reliance members. Details of the D&B "A Guide to Dun & Bradstreet’s Predictive Indicators" – can be found using the … - Technical & professional ability
SPD 4C.1.2 The tenderer is required to provide relevant examples of supplies and/or services carried out during the last five years as specified in the Contract Notice. Examples from both public and/or private sector customers and clients may be provided.
SPD 4C.4 – The tenderer is required to provide a statement of the relevant supply chain management and/or tracking systems used
SPD 4C.7 – The tenderer is required to provide details of the environmental management measures which the tenderer will be able to use when performing the contract.
SPD 4C.10 – The tenderer is required to confirm if any sub-contractors will be used in the delivery of the services and provide details of the proportion (i.e. percentage) of the contract they intend to sub-contract.
Minimum: SPD 4C.1.2 - Tenderers will be required to provide examples that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the services/supplies. Tenderers must provide 1 relevant example of delivering similar services, e.g. eSourcing; Portals; ERP; P2P, to those requireme…
- 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.
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
- Closed
- 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
- 25 Jul 2025, 15:11 BST
- Last source update
- 30 Jan 2026, 12:03 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 20 Mar 2026 – …
- Authority reference
SP-25-010- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-008400- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-056675Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: The Single Procurement Document (Scotland) is a standard qualification questionnaire supplied by Scottish Ministers for all regulated procurements. The SPD (Scotland) is used to self-certify for the minimum requirements to tender for this contract opportunity and will be scored on a Pass/Fail basis. Each tender will be individually evaluated to identify the most economically advantageous service provider, based on the Price / Quality weightings detailed in this notice. Questions that form the Quality award criteria will be scored using the following methodology: 0 - Unacceptable; 1 - Poor; 2 - Acceptable; 3 - Good; 4 - Excellent The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 30271. The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 30271. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 The Contracting Authority does not intend to include a sub-contract clause as part of community benefits (as per Section 25 of the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014) in this contract for the following reason: not required. 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: Please see Schedule 2A (Statement of Requirements) for further details (SC Ref:814268)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 20 Mar 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 270 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 20 Mar 2026, 17:00 GMT
Timeline
31 Dec 2025 → 20 Mar 2026 · 4 dates- Next notice expected301 days ago31 Dec 2025
- Notice published270 days ago30 Jan 2026, 12:03 GMT
- Submission deadline221 days ago20 Mar 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Bids opened221 days ago20 Mar 2026, 17:00 GMT
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 30 Jan 2026- Published value published: £11,900,00030 Jan 2026, 12:03 GMT
- Status changed to active30 Jan 2026, 12:03 GMT
- Procurement method changed30 Jan 2026, 12:03 GMT
- Deadline published: 20 Mar 2026, 17:00 GMT30 Jan 2026, 12:03 GMT
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.