Provision of Cloud GIS Software & Services

Official notice

Authority: Scottish Natural Heritage

Services

Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: Scotland (UKM)

Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender

Tender notice expected 1 Aug 2025from the planned procurement notice

What is being bought

Published requirement description

With almost every activity in NatureScot revolving around location, Geographic Information Systems (GIS)] and geospatial data play a vital role across the full breadth of our organisation. We are currently undertaking a GIS transformation programme that will see NatureScot's GIS infrastructure and services refreshed and migrated to a Cloud platform. We expect to commence a procurement exercise in the summer of 2025 and first wish to obtain information from current market providers to help us further develop our requirement specifications. We are interested to learn to what extent you can help with a variety of technology components and/or support services. We are particularly interested to hear about open-source technologies, as we have less experience in this area, but are open to any technology. We would also be interested to explore managed service options for some, or all, of our proposed GIS enterprise architecture.

CPV: Mapping software development services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Before formally commencing the procurement process to establish a GIS infrastructure,…Planned

Before formally commencing the procurement process to establish a GIS infrastructure, NatureScot wishes to gather some information that will assist in forming a Statement of Requirements. This is not a call for competition.

Please also refer to the questions at Section VI.3 of this PIN (and the summary description at Section II.1.4).

Note that the date at Section II.3 is only an estimate but we do expect to publish a Contract Notice on the PCS portal during Quarter 2 (July - September) 2025. Additional information: Please send responses to this PIN to [email protected] by 1700 hours on 28 March 2025.

Delivery: Scotland

72212326 Mapping software development services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Past planning notice
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: Unspecified in notice
First published: 7 Feb 2025, 14:24 GMT
Last source update: 7 Feb 2025, 14:24 GMT
Authority reference: PP1392
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-004193
Classification (CPV): Mapping software development services
Delivery area: Scotland (UKM)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04dcd2 Find a Tender

Publisher note: Please email your responses to the questions below to [email protected] by 1700 hours on Friday 28 March 2025. Please refer to the attached GIS Transformation User Stories, Use cases and Enterprise architecture documents to assist your responses to the questions. Q1. Are you able to provide the full GIS infrastructure shown in the proposed logical architecture diagram, hosted in a cloud location? Q2. Are you able to provide any of the individual components shown in Diagram A, hosted in a cloud location, as individual components that can interact with other parts of the infrastructure hosted elsewhere? Q3. How would you propose providing these infrastructure elements? Q4. What support could you provide in the set-up, running and maintenance, and learning and development of these infrastructure elements? Q5. What are the indicative costs for your proposed services? Q6. Are there any particular recent service developments/innovations within the industry you are aware of, which NatureScot as a contracting authority may not have heard of? Thank you in advance for your responses to the above. NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=789115. (SC Ref:789115)

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

7 Feb 2025 → 1 Aug 2025 · 2 dates

Notice published
7 Feb 2025, 14:24 GMT
Tender notice expected
1 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice

Awards (0): No award published
Contracts (0): No contract published
Bid statistics: No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Scottish Natural Heritage

Contracting authorityNational or federal agency/officeEnvironmental protection Great Glen House, Leachkin Road, Inverness, Scotland, IV3 8NWContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications

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