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Published 11 Jul 2025, 15:26 BST

Official UK procurement notice

The Supply and Delivery of City No-Code Pilot Programme

Official notice

Authority: City of Glasgow College (Education)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£250,000exc. VAT16.7% below published estimate
Submissions closed 12 Aug 2025awarded 18 Sept 2025
Awarded to Greater Things

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Programme delivery services for a Regional No-Code pilot programme to support new business models by existing businesses and the establishment of new innovative business ventures.

CPV: Application service providers

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: Scotland
Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 55%Price: 30%Environmental: 15%
Published sub-criteria (10)
  • Approach: 10%
  • Experience and Competency: 10%
  • Quality: 10%
  • Implementation and Scalability Plan: 10%
  • Modern Slavery: 5%
  • Fair Work Practices: 5%
  • ED&I: 5%
  • price: 30%
  • Programme Sustainability: 10%
  • Carbon Emissions: 5%
Published award criteria (10)
  • Approach: 10
  • Experience and Competency: 10
  • Quality: 10
  • Programme Sustainability: 10
  • Implementation and Scalability Plan: 10
  • Modern Slavery: 5
  • Fair Work Practices: 5
  • ED&I: 5
  • Carbon Emissions: 5
  • Price: 30
Conditions of participation1
  • Condition of participation
    no text published
    Minimum: Economic and financial standing (SPD Part 4B) Please refer to Part 4 B Economic and Financial Standing of the SPD The College will use the following ratios to evaluate a bidder's financial status. Bidders must confirm within their response to the relevant question within the 'Qua…
What this means for your bid
  • 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
11 Jul 2025, 15:26 BST
Last source update
18 Sept 2025, 14:57 BST
Award evaluation window
12 Aug 2025 – …
Authority reference
CS/CoGC/25/30
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-057770
Classification (CPV)
Application service providers
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM82)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-055ddc Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: (SC Ref:810629)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Public Contracts Scotland · Who buys & how to bid on PCS
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding
Submission deadline
12 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
12 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

12 Aug 2025 → 18 Sept 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    12 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    12 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published399 days ago
    18 Sept 2025, 14:57 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    18 Sept 2025, 14:57 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £208,3331 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 44 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 18 Sept 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Greater ThingsSME£208,333 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 057770-2025-CS/CoGC/25/30-1 · Greater ThingsSME

    Signed
    18 Sept 2025
    Value
    £208,333
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
4bids · 4 electronic · 4 from abroad4——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

City of Glasgow College

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation 190 Cathedral Street, Glasgow, Scotland, G4 0RFContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Glasgow Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body Glasgow

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Greater ThingsAwarded supplier 6, Turner Croft, Turner Croft, LICHFIELD, UK, Ws138SAContact phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria