National Digital Maturity Assessment and Learning and Development Platform for Health and Social Care

Location

Scotland:

Description

The Scottish Government has a requirement to place a contract with an external service provider to design, deliver, and maintain a national online digital maturity assessment tool and a linked learning and development website.

Total Quantity or Scope

A digital maturity assessment enables health and social care organisations to evaluate how effectively they use digital technologies to deliver, manage, and improve services. It assesses leadership, infrastructure, data use, innovation, staff confidence, digital skills, and readiness for change. It also considers digital inclusion, ensuring services are accessible and equitable for all. The successful service provider will be required to: - Develop a robust, user-friendly digital maturity assessment platform tailored to the Scottish health and social care context. - Enable benchmarking at local, regional, and national levels. - Provide actionable insights to inform digital transformation planning and investment. - Design and host a complementary learning and development website offering curated resources, bespoke analysis, discussion groups, and improvement guides aligned with assessment outcomes. - Ensure accessibility, data security, and ongoing technical support. This work will play a critical role in supporting continuous improvement, workforce development, and strategic alignment across Scotland’s health and social care landscape.

Renewal Options

The contract may be extended for a period of up to 24 months. Subject to that constraint, the period of the Contract may be extended on more than one occasion.

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Indicators

• This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
• Renewals are available.
• Financial restrictions apply.
• Staff qualifications are relevant.
• Technical restrictions apply.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** 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 29787. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 (SC Ref:805263)