Official UK procurement notice
Transcription Software and Services
Authority: Social Security Scotland
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Scottish Ministers, acting through Social Security Scotland, has released the Prior Information Notice as a Request for Information (RFI) to potential suppliers of Transcription Software and Services.
The publication of this Prior information Notice/Request for Information will be used to undertake preliminary market consultation and to inform the market of the Scottish Minister’s intention to procure transcription software and services.
By engaging with you (as well as others in the market place) this will ensure you have an opportunity to help the Scottish Ministers understand the market and to shape any future procurement exercise.
Further information is provided in the RFI document attached to this Notice.
CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · IT software development services · IT software package · Industry specific software package · Maintenance of information technology software · Software package and information systems
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Social Security Scotland employs Health & Social Care Practitioners, (nurses,…Planned
Social Security Scotland employs Health & Social Care Practitioners, (nurses, physiotherapists, social workers) to advise Case Managers on eligibility for disability benefits. This advice is accompanied with a typed report stored in a client electronic information system. Reports include details of a clients home circumstances, medical conditions and disability. This data is linked to person identifiable data and protected characteristics such as gender and race.
To save Practitioner time, without significantly increasing the overall processing time for an application, speech to text transcription software and services are being considered to support typing these reports.
The publication of this Prior information Notice/Request for Information will be used to undertake preliminary market consultation and to inform the market of the Scottish Minister’s intention to procure transcription software and services.
This exercise is being carried out in advance of any future procurement exercise. It is not a pre-qualification or tendering exercise. Additional information: Further information is provided in the Request for Information document attached to this Notice.
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
- Goods
- 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
- 9 Jun 2023, 13:13 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Jun 2023, 13:13 BST
- Authority reference
S/22/209- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-016423- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03d50fFind a Tender
Publisher note: A Request for Information document, including a response template, has been attached to this Notice. The closing date for responses is Wednesday 28th June 2023. Please respond as per the instructions within the document. 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=734690. (SC Ref:734690)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
9 Jun 2023 → 4 Sept 2023 · 2 dates- Notice published9 Jun 2023, 13:13 BST
- Tender notice expected4 Sept 2023, 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
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.