Competition with a shortlist
Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Scottish Government · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- Version 1 Solutions Limited SME
- Value
- £95,000,000
- Procedure
- Restricted procedure
- Sector
- IT services · Maintenance of information technology software (CPV 72267100)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 019466-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date14 Apr 2025
- Published7 May 2025Published 23 days after the contract date
Description
The Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate (ARE) within Scottish Government is responsible for supporting Scotland's sustainable economic growth in agriculture, the food industry and in rural areas. ARE delivers a broad range of essential payments and support services to rural customers across Scotland. There are a variety of schemes that benefit the rural sector both economically and environmentally. These are explained in significant detail on the Rural Payments and Services website. They are almost totally dependent on digital services and technologies to ensure that claims for subsidies, grants and support under several schemes are delivered in a timely, accurate and compliant way. This ensures farmers, crofters and land managers across Scotland receive the payments which they are entitled to and, overall, the Scottish Government fulfils its legal obligations and delivers its policy intentions. The main Rural Payments and Services (RP&S) Digital Platform is highly complex due t…
About the supplier
Version 1 Solutions Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03438874).