Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Education Scotland · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- RM Education Ltd
- Value
- £349,987
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · Computer support services (CPV 72610000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 043485-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date23 Apr 2026
- Published12 May 2026Published 19 days after the contract date
Description
This is a VEAT notice for an extension to the Glow Authentication and Portal Services (GAPS) contract under Regulation 72 1 (b) of the Public Contract Regulations (Scotland) 2015. Awarded in 2017, the GAPS contract continued the provision of Scotland's national digital learning platform, providing educators and learners access to a range of educational services, applications and content using a single username and password. The GAPS contract has been extended until 30/09/2028, at a cost of 349,987 GBP for an additional two months to what was provided for within the contract, to align with the ongoing Future of Glow programme and provide continuity of service for end users. The Future of Glow programme is currently exploring options for a re-procurement of the Glow platform and has already engaged with the market via a PIN (RFI) (Ref NOV542637), published on November 2025, to inform our commodity strategy. Any potential procurement exercise may result in a contract start date aligning …
About the supplier
RM Education Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01148594).