Prior information notice
This notice is for prior information only
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Scottish Government
5 Atlantic Quay, 150 Broomielaw
Glasgow
G2 8LU
UK
Contact person: Colin Campbell
E-mail: colin.campbell3@gov.scot
NUTS: UKM
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.scotland.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA10482
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Testing - Oracle Testing Partner - RFI
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72222300
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Scottish Government’s (SG) DG Corporate area is focussed on transforming the services it provides and expects there to be an ongoing need to call-off from a testing contract to support the technology implementations it will carry out.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Scottish Government’s (SG) DG Corporate area is focussed on transforming the services it provides and expects there to be an ongoing need to call-off from a testing contract to support the technology implementations it will carry out. The current focus is on the replacement of the Finance and HR platforms with Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP and HCM, Oracle Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
The testing partner will initially support the testing process for the Oracle Fusion and Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) and Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) updates, which are implemented on a quarterly, monthly and ad hoc basis respectively.
There is potential for the contract to be utilised for other ad hoc pieces of work relating to testing services.
SG are looking for further information on what services are available in the market and how these can be delivered by service providers.
II.2.14) Additional information
All parties must read the attached documentation. You are asked to complete the document and send back to colin.campbell3@gov.scot by 17:00pm 8th
May 2024 .
Pleasure note that this notice is purely for information purposes. Although a date has been advised of when we wish to go to market it is not
guaranteed we will be going to market at all or on that date.
II.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice:
31/07/2024
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Please note that this notice is being treated as a Request for Information Notice (RFI) and not a Prior Information Notice (PIN) We are seeking guidance from the market to allow us to move forward with project plans.
All interested parties must read and complete the document attached and send this document back to the following email address colin.campbell3@gov.scot by 17:00pm 8th May 2024.
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
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=764486.
(SC Ref:764486)
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
23/04/2024