Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Scottish Government
5 Atlantic Quay, 150 Broomielaw
Glasgow
G2 8LU
UK
Contact person: Andy Scott
Telephone: +44 1412420133
E-mail: andy.scott@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.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
CivTech 10 - Wildcard Challenge 10.11 - How can technology help early-stage entrepreneurs by giving them the best possible information, advice and other forms of support in a way that is fast and easy to access, helping establish Scotland as a Start-Up Nation?
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
There is a huge range of support available for businesses in Scotland, coming from both the public and private sectors. However, finding and accessing the support most relevant for an individual business can be challenging, many of the approaches to delivery of business support rely on traditional models of delivery, and few have embraced the possibilities of advanced AI. So, this Challenge seeks to explore how technology could be applied to develop new innovative and highly effective business support models, with an initial focus on support for pre-start, start-up, and early-stage businesses.
How can AI, if applied in really imaginative and innovative ways, make major beneficial impacts in this area?
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
294 801.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM
Main site or place of performance:
Edinburgh
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
CivTech’s mission is to drive daring and innovation in the public sector by collaboratively solving Challenges that make people’s lives better – and in doing so create generations of sustainable, high growth businesses.
CivTech brings together public sector expertise and private sector innovation to solve real problems, develop new products, and deliver better, faster and easier services for everyone. Central to the approach is co-production with the citizen.
Part of the Scottish Government’s Digital Directorate, CivTech’s approach is helping transform public sector engagement with tech and innovation, delivering significant benefits to public services, producing genuine uplifts for the Scottish economy - and along the way, making lives better.
Across the country there are problems public sector organisations would like to solve and in the current environment the need for smart, efficient and effective products has never been greater. The Scottish Government is aware innovation is a good way to create them and is committed to ensuring a large part of its tech spend goes to smaller, innovative businesses. This is where CivTech comes in.
The CivTech Innovation Flow is designed to create products as quickly and effectively as possible, and uses a true Accelerator model at the heart of its Innovation Flow model. For you – whether you’re an individual, team or company – it’s an opportunity to take on a Challenge, solve it, and win contracts with a blue-chip public sector organisation. You’ll build a product, and a business to take it as far as possible. Because here’s the kicker: the Challenges we issue aren’t ‘single organisation’ problems – most exist worldwide.
In short: Open Challenges are set. Any organisation, team or individual can respond. Applications are assessed, and shortlisted proposals go into an Exploration Stage where they’re developed further [for which participating applicants are paid]. The best go through to the Accelerator – a period of intensive work to create the solution, and through CivTech’s unique business workshop system, a business capable of taking the product to the world.
Please visit our website for information on CivTech and how to get involved:
https://www.civtech.scot/how-to-apply-civtech-10
https://www.civtech.scot/civtech-10-challenge-11-support-and-advice-for-potential-and-early-stage-entrepreneurs
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 100
Price
/ Weighting:
0
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2024/S 000-024627
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
23/07/2025
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 33
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 30
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 2
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 31
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 33
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Matthew Kendrick
4D, Links View
MUSSELBURGH
EH21 6JT
UK
Telephone: +44 7858411891
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 294 801.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Contract awarded to Mathew Kendrick as the initial applicant. Contract signed by BobbAI Limited (Mathew Kendrick formed the company) Registered Company - SC831056
(SC Ref:805183)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Edinburgh Sheriff Court
Edinburgh
EH1 1LB
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
23/07/2025