Prior information notice
This notice is for prior information only
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
East Renfrewshire Council
Eastwood HQ, Eastwood Park,
Giffnock
G46 6UG
UK
Contact person: Vanessa Fordyce
E-mail: vanessa.fordyce@eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk
NUTS: UKM83
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00183
I.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Critical friend for SLaMs processes
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79410000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
East Renfrewshire Council (ERC) wishes to assess market interest and capability for the provision of independent ‘critical friend’ support to help review and improve its Starters, Leavers and Movers processes (SLaMs).
The authority is seeking input from suitably experienced organisations and individuals to review our existing ‘as is’ process maps for SLaMs and assist in redesigning these processes to an optimised ‘to be’ state, automating as much of the ‘to be’ processes as possible.
The optimised processes must be technology platform agnostic, as the objective is to enable ERC to fully leverage our recent, significant investment in workflow and automation technologies.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79420000
72224000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM83
Main site or place of performance:
East Renfrewshire
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
East Renfrewshire Council (ERC) wishes to assess market interest and capability for the provision of independent ‘critical friend’ support to help review and improve its Starters, Leavers and Movers processes (SLaMs).
The authority is seeking input from suitably experienced organisations and individuals to review our existing ‘as is’ process maps for SLaMs and assist in redesigning these processes to an optimised ‘to be’ state, automating as much of the ‘to be’ processes as possible.
The optimised processes must be technology platform agnostic, as the objective is to enable ERC to fully leverage our recent, significant investment in workflow and automation technologies.
II.2.14) Additional information
Please see attached document with further details.
II.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice:
01/10/2026
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 see attached document for further information.
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=835669.
(SC Ref:835669)
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
25/06/2026