Civtech 7 - Challenge 7.13 - How can we use technology to better understand the issues facing our town centres, and be a catalyst for revitalisation?

Concepts

• civtech
• research and development
• dumfries
• civtech’s mission
• information technology
• better use
• civtech’s approach
• new technological solutions
• civtech innovation flow
• challenge

Location

Dumfries

Description

This challenge focuses on using technology to aid town centre regeneration challenges. It’s about making better use of existing Council data and delivering new technological solutions to make our town centres more attractive places for communities, businesses and visitors.

Total Quantity or Scope

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/process

Renewal Options

Extensions may be required to complete the work.

CPV Codes

• 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
• 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
• 32580000 - Data equipment

Indicators

• Bids should cover the whole contract.
• Renewals are available.
• Award on basis of price and quality.

Legal Justification

Required due to project timescales

Other Information

Please visit our website for information on CivTech and how to get involved https://www.civtech.scot/ Suppliers should ensure they read all documentation associated with this opportunity 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=695296. The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx. Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. A sub-contract clause has been included in this contract. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2363 (SC Ref:695296)