CivTech 7 - Challenge 7.3 - How can technology help people self-organise and build meaningful connections as the beating heart of Scotland’s global business community?

Concepts

• glasgow
• research and development
• information technology
• public sector organisations
• civtech’s unique business workshop system
• help
• self
• technology
• connect
• challenges

Location

Glasgow

Description

Instead of preparing people for a specific change, what if we created leaders who don’t just adapt to change but lead it. Today’s world moves so fast traditional education can’t keep pace and if we want Scotland in the vanguard we have to connect our leaders, in all sectors, to those at the forefront of change. Using technology, we can recycle the human capital and knowledge that exists in and out of Scotland to mentor, advise and support the best of Scotland’s leadership community, equipping them with the skills, attributes and burning passion to deliver for their organisation and for Scotland.

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 which runs from the 15th of August to the 2nd of September 2022, where they are then developed further [and 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. The Accelerator Stage will run from the 3rd of October 2022 to the 28th of January 2023.

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
• 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
• 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

Indicators

• Award on basis of price.

Legal Justification

due to timescales of the project accelerated procedure is required

Other Information

Please visit our website for information on CivTech and how to get involved: https://www.civtech.scot/how-to-apply https://www.civtech.scot/selection-process suppliers should ensure all documentation associated with this opportunity is read. (SC Ref:761210)