{"id":1722,"date":"2019-12-18T10:34:11","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T10:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/?p=1722"},"modified":"2019-12-18T10:34:11","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T10:34:11","slug":"software-value-added-reseller-one-year-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2019\/12\/18\/software-value-added-reseller-one-year-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Software Value Added Reseller one year anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/publications\/software-value-added-re-seller-framework\/\">Software Value Added Reseller (S-VAR) framework agreement<\/a> with Softcat has now reached its one year anniversary. It has been a busy but successful first year with a significant number of Scottish public sector bodies benefiting from the framework.<\/p>\n<p>Highlights include:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Framework spend over \u00a348 million<br \/>\n\u2022 Over 2,000 orders raised<br \/>\n\u2022 Over 100 public sector organisations using the framework<\/p>\n<p>The framework provides all Scottish public sector bodies with a direct route to market for commercially off the shelf (COTS) software and support services.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Testimonials<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNHS National Procurement utilised the new \u201con-boarding\u201d process at Softcat to procure a software solution for our governance team. The whole process (engaging with the supplier, agreeing commercial terms, finalising the terms and condition and the supplier becoming a Softcat partner) took less than two weeks. Arron Deas from the Partner Alliance Team at Softcat kept us updated with progress. This ensured we were able to place our contract and Purchase Order before expiry of our current contract.\u201d Billy Hislop, IT Category Manager, NHS National Procurement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSoftcat entered into this framework with the objectives to deliver procurement efficiency, value for money and community benefits to the Scottish public sector. Through our continuous investment in people in our Scotland office and local business subcontractors, we have been able to achieve these objectives.\u00a0 We still upheld our strong reputation for excellent employee satisfaction and customer service.\u201d Anthony Cowen, Public Sector Director Softcat<\/p>\n<p><strong>Additional information<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A buyer\u2019s guide, can be found in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/publications\/frameworks-and-contracts\/\">Scottish Procurement contracts directory<\/a>. A supplier guide is also available and can be found within our secure stakeholder group \u2018Procurement Information Network\u2019 within <a href=\"https:\/\/khub.net\/\">Knowledge Hub<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you do not have access to the secure stakeholder site, please register by completing and returning the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/publications\/scottish-procurement-knowledge-hub-membership-request-form\/\">membership request form<\/a> to <a href=\"mailto:Scottishprocurement@gov.scot\">Scottishprocurement@gov.scot<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A successful year for procuring off-the-shelf software solutions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":450,"featured_media":1727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[188,147,54,10,55,28],"tags":[165,62,97,206,277,35],"class_list":["post-1722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buyers","category-framework-agreements","category-ict","category-procurement-news","category-scottish-procurement","category-suppliers","tag-buyers","tag-framework-agreements","tag-scottish-public-sector","tag-software","tag-stakeholders","tag-suppliers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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