CivTech 12.5 - How can technology support multi agency processes for the protection of children in Scotland?
- Buyer
- Scottish Government
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Published
- 2026-10-19
- Type
- Contract notice (updated)
- Status
- Open to bid
- Category
- CPV 73000000
Description
This Challenge presents an exciting opportunity to make a positive difference in protecting children in Scotland from harm, an area of the highest priority for the Scottish Cabinet and partners. Scotland’s child protection system relies on Inter-Agency Referral Discussions (IRDs) to make timely safeguarding decisions for children (over 17,000 IRDs took place during 2024-25). IRDs are effective and work well as a process, however they are currently supported by fragmented IT systems, manual processes and localised records. This results in duplication, delays, and barriers to information sharing across agencies and local authorities. These inefficiencies increase administrative burden, reducing time available for direct support to children and families. The Scottish Government, Police Scotland and the National Social Work Agency (TBC) are seeking innovative solutions that will enable secure streamlined multi-agency information sharing for the existing IRD process, as well as providing…
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- Scottish Government has 8 notices on this site, 5 of them open now, the earliest published 2026-10-07. See them all.
- One of 70 open Research & development tenders in United Kingdom on this site; where a value is published, the median is 118.8k USD.
- Work under the same CPV group (730) is open in 21 other countries: Germany (18), Norway (15), Poland (15), Netherlands (5), Belgium (5) and 16 more.
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