Procurement - software value added reseller services framework (SP-21-034): buyer's guide

Introduction

This buyer guide gives help to public sector organisations to gain access to and use the Software Valued Added Reseller Services (SVARS) Framework.

The aim of the SVARS Framework is to provide Scottish public sector and third sector bodies (Framework public bodies) with a compliant procurement route to a one-stop access to a commercial arrangement for the purchase of commercial off the shelf (COTS) software and associated services.

Framework overview

The SVARS Framework goes live on 1 May 2023 and runs for an initial two years with 2 x 1 year extensions. The first extension has been utilised with an end date of 30 April 2026 with a further 1 year extension remaining.

The SVARS Framework is a single supplier, single lot Framework.  This means there is no need for buyers to run a mini-competition to use the Framework.

The SVARS Framework provider is Computacenter (UK) Ltd. Contact details for Computacenter are provided at the end of this document.

Any call off placed using the SVARS Framework, will not have a set or fixed time.  This means that the call off length can be of the buyer’s choosing