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A single operator framework agreement for a Scottish Wide Area Network is being let on behalf of all Contracting Authorities in Scotland including but not limited to the Authorities listed in I.2 and successors to those bodies in functions and objectives. It is envisaged that the Framework Agreement itself may be entered into by NSS or a separately created entity on behalf of the participating Authorities. It is expected that all participating Authorities choosing to use the framework will make their own call offs based on a catalogue of services while contributing to pay for common shared core services. ICT in the public sector is vital for the delivery of efficient, cost effective services which are responsive to the needs of citizens and businesses, and for meeting the business needs of the organisations who are themselves responsible for service delivery. Working in partnership the Scottish Government and key stakeholder organisations responsible for the delivery of public services have initiated the Scottish Wide Area network (SWAN) Programme. The aim of the SWAN initiative is to deliver, a single, holistic telecommunications service available for the use of any, and potentially all, public service organisations within Scotland. SWAN will enable infrastructure and service sharing and will over time replace the existing model where individual organisations procure, implement and maintain their own network infrastructure. The SWAN initiative is strategically aligned with the McClelland Review of Scottish Public Sector ICT Infrastructure , taking forward its recommendations on public sector collaborative procurement, aggregation of network demand and use of common standards, and is the first major initiative to be launched by Scottish Ministers in support of the Scotland's Digital Future; Delivery of Public Services . The Local Government ICT Strategy – Delivering Better Services for Communities identifies the adoption of a Scottish Wide-Area Network as the number one action to be taken by the Scottish Local Government community. The McClelland Review of Scottish Public Sector ICT Infrastructure, published in June 2011 recommended that: — The few large and many other multiple small contracts should be aggregated to build a single Scottish Public Sector Network that adopts the standards and protocols of the UK PSN, — The combined spend should be leveraged to gain cost and performance advantages for the public sector, — This network should be used by every public sector body and university and college in Scotland. The Scottish Government's Response to the McClelland Review of ICT Infrastructure in the Public Sector in Scotland committed to achieve better value through collaboration and sharing of ICT infrastructure and digital connectivity. Scotland's Digital Future: A Strategy for Scotland, published in March 2011, set out ambitions for digital connectivity, a digital economy, digital participation and digital public services, which are interdependent strands of an overall vision. The digital public services strand was further developed in Scotland's Digital Future: Delivery of Public Services, published in September 2012. That strategy set out a vision for a Scotland in which digital technology provides a foundation for integrated public services that cross organisational boundaries and deliver to those most in need, and for services for business that promote growth. One deliverable of the strategy is a public sector network which supports resilient high-volume and high-speed communication. The SWAN Programme is designed to deliver that single public services network in Scotland open to all public service organisations and with combined demand delivering both cost and performance advantages. Using an approach of common standards and interoperability SWAN will facilitate collaboration, locally, nationally and internationally. The infrastructure will be designed and built, in order that SWAN can support both PSN compliant services and non PSN compliant services. As part of the digital public services strategy SWAN supports a way in which the public services delivery sector can collaborate across organisational boundaries to ensure that the services delivered – whether at national or local level – can be truly joined up to meet the needs of the users of public services, the citizens and businesses of Scotland. The strategy's ambition is to ensure that Scottish public service organisations get best value for money in its investments in ICT. Collaboration is now the default choice in the design and delivery of services and in the procurement and deployment of ICT infrastructure to support this. There is also a presumption against each organisation separately pursuing investment in and ownership of ICT assets or seeking its own capability for individual development. As such, the SWAN Programme is the first major initiative to be launched by Scottish Ministers in support of the Scotland's Digital Future; Delivery of Public Services strategy and will provide the first piece of the underlying infrastructure needed to deliver on the strategies overall goals and aspirations. NSS and a number of other Authorities have come together to form a vanguard of Authorities who are committed to enter into call-off contracts immediately following the concluding of the Framework Agreement. To maximise the potential take up of services under the Framework Agreement participating Authorities will have a period of six years to enter into call-off contracts with the appointed provider. The maximum length of call offs made under the framework will be decided during the Competitive Dialogue process. The McClelland Review is available at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2011/06/15104329/0 Scotland's Digital Future; Delivery of Public Services is available at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2012/09/6272 The Local Government ICT Strategy is available at http://www.improvementservice.org.uk/.../3728-local-government-ict-strategy-delivering-better-services-for-communities-draft-for-consultation/ The Scottish Government Response to the McClelland Review of ICT Infrastructure in the Public Sector in Scotland is available at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2011/09/21103403

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