Quick Quote: Strategic Outline Case (SOC) Development Support
- Jul 24
- 4 min read
Briefing Document
Purpose
The Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI) along with key partners are progressing a Strategic Outline Case (SOC) to develop a ‘Rural AI Lighthouse for Digital Health and Care’ project based in Moray. This project has two key investment objectives:
Investment objective 1: To create educational opportunities through development and provision of courses and skills to support AI from workforce development and technical skills promotion – attracting people to upskill and study along with creating more capacity and capability of AI skills and understanding on a more general basis.
Investment objective 2: To create a Trusted Research Environment ‘TRE’ that will be developed (building from the RCE data infrastructure to date along with other data sets) to enable users to test new skills and innovators to test new products, services and business models, thus attracting commercial interests in digital health to the area and improve economic development and societal health and wellbeing benefits, as an overall result.
DHI will award a contract (further to review) for the provision support to assist in developing materials for the Economic, Commercial and Financial case at a high level, this would form part of the Strategic Outline Case (SOC) which may then progress rapidly to a Full Business Case (FBC) for the project to potentially commence in 2026.
This SOC is being accelerated to meet the request from both Governments to contribute towards the MGD programme options review in the late Autumn/Winter period.
Initial draft of initial collateral of the Economic, Commercial & Financial case – 5 Oct 2025
Final version of Economic, Commercial and Financial case materials – 10 Nov 2025
Presentation and review period with minor iterations if required – 5 Dec 2025
Final version - all materials concluded and handed over – 20 Dec 2025
Budget
A maximum budget of £10k (Excl. VAT) will be assigned to this work.
Rationale
This commission is being undertaken to assist the accelerated development of the Strategic Outline Case for the Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI) as part of the Moray Growth Deal request. This is to model and create materials as per the Economic, Commercial and Financial appraisal to assist the DHI to develop a robust SOC to the MGD project board to review the options.
Response
The deadline for responses (max 5 pages – not including appendices) to this work will be by;
Wednesday 30 July at 1500 and will be marked on the basis as below.
Referenced experience in developing Economic, Commercial and Financial appraisals.
Experience in the team to assist in supporting the case input.
Ability to start the project immediately and deliver within the timescales (milestones).
Experience within this field (Digital Health and Care) will be regarded as beneficial but not essential.
Background
The DHI is one of Scotland’s seven Innovation Centres, funded by the Scottish Government and the Scottish Funding Council. We are a collaboration between the Glasgow School of Art and the University of Strathclyde (our host institution). Our focus is innovation in digital health and care, helping the people of Scotland live longer, healthier lives, while providing sustainable and inclusive growth for our economy. We collaborate, co-design and transform great ideas into real solutions that have benefits to the system and the citizen. We provide engagement; facilitation; project management; and service, business, technical innovation to increase individual and organisation readiness to harness digital innovation for impactful results.
Milestones, Deliverables and Timescales
DHI would require the commission milestones will follow the timescales set out below:
Tender Process: | Date |
Quick quote for bids | 24 July 2025 |
Deadline for submissions | 30 July 2025 |
Contract commitment confirmed by | 31 July 2025 |
Project milestones and deliverables | Date |
Initial draft | 5 October 2025 |
Final version of Economic and Commercial/Financial sections | 10 November 2025 |
Presentation and review period with any further feedback | Dec 2025 |
Final FBC version concluded - Jan/Feb 2021 | Jan 2026 |
Response
You are invited to respond (max 5 pages) to this document with the following information:
Your proposal for delivering on the requirements, scope, and deliverables described above, detailing:
your understanding of the main tasks to be addressed;
how you intend to deliver on the requirements; and
the methodology you propose to use.
The expertise and experience of the team undertaking the work. This should include CV[s] and statement of availability of the individual/s who will undertake the work.
Summaries of similar work undertaken, including contact information (name and telephone number or email address) for at least one reference.
Details of risks identified, and how these will be mitigated.
A timetable of activities, including contingency management, to meet the timescales
A breakdown of costs, including any expenses (please include VAT if applicable).
Response proposals to be submitted on Wednesday 30 July by 1500 to;
Janette.hughes@dhi-scotland.com and kara.mackenzie@dhi-scotland.com – Clearly marking in the email Subject as - Response to DHI MGD SOC - Support.
For further information, or to assist with the completion of your response, you may contact janette.hughes@dhi-scotland.com – If you could email to confirm you will be submitting a response please do so, this will allow us to note your interest.
Please note – all the responses will be evaluated and will have no obligation to award if the responses do not meet the needs of the briefing document.
