The Scottish Public Pensions Agency (SPPA) administers pensions on behalf of the Scottish Government for the employees of the National Health Service in Scotland, for Teachers, the Police and for Firefighters. SPPA directly supports over 600,000 pension scheme members.

The provision of Pensions and Payroll services is required together with associated support and maintenance beyond March 2026 and associated services if required. SPPA requirements are for cloud based platforms under a Software as a Service agreement with an initial contract term of five years with an option of a further two plus two year extensions.

The provision of Pension and Payroll Administration services, together with associated support and maintenance and support services as required. The requirements are for a cloud based service under software as a service. SPPA administers pensions for employees of the National Health Service in Scotland, for Teachers, the Police and Firefighters.

The contract will include but not be limited to the provision, management and support for the following key components and services : implementation of and migration to Pension and Payroll Administration platforms (applications and infrastructure) to support the ongoing obligations of SPPA in the administration of the schemes, for which it is responsible for.

Support and maintenance for the above, encompassing applications, data, software and hardware ; system administration and operating systems ; all databases ; and contingency, continuity and back up recovery and deployment of major / minor software and operating system upgrades.

The solutions should be scaled to accommodate the schemes which SPPA administer (approximately 600,000 members) as well as potentially other schemes which SPPA may take on responsibility for.

Community Benefits / social considerations are included in this requirement, a summary of the community benefits should be provided.