The Scottish Public Pensions Agency (SPPA) is an Agency of the Scottish Government. Its' principal role is to administer the pensions, premature retirement and injury benefit schemes for employees of the National Health Service in Scotland (NHSSS) and for members of the Scottish Teachers' Superannuation Scheme (STSS). This existing service was extended in April 2015 to include the 2 Firefighters Pension Schemes and two Police Pension Schemes in Scotland.

The number of active members for each of the schemes is currently as follows:

NHSSS circa 164k

STSS circa 79k

Firefighters Scheme 4k

Police Scheme 17k

The number of deferred members is as follows:

NHSSS circa 57k

STSS circa 16k

Firefighters Scheme 520

Police Scheme 2k

The number of pensioners is as follows:

NHSS circa 83k

STSS circa 68k

Firefighters Scheme 4k

Police Scheme 15k

The original contract, competitively procured to Contract Notice 2006/S077-081151 to purchase a Pensions Administration solution which:

i) facilitates the administration of existing pension schemes;

ii) has sufficient flexibility to accommodate both new pension schemes and additional business from other public sector pension schemes;

iii) accurately record all aspects of operational activities, providing financial and management information to support the SPPA’s business needs;

iv) has integrated Electronic Document Management (EDM) and workflow functionality;

v) enables electronic data interfaces for Government Agencies, Scottish Government corporate systems, employers and pension scheme members.

In addition to the above requirements, the SPPA is seeking to include an exercise of scanning all NHSS and STSS case files into the current EDM system in order that all case files are accessible via electronic means.