Common Library Solutions

Common Digital Components

A Common Digital Component provides a single function that is designed to be widely used within the public sector to provide specific functionality that can be used within end-to-end user journeys.

A common digital component is used by end users (e.g. citizens, staff, etc) but only provides a partial user experience that would be used as part of a broader digital service (either a common digital service or as part of a bespoke digital service (e.g. within individual councils’ own online services).

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Name of Solution
Description
Capabilities
Lifecycle
Scope
BisAccount
BisAccount
bisaccount.scot is a service, provided by the Improvement Service, which will provide a simple and secure sign-in service, designed to help businesses prove who they are when transacting with public services online in Scotland.
Identity Management
LIVE
Local Government
Gov.UK Notify
Gov.UK Notify
Gov.UK Notify is a service provided by the Government Digital Service that allows public sector organisations to send emails, text messages, and letters to their users. It is used by central government, local authorities, and the NHS.
Notification Management
LIVE
UK Public Sector
My Account
My Account
Mygovscot myaccount provides people living in Scotland with the ability to set up an online account that can be used across multiple organisations. It can be used to access an increasing range of online public services, such as paying council tax or requesting a parking permit, paying for school meals, or applying for benefits or a National Entitlement Card.
Identity Management
LIVE
Local Government
One Login
One Login
GOV.UK One Login is an OpenID Connect (OIDC)-compliant service that helps you authenticate your users who are using services they’ve logged into with their GOV.UK One Login. GOV.UK One Login follows the Service Manual for designing for different browsers and devices.  
Identity Management
LIVE
UK Public Sector
Scot Account
Scot Account
  ScotAccount allows your users to sign in and, if it’s necessary, verify their identity so they can access your service. By using ScotAccount, your service will not need to build and maintain your own user authentication and verification systems. Your users will also not need to manage multiple sign in details or go through repeated identity verification for different services.
Identity Management
LIVE
Scottish Public Sector, however not currently deployed within Local Government.
Scot Payments
Scot Payments
ScotPayments is a payments platform provided by The Scottish Government’s Digital Directorate and offers outbound payment processing from the public sector to people and organisations across Scotland.
Payment Management
LIVE
Scottish Public Sector

Common Digital Platforms

Common Platforms provide a single and shared development toolkit that can be used as the basis for developing digital components and digital solutions. Platforms provide hosting and storage and provide relevant integration to operational systems and digital components where required. A common platform is used by technical staff (such as software developers) to help them to build common digital components and services.

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Name of Solution
Description
Capabilities
Lifecycle
Scope
Cloud Platform
Cloud Platform
Designed for the Scottish Government and Scottish Public Sector organisations, the cloud platform gives your organisation simplified access to cloud technologies for the Scottish public sector. By joining the cloud platform you'll get access to a pay-as-you-go service, identity and access management, a service in line with Scottish Government and industry standards, existing contracts and discounts.  
Cloud Hosting
LIVE
Scottish Public Sector
Digital Front Door
Digital Front Door
The Digital Front Door is a key commitment in the Digital Health and Care Strategy to deliver a platform for people to get access to their health and care information and to health and care services, directly.  It will allow people to access, self-manage, and contribute to their own health and care information online.
IN DEVELOPMENT
TBC
Digital Health and Care Platform
Digital Health and Care Platform
The National Digital Platform will bring together cloud-based digital components and services. Making it easier to build or enhance technology solutions for the public sector in Scotland.
Hosting
IN DEVELOPMENT
Health and Social Care
Spatial Hub
Spatial Hub
The Spatial Hub is an online resource that provides a single point of access to quality-assured Scottish local authority geo-spatial data, in a consistent format. Data themes include planning, administrative boundaries, environmental, transport and community facilities.
Data Publication
LIVE
TBC

Common Digital Services

Common Digital Service are solutions that have been designed to be widely used within the public sector that bring together a broad range of functions together in order to provide an end-to-end user journey for users. A common digital service is used by end-users (e.g. staff, citizens, etc) and provides a complete user experience.

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Name of Solution
Description
Capabilities
Lifecycle
Scope
CONSUL Democracy
CONSUL Democracy
Scottish Councils have set up a version of Consul which is managed by COSLA. The system Supports the community to develop ideas and present them for comment, Voting, Works on Mobile, E-Petitions / Support-only voting, Commenting & feedback, Decision-making, Written deliberation and a full Participatory Budgeting capability.
Community Engagement
LIVE
TBC
myjobscotland
myjobscotland
Scotland's job website for the public and third sector.
Recruitment Management
LIVE
TBC
SEEMiS Early Years
SEEMiS Early Years
SEEMiS Early Years will provide the functionality  to record attendance of children registered for funded early learning and childcare. 
Attainment Management,Calendar Management,Attendance Management,Payment Management
IN DEVELOPMENT
TBC
Shared Alarm Receiving Centre Solution
Shared Alarm Receiving Centre Solution
The Shared ARC Platform is a national programme led by the Digital Office to provide Scottish telecare service providers with a shared alarm receiving centre technology solution.
Alarm Management,Case Management
LIVE
TBC

Common Licensing

Common licensing provides a common and shared licensing arrangement for IT products and services such as a Framework Agreement and Dynamic Purchasing System. In this scenario, councils retain local control of the management of ICT and digital solutions, but the solutions are built from the same underlying technologies through national frameworks or purchasing systems.

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Name of Solution
Description
Capabilities
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Scope
CACI Scotland - wide Data Agreement
CACI Scotland - wide Data Agreement
Scotland-wide access to CACI Acorn and Paycheck data.
LIVE
Local Government
Digital Telecare Framework
Digital Telecare Framework
Scotland Excel’s new Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for digital telecare goods will provide the capability for members to procure digital telecare products that assist the person and monitor the person’s environment.
Telecare
LIVE
Social Care
Engage Process
Engage Process
The Digital Office for Scottish Local Government has launched a centralised repository for processes in collaboration with Engage Process, a leading process management solution. The centralised repository is a shared platform where Scottish Local Authorities can share process maps. 
Process Management
LIVE
Local Government
Social Work Case Management Framework
Social Work Case Management Framework
Scotland Excel’s social care case management framework provides members and health and social care partnerships (HSCPs) with a variety of system based social care case management solutions to facilitate end-to-end case management for the delivery of social care services to children, adults and the Scottish Criminal Justice community. 
Case Management
LIVE
Social Care