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Women Returners

Skills Development Scotland Co. Limited

This public procurement record has 3 releases in its history.

Award

06 Jan 2022 at 15:45

Award Notice
TenderUpdate

23 Jul 2021 at 16:05

Tender Notice
Tender

21 Jul 2021 at 16:55

Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Skills Development Scotland Co. Limited is seeking to deliver the "Women Returners" programme, targeting individuals in the education and training services sector. This procurement process is at the Award stage, following an Open procedure, with an estimated contract value of up to £1.5 million for the first year, extending through March 2022, and an optional further extension available until March 2023. Key activities are focused in the UK, specifically Scotland, and the tender documents indicate a deadline for submissions that was set for August 20, 2021.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in employment support services aimed at women, particularly those with experience in employability interventions for disadvantaged groups. Enterprises with expertise in easing the transition for women returning to the workforce after career breaks, such as training providers and organisations supporting underrepresented demographics (older, disabled, or minority ethnic women), would be well-suited to compete for this contract. Given the contract's emphasis on meeting social needs, businesses that align with these objectives may find a valuable avenue for growth.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Women Returners

Notice Description

SDS has a requirement to procure, on behalf of the Scottish Government, the delivery of Women Returner programme, which aims to support women returners across Scotland who have had a career break of 6 months or more due to childcare, other care or health commitments or have multiple barriers to employment, e.g. older women (over 50 years of age), disabled women, lone parents, minority ethnic women, women affected by domestic abuse, women from rural or SIMD areas, female veterans/spouses of veterans and also focus on sectors where women are significantly underrepresented in the workforce and at senior levels.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The delivery of Women Returner programme, which aims to support women returners across Scotland who have had a career break of 6 months or more due to childcare, other care or health commitments or have multiple barriers to employment, e.g. older women (over 50 years of age), disabled women, lone parents, minority ethnic women, women affected by domestic abuse, women from rural or SIMD areas, female veterans/spouses of veterans and also focus on sectors where women are significantly underrepresented in the workforce and at senior levels. The Programme will support activities that enable the participants to address the barriers that are preventing them from moving along the strategic skills pipeline and allow them to progress to the next stage e.g. employment, education, or training. Experience of delivering same or similar services are defined as Employability interventions, such as Employability Fund, Fair Start Scotland, Work Able Scotland, Women Returner Initiatives, National Transition Training Fund or Work Programme. Modern Apprenticeships, Work Based Learning and Individual Training Accounts would not be deemed as similar. Please note that the relevant selection criteria is included in the SPD Scotland Module - Part 2 Information concerning the bidder, Part 3 Exclusions Grounds and Part 4 Selection Criteria - these are pass/fail criteria Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-02cae8
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000348-2022
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

80 - Education and training services

CPV Codes

80000000 - Education and training services

80400000 - Adult and other education services

80500000 - Training services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£1,500,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£1,500,000 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£1,362,797 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
6 Jan 20224 years ago
Submission Deadline
20 Aug 2021Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
4 Oct 20214 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Active
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Skills Development Scotland Co. Limited
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
GLASGOW
Postcode
G2 1DY
Postcode Area
Glasgow
Country
Scotland
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM3 West Central Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM32 Glasgow City
Delivery Location
TLM Scotland
Local Authority
Glasgow City
Electoral Ward
Anderston/City/Yorkhill
Westminster Constituency
Glasgow East

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
12
Supplier Names

AAI EmployAbility

Code Division Learning Centre

ENABLE Scotland

East Renfrewshire Chamber of Commerce

Right Options

Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre

The Challenges Group

The People Portfolio

Tigers Ltd

Triage Central Limited

Virtual Internships

Women Returners

Further Information

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