Notice Information
Notice Title
The Provision of Specialised Employment Support for West Lothian Parents
Notice Description
The Scottish Government provided Local Authorities with funding under the No One Left Behind (NOLB) Child Poverty policy. This policy intends to work towards eradicating child poverty in Scotland through various means including Parental Employment Support. The contract has three lots and providers could bid for single or multiple lots. Providers were required to support eligible West Lothian parents to to gain sectorial training, work experience and specialised employability skills that will enable them to gain employment aligned to their individual skills and work expectations or progress within their current workplace.
Lot Information
Lot 1 - Qualifications
The provision of training programmes with recognised qualifications in areas that are relevant to the local economy and aligned to the needs and capabilities of the clients. Qualifications were be aligned to employment opportunities within the local labour market and consider the client's personal circumstances and family commitments. The training provided was to support the clients to progress into employment or move closer to the labour market at the end of the course.
Lot 2 - MentoringAn in-work mentor programme designed to create work placements that supported marginalised clients that required additional assistance and support in the work place. This included securing mentoring positions, liaising with the employer and providing 1 to 1 mentoring support to the client whilst undertaking the placement. Where the opportunity to progress results from the placement support were to be provided to secure this progression and for an initial settling in period.
Lot 3 - Employability SupportWorking alongside Access2employment service to compliment the current provision and bridge gaps to targeted niche groups of parents via the provision of a range of employability programmes. Programmes were to be designed to address client's barriers including confidence and self-worth, lack of work experience, mental health issues etc, and they were to include support to access current income maximisation services, work placements and volunteering opportunities as a recognised means of progression for clients.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-03fb25
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001339-2024
- 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
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
80 - Education and training services
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- CPV Codes
79634000 - Career guidance services
80000000 - Education and training services
80300000 - Higher education services
80400000 - Adult and other education services
80410000 - Various school services
80500000 - Training services
80510000 - Specialist training services
80511000 - Staff training services
80520000 - Training facilities
80521000 - Training programme services
80530000 - Vocational training services
80570000 - Personal development training services
85312300 - Guidance and counselling services
85312310 - Guidance services
98000000 - Other community, social and personal services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £570,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £570,000 £500K-£1M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 15 Jan 20242 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 6 Oct 2023Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 15 Dec 20232 years ago
- Contract Period
- 27 Nov 2023 - 31 Mar 2024 1-6 months
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- West Lothian Council
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LIVINGSTON
- Postcode
- EH54 6FF
- Postcode Area
- Edinburgh
- Country
- Scotland
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- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM1 East Central Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM14 West Lothian
- Delivery Location
- TLM78 West Lothian
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- Local Authority
- West Lothian
- Electoral Ward
- Livingston South
- Westminster Constituency
- Livingston
Further Information
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