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Award

15 Jan 2024 at 16:30

Tender

08 Sep 2023 at 11:50

Summary of the contracting process

The West Lothian Council has awarded a contract for "The Provision of Specialised Employment Support for West Lothian Parents" in the services category. This contract aims to provide training and support to eligible parents in gaining employment-aligned skills. The contract includes three lots: Qualifications, Mentoring, and Employability Support. The contract was signed on 15th December 2023, with suppliers The Larder and Street League winning the lots.

This tender offers opportunities for businesses providing education, training, and specialist employment support services. Companies interested in supporting skills development, work experience, and employability programs for parents in West Lothian would find this tender suitable for bidding. The procurement method was an open procedure, and the tender period ended on 6th October 2023.

How relevant is this notice?

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 - Mentoring

An 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 Support

Working 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.

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

85 - Health and social work services

98 - Other community, social and personal services


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

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
West Lothian Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LIVINGSTON
Postcode
EH54 6FF
Postcode Area
Edinburgh
Country
Scotland

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

Local Authority
West Lothian
Electoral Ward
Livingston South
Westminster Constituency
Livingston

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
2
Supplier Names

Street League

The Larder

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