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22 Apr 2024 at 12:51

Summary of the contracting process

The East Ayrshire Council, in partnership with Inverclyde Council, is seeking to award a multi-lot framework to support educational attainment. The tender, titled "Services to Support Educational Attainment", falls under the Education and Training Services category. This contract aims to enhance learning, development, and wellbeing through various services such as activity-based learning, mental health support, creative engagement, and more. The procurement is currently in the tender stage with a deadline for submissions on May 31, 2024.

This tender provides significant opportunities for businesses involved in providing educational services, counselling, creative activities, and community engagement. Suppliers with expertise in areas such as youth education, adult and other education services, and technical and vocational education would be well-suited to compete. The procurement method being used is an open procedure, allowing a wide range of businesses to participate in this contract opportunity.

How relevant is this notice?

Notice Title

Services to Support Educational Attainment

Notice Description

East Ayrshire Council acting as lead authority for this collaborative open framework in partnership with Inverclyde Council are seeking to award a multi-lot, multi-service provider framework to assist and support Education colleagues to comply with the over-arching statutory and legislative governance arrangements of the Council in relation to Standing Orders relating to Contracts and Financial Regulations as well as complying with the guidance as issued by the Scottish Government. We are looking to develop opportunities which encourage and enhance current thinking around aspects of pedagogy or the development of various services and activities to enhance learning, development and wellbeing. Services and activities on the framework will bring together a range of professionals and partners to work directly with staff, pupils and their families, to reduce exclusion, improve relationships, increase attendance, promote wellbeing and mental health and raise attainment within Literacy and Numeracy for our children and young people. It is crucial that the services being delivered via the framework promote excellence through raising achievement and improving outcomes: ensuring that every child and young person achieves the highest standards in literacy and numeracy, as well as the values, attitudes, knowledge and skills necessary to shape a sustainable future as successful learners, confident individuals, responsible citizens and effective contributors.

Lot Information

Activity Based Learning

Providing services that engages and encourages pupils to learn and develop through the participation in a range of learning activities and experiences. Services may include but are not limited to outdoor learning and sport and social activities.

Mental Health, Mediation, Counselling, Support & Advice Services

Providing services that provide professional assistance, guidance and support in resolving personal or psychological problems. Services may include but are not limited to group and/or one to one work with pupils or families, mental health counselling, befriending, mediation and services to promote positive mental wellbeing.

Creative Engagement

Providing services that focuses on engaging pupils and learning through creative activities. Services may include but are not limited to, music, art, drama and dance.

External Tutors / Additional Support

Providing services where external personnel offer additional support to pupils on a group or one to one basis. Services may include but are not limited to; resilience coaching, speech and language therapy, literacy and numeracy champions and Nurture support.

Pupil Workshops

Providing services that engages pupils on a particular subject, activity or project through discussion, performance or participation in class(s) dedicated to the project or activity. Services may include but are not limited to mindfulness, yoga, confidence building, nutrition, diversity, health and wellbeing (physical and mental).

Pupil Workshops

Providing services that engage with parents and families to provide support to increase involvement in the pupil's learning. Services may include, but are not limited to, parental engagement workshops, leadership training, one to one sessions

Community Engagement

Providing services that focuses on engaging pupils, parents/carers and the wider community in learning and will build and develop local capacity. Services provided should draw on existing interventions and community programmes to build a stronger local community based on local needs and aspirations.

Mentoring

Providing a service that focuses on the support and encouragement of pupils to manage their own learning in order that they may develop their learning skills, improve their academic performance and maximise their potential. Services may include, but are not limited to, additional support with academic studies, coaching, youth work and support and mentoring programs.

Leadership for Pupils

Provide services that will develop leadership and team working skills in pupils of all ages and abilities across the local authority

Educational Leadership

Provide services that will develop leadership skills in teachers and support staff as part of the local authority's commitment to career long professional learning.

Educational Assessments

Providing support and assessment materials primarily in the areas of Literacy, Numeracy and Health and Wellbeing. Services may include, but are not limited to, standardised and diagnostic assessment and screening tools.

Research & Improvement Consultancy

Providing services that will support the local authority in seeking to close the poverty related attainment gap. Services may include, but are not limited to, data analysis and research based activities focused on data acquisition in relation to closing the poverty related attainment gap.

Developing the Young Workforce

Providing services that will assist schools in developing skills for learning, life and work in children and young people in the broad general education, particularly for those young people with barriers to learning and at risk of disengaging from education early. Services may include but are not limited to work-related learning experiences and involvement with families or employers

Out of School Clubs

Providing services that provides a regulated club that offers a safe environment for children outside of school hours. Clubs often include the provision of food and some activities or social element. These may include but are not limited to breakfast, after school and holiday clubs

Residential

Providing services that provides a learning and development experience for pupils and/or families away from the school/home environment.

Digital Skills Workshops

To support children and young people to develop digital skills. Services may include but are not limited to coding workshops, programming skills, digital literacy, security, social media awareness.

Miscellaneous Services

This lot will provide for any service that doesn't easily fall into any of the categories above e.g. Pet Therapy, Bee Keeping, Massage-in-Schools, Barista training, cycle repairs and maintenance skills workshops. drug and alcohol awareness sessions, sexual health awareness, developing social skills/social networking, loneliness and social exclusion workshops, budgeting skills.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0453f5
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012941-2024
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

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

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

75 - Administration, defence and social security services

80 - Education and training services

85 - Health and social work services

92 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services

98 - Other community, social and personal services


CPV Codes

72222300 - Information technology services

73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

73110000 - Research services

75121000 - Administrative educational services

80000000 - Education and training services

80100000 - Primary education services

80110000 - Pre-school education services

80200000 - Secondary education services

80210000 - Technical and vocational secondary education services

80310000 - Youth education services

80340000 - Special education services

80400000 - Adult and other education services

85312300 - Guidance and counselling services

85312320 - Counselling services

92340000 - Dance and performance entertainment services

98000000 - Other community, social and personal services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£12,000,000 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
22 Apr 20242 years ago
Submission Deadline
31 May 2024Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Active
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
East Ayrshire Council
Additional Buyers

Inverclyde Council

Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
GREENOCK
Postcode
KA3 7BU
Postcode Area
Kilmarnock
Country
Scotland

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM9 Southern Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM93 North Ayrshire and East Ayrshire
Delivery Location
TLM83 Inverclyde, East Renfrewshire, and Renfrewshire, TLM93 North Ayrshire and East Ayrshire

Local Authority
East Ayrshire
Electoral Ward
Kilmarnock East and Hurlford
Westminster Constituency
Kilmarnock and Loudoun

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