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Employability Flexible Framework

Stirling Council

This public procurement record has 3 releases in its history.

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13 May 2025 at 10:39

Award Notice
TenderUpdate

15 Jan 2025 at 12:32

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Tender

28 Nov 2024 at 15:24

Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

This public procurement process involves the Stirling Council and Clackmannanshire Council, focusing on creating an "Employability Flexible Framework" within the service category of education and training. It encompasses multiple lots aimed at providing employability support services across Stirling and Clackmannanshire, UK. The procurement followed an open procedure, with the tender initially being active and now marked as complete, having moved through the stages of tender to award. The latest updates include several extensions for deadlines due to staff absences but culminated in multiple awards with contracts signed on 28 March 2025. The total allocation for each of the three main service lots - "Engagement and Barrier Removal," "Vocational Training and Work Related Skills," and "In-Work Support and Work Based Training" - amounts to £2,333,333 each.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses involved in training, employment support, and community services, particularly those skilled in navigating and mitigating employability barriers, offering vocational training, and providing in-work support. The flexible framework allows for the incorporation of variants due to the breadth of services required, making it ideal for SMEs and other organisations that can deliver innovative and value-added solutions. With a focus on sustainability, community benefits, and fair working practices, businesses with a strong track record and the ability to demonstrate tangible impacts on employment outcomes will be competitive in this procurement environment.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Employability Flexible Framework

Notice Description

Stirling Council and Clackmannanshire Council are seeking to award a flexible framework for the provision of employability support services. There will be three separate lots.

Lot Information

Engagement and Barrier Removal

Providers will be required to demonstrate significant levels of understanding and experience in successfully identifying the barriers that affect people's participation in employability support, together with detail around a range of strategies and approaches that they would then employ to help people tackle barriers. Providers should also be able to demonstrate the impact of the support that their work has had on participants. This will cover Stages 1 and 2 of the Employability Pipeline. Additional information: 11.2.10 (Variants)- Owing to the vastness of employability services, variants may be required.

Vocational Training and Work Related Skills

Providers will be required to demonstrate a range of experience in delivering pre-employment training opportunities. This may include those in specific sectors like hospitality, tourism, construction and social care. Any experience of delivering work experience opportunities should clearly show how these prepare people for work, and how they support individuals to build a work ethic. This will cover Stages 3 and 4 of the Employability Pipeline. Additional information: 11.2.10 (Variants) - Owing to the vastness of employability services, variants may be required.

In-Work Support and Work Based Training

Providers will be required to demonstrate a track record of supporting people to retain employment, along with an ability to build meaningful relationship with employers (and the wider workforce), supporting both employers and participants to find creative solutions to difficult work place situations which may arise and be able to detail how these approaches have supported job sustainment. This will cover Stage 5 of the Employability Pipeline. Additional information: 11.2.10 (Variants) - Owing to the vastness of employability services, variants may be required.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04c0dd
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020743-2025
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

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

CPV Codes

79611000 - Job search services

80000000 - Education and training services

80500000 - Training services

80510000 - Specialist training services

80521000 - Training programme services

80530000 - Vocational training services

80533000 - Computer-user familiarisation and training services

80570000 - Personal development training services

85300000 - Social work and related services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£2,333,333 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
13 May 20251 years ago
Submission Deadline
17 Jan 2025Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Stirling Council
Additional Buyers

Clackmannanshire Council

Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
STIRLING
Postcode
FK7 7QA
Postcode Area
Falkirk and Stirling
Country
Scotland
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM0 Eastern Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM02 Perth and Kinross, and Stirling
Delivery Location
TLM72 Clackmannanshire and Fife, TLM77 Perth and Kinross, and Stirling
Local Authority
Stirling
Electoral Ward
Stirling East
Westminster Constituency
Stirling and Strathallan

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
44
Supplier Names

Stirling District Citizens Advice Bureau Limited

Transition Stirling

Forth Valley Welcome

Scottish Association for Mental Health

Resonate Together

Clackmannanshire Third Sector Interface

STEMRAN LIMITED

Stirling Community Enterprise

Barnardo's

Capability Scotland

Values Into Action Scotland

Impact Arts

Borders College

Lead Scotland

CERT

Home-Start Clackmannanshire

Volunteering Matters

Home-Start Stirling

Forth Valley College

The Salvation Army

Triage Central Limited

Community wellbeing and education CIC

One Parent Families Scotland

Includem

Routes to Work

Parker Enterprise Company Ltd

ENABLE Scotland (leading the Way)

CMS Leadership Academy CiC

Camphill Blair Drummond Trust

Progressive Pathways Limited

The Conservation Volunteers Scotland

Next Generation Training Limited

FEL Scotland

Callander Youth Project Trust

Nithcree Training

Ceteris (scotland) Ltd

The Challenges Group

Raeburn Training Ltd

Recyke-a-bike

PeoplePlus Group Ltd

New College Lanarkshire

Stirlingshire Voluntary Enterprise Ltd

Positive Qualities Ltd

Child Central Training Limited

Further Information

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