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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 00:00

OJEU - F21 - Social And other Specific Services (Public Contracts)
TenderUpdate

23 Jul 2021 at 01:00

OJEU - F14 - Corrigendum
Tender

21 Jul 2021 at 01:00

OJEU - F21 - Social And other Specific Services (Public Contracts)
Summary of the contracting process

The procurement process for the "Women Returners" programme is led by Skills Development Scotland Co. Limited, situated in Glasgow, UK. This initiative falls under the social services industry category and aims to support women facing barriers to employment due to career breaks. The tender, following an open procurement method, is currently in the Award stage, with the contract value of approximately £1.5 million. Key dates include the tender submission deadline of 20 August 2021, and the award date of 4 October 2021 for the services related to facilitating this programme across Scotland.

This tender presents valuable opportunities for businesses focused on social services, particularly those experienced in employability interventions. Companies that specialise in training, mentoring, or support services for women returning to the workforce, especially those who address specific challenges faced by demographics like disabled women or single parents, will find this tender particularly relevant. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with a track record in similar projects are well-positioned to compete and contribute meaningfully to the success of the programme.

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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. 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-r6ebe6-0000661170
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JAN437077
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
OJEU - F21 - Social And other Specific Services (Public Contracts)
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
Complete
Awards Status
Not Specified
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

Notice Documents

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