Notice Information
Notice Title
Invitation to Quote for the Provision of Employer Engagement Services
Notice Description
Orkney Islands Council wishes to appoint a suitably experienced organisation to support the delivery of No-One Left Behind by providing targeted employment engagement and in work support provision to promote and develop inclusive, accessible and sustainable employment opportunities for people identified under No One Left Behind as requiring additional support to move towards fair and sustainable work. The Project will run from April 2025 until March 2027
Lot Information
Lot 1
Working to the principles and value of No-One Left Behind the successful organisations will work with local employability partners and employers to plan, coordinated and deliver inclusive training, learning and employment opportunities for individuals aged 25+ identified within No Left Behind and the Local Employability 3-year delivery plan as facing barriers to accessing fair and sustainable employment. This will include: - Individuals who are unemployed - Individuals with a disability or long-term health condition. - Individuals with care experience - Parents within the 6 priority groups - Individuals with criminal convictions - Individuals affected by homelessness or insecure housing - Individuals without qualifications at SCQF 5 or above - Individuals with a substance related condition Working in partnership with OIC employability team, the service provider will enhance and deliver on stages 4 and 5 of the Employability Pipeline.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-r6ebe6-0000783010
- Publication Source
- Public Contracts Scotland
- Latest Notice
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAR525544
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- PCS Notice - Website Contract Award 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
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
- £50,000 Under £100K
- Lots Value
- £50,000 Under £100K
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £50,000 Under £100K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 7 Mar 202511 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 12 Dec 2024Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 7 Feb 20251 years ago
- Contract Period
- 29 Mar 2025 - 28 Mar 2027 1-2 years
- 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
- ORKNEY ISLANDS COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Dominic Wilson
- Contact Email
- dominic.wilson@orkney.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1856873535
Buyer Location
- Locality
- KIRKWALL
- Postcode
- KW15 1NY
- Post Town
- Kirkwall
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM2 Highlands and Islands
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM20 Highlands and Islands
- Delivery Location
- TLM65 Orkney Islands
-
- Local Authority
- Orkney Islands
- Electoral Ward
- Kirkwall East
- Westminster Constituency
- Orkney and Shetland
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=NOV518083&idx=1
11th November 2024 - Invitation to Quote - Employer Engagement Service -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=NOV518083
Invitation to Quote for the Provision of Employer Engagement Services - Orkney Islands Council wishes to appoint a suitably experienced organisation to support the delivery of No-One Left Behind by providing targeted employment engagement and in work support provision to promote and develop inclusive, accessible and sustainable employment opportunities for people identified under No One Left Behind as requiring additional support to move towards fair and sustainable work. The Project will run from April 2025 until March 2027 -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAR525544
Invitation to Quote for the Provision of Employer Engagement Services - Orkney Islands Council wishes to appoint a suitably experienced organisation to support the delivery of No-One Left Behind by providing targeted employment engagement and in work support provision to promote and develop inclusive, accessible and sustainable employment opportunities for people identified under No One Left Behind as requiring additional support to move towards fair and sustainable work. The Project will run from April 2025 until March 2027
Notice URLs
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