Notice Information
Notice Title
3rd Sector Supported Volunteering Programme
Notice Description
The programme will - - Address health inequalities and social mobility by aligning with the Marmot Place framework, by showcasing and marketing the programme within early learning centres for parents wishing to volunteer to retrain and return to the workforce. - Increase access to volunteering opportunities for individuals engaged in AspireWorks, Supported Employment, Gateway to Employment, Making it Work, and Supporting Families programmes, with the referrals from these programmes being volunteer ready. - Develop a sustainable third-sector volunteering infrastructure, strengthening links with Council Employability Teams, HSCP, and community organisations. - Support individuals into employment or training by providing structured, goal-oriented volunteering placements. - Improve workforce participation and economic inclusion across South Lanarkshire.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Following engagement with VASLan, the South Lanarkshire Local Employability Partnership and local third sector organisations a plan has been agreed which combines the most successful elements of the programme to provide supported, employability-focused volunteering placements to VASLan local 3rd sector member organisations who will receive financial support for each participant.
Procurement Information
The works, services or supplies can be supplied by only one suitable contractor because competition is absent for technical reasons, and no alternative or substitute exists, and the absence of competition is not the result of an artificial narrowing down of the parameters of the procurement. Voluntary Action South Lanarkshire (VASLan) is South Lanarkshire's Third Sector Interface (TSI) and were established by the Scottish Government as one of 32 TSIs in each local authority area to provide a single point of access for support and advice for the Third Sector in South Lanarkshire. As a TSI VASLan operate 4 areas of core activity - Supporting and developing a strong Third Sector - Building the Third Sector relationship with community planning - Volunteering development - Social Enterprise development As South Lanarkshire's TSI VASLan are in a unique position to deliver this programme on a non-competitive basis for the following reasons: - One of VASLan's key functions is to act as a distributor of funding resources to member organisations and it has well established and effective processes in place - VASLan currently has a membership of over 200 local third sector organisations - VASLan is a key member of the South Lanarkshire Local Employability Partnership and Community Planning Partnership - VASLan's previous experience of the delivery of the Capacity Building and Volunteering for Employability programmes have resulted in a unique understanding and knowledge of the 3rd sector landscape in relation to volunteering opportunities - VASLan's previous experience means they will be in a position to establish the new programme quickly
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-r6ebe6-0000807200
- Publication Source
- Public Contracts Scotland
- Latest Notice
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG536984
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
75 - Administration, defence and social security services
85 - Health and social work services
98 - Other community, social and personal services
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- CPV Codes
75200000 - Provision of services to the community
85322000 - Community action programme
98000000 - Other community, social and personal services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £540,000 £500K-£1M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 14 Aug 20256 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 12 Aug 20256 months 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
- SOUTH LANARKSHIRE COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- adam.tierney@southlanarkshire.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- HAMILTON
- Postcode
- ML3 0AA
- Post Town
- Motherwell
- Country
- Scotland
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- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM9 Southern Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM95 South Lanarkshire
- Delivery Location
- TLM95 South Lanarkshire
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- Local Authority
- South Lanarkshire
- Electoral Ward
- Hamilton North and East
- Westminster Constituency
- Hamilton and Clyde Valley
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG536984
3rd Sector Supported Volunteering Programme - The programme will - - Address health inequalities and social mobility by aligning with the Marmot Place framework, by showcasing and marketing the programme within early learning centres for parents wishing to volunteer to retrain and return to the workforce. - Increase access to volunteering opportunities for individuals engaged in AspireWorks, Supported Employment, Gateway to Employment, Making it Work, and Supporting Families programmes, with the referrals from these programmes being volunteer ready. - Develop a sustainable third-sector volunteering infrastructure, strengthening links with Council Employability Teams, HSCP, and community organisations. - Support individuals into employment or training by providing structured, goal-oriented volunteering placements. - Improve workforce participation and economic inclusion across South Lanarkshire.
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