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title: "Women Returners"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-02cae8"
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current_stage: "Award"
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# Women Returners

Buyer: SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SCOTLAND CO. LIMITED  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02cae8

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## Summary

The Skills Development Scotland Co. Limited is seeking to deliver the "Women Returners" programme, targeting individuals in the education and training services sector. This procurement process is at the Award stage, following an Open procedure, with an estimated contract value of up to £1.5 million for the first year, extending through March 2022, and an optional further extension available until March 2023. Key activities are focused in the UK, specifically Scotland, and the tender documents indicate a deadline for submissions that was set for August 20, 2021.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in employment support services aimed at women, particularly those with experience in employability interventions for disadvantaged groups. Enterprises with expertise in easing the transition for women returning to the workforce after career breaks, such as training providers and organisations supporting underrepresented demographics (older, disabled, or minority ethnic women), would be well-suited to compete for this contract. Given the contract's emphasis on meeting social needs, businesses that align with these objectives may find a valuable avenue for growth.

## Notice

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 Additional information: 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.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000348-2022 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 6 Jan 2022 |
| Submission deadline | 20 Aug 2021 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 3 Oct 2021 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £1,500,000 |
| Lots value | £1,500,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £1,362,797 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Active |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SCOTLAND CO. LIMITED |
| Locality | GLASGOW |
| Post town | Glasgow |
| Postcode | G2 1DY |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM3 West Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM32 Glasgow City |
| Local authority | Glasgow City |
| Electoral ward | Anderston/City/Yorkhill |
| Westminster constituency | Glasgow East |
| Delivery location | TLM Scotland |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 12 |
| Supplier names | AAI EMPLOYABILITY; CODE DIVISION LEARNING CENTRE; EAST RENFREWSHIRE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE; ENABLE SCOTLAND; RIGHT OPTIONS; SUSTAINABLE AQUACULTURE INNOVATION CENTRE; THE CHALLENGES GROUP; THE PEOPLE PORTFOLIO; TIGERS; TRIAGE CENTRAL; VIRTUAL INTERNSHIPS; WOMEN RETURNERS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 80000000 - Education and training services
- 80400000 - Adult and other education services
- 80500000 - Training services

## Release History

- 6 Jan 2022 at 15:45 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000348-2022
- 23 Jul 2021 at 15:05 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/017532-2021
- 21 Jul 2021 at 15:55 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/017274-2021

## Notice URLs

- http://publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
- http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
- http://www.skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000661170
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA12862
- https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/the-courts/court-locations/glasgow-sheriff-court-and-justice-of-the-peace-court

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