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title: "Children and Young People Participation Framework Agreement"
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# Children and Young People Participation Framework Agreement

Buyer: SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03993d

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## Summary

The Scottish Government has launched the Children and Young People Participation Framework Agreement as part of its strategy to engage children and young people in decision-making processes. The Framework aims to establish a mechanism for meaningful engagement with a focus on services for disabled children, care-experienced children, and children in the LGBTI+ community. The procurement is at the award stage, with key criteria including organisational purpose, engagement expertise, call-off project methodology, and price evaluation.

Businesses that work with children and young people, particularly those who are furthest from their rights or are often unheard, are well-suited to compete for opportunities within this Framework Agreement. The procurement presents opportunities for organisations to engage with diverse communities and contribute to fostering children's rights and wellbeing. The Scottish Government, acting as the buying authority, emphasises the importance of collaboration, strategic engagement, and high-quality service delivery with a focus on community benefits and sustainable practices.

## Notice

The Scottish Government is commissioning a Framework Agreement to respond to the growing need for children and young people's participation in decision making and policy design across Scottish Government and to ensure approaches are meaningful, coordinated and sustainable. Specifically, the Framework is being created to establish an efficient and effective mechanism that provides the Scottish Government with a strategic, high quality and sustainable approach to meaningfully engage with children and young people as part of its decision-making and policy design process. The Framework will enable policy areas across Scottish Government to identify, recruit and engage with organisations that have the skills and expertise required to design and deliver bespoke, high quality participation activities with children and young people. It is envisaged that the appointed suppliers will be both organisations operating at a national level and those working within specific communities. These organisations will engage with and represent a broad range of children and young people, with particular representation of those identified as being furthest from their rights. The Framework will be overseen by the Children's Rights Unit to ensure a more collaborative, streamlined and strategic approach to participation by creating a database of all work commissioned. This will be an evidence bank for policy areas to pull from when carrying out Children's Rights and Wellbeing Impact Assessments (CRWIA) and help to reduce duplication and ad-hoc engagement whilst also tackling engagement fatigue felt by stakeholders.

### Lot Information

A wide range of Children and Young People

Organisations that work with infants, children and young people (either between a specific age range or across 0-18* years) with particular representation of those who are furthest from their rights/ seldom heard / vulnerable because of factors related to their personal development, features of their family life, or because of wider influences that impact on them within their community. Infants, children and young people may be vulnerable due to multiple factors including those described in the other lots. Organisations should apply an intersectional perspective to understand the combined factors affecting individuals and groups. This may include, although is not limited to: remote communities; those affected by multiple deprivation/ adversities such as homelessness, domestic abuse, substance misuse, poverty, parent/ carer involvement in the criminal justice system, parent/ carer imprisonment, those in conflict with the law; those affected by domestic abuse; those accessing advocacy services; and young carers. *this might, in certain circumstances, be extended to young people up to 26 years e.g., care experienced. Additional information: A maximum of 6 Service Providers will be appointed to Lot 1.

Renewal: Option to extend for 1 year plus 1 additional year to a maximum of 4 years.

Children and Young People from Minority Ethnic Groups

Organisations that work with children (either between a specific age range or across 0-18 years) from minority ethnic groups. This could be a specific group or a range of minority ethnic groups and services. The Scottish Government uses the definition of race present in the Equality Act 2010, that it is colour, ethnicity, nationality and citizenship. We recognise that across Scotland, people belonging to minority ethnic communities define themselves and their communities using a variety of terms; our use of the over-arching term minority ethnic aims to be inclusive of that variety. Organisations should apply an intersectional perspective to understand the combined factors affecting individuals and groups. Additional information: A maximum of 4 Service Providers will be appointed to Lot 2.

Renewal: Option to extend for 1 year plus 1 additional year to a maximum of 4 years.

Disabled Children and Young People

Organisations that work with disabled children (either between a specific age range or across 0-18* years). Disability is defined in the Equality Act 2010 as a long-lasting health condition that limits daily activity. Organisations should apply an intersectional perspective to understand the combined factors affecting individuals and groups. *this might, in certain circumstances, be extended to young people up to 26 years e.g., including those making the transition to young adult life. Additional information: A maximum of 4 Service Providers will be appointed to Lot 3.

Renewal: Option to extend for 1 year plus 1 additional year to a maximum of 4 years.

Care Experienced Children and Young People

Organisations that work with children and young people (either between a specific age range or across 0-26 years) who are in care, on the edge/at risk of care, and care leavers. This could include those involved in the care system, in residential care, fostered and adopted families, those who are looked after at home, in kinship care, and those involved in the Children's Hearings System. Organisations should apply an intersectional perspective to understand the combined factors affecting individuals and groups. Additional information: A maximum of 4 Service Providers will be appointed to Lot 4.

Renewal: Option to extend for 1 year plus 1 additional year to a maximum of 4 years.

Children and Young People in the LGBTI+ Community

Organisations that work with those under 18 in the LGBTI+ community. Organisations should apply an intersectional perspective to understand the combined factors affecting individuals and groups. Additional information: A maximum of 4 Service Providers will be appointed to Lot 5.

Renewal: Option to extend for 1 year plus 1 additional year to a maximum of 4 years.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005569-2024 |
| Notice type | Planning Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large, SME |
| All stages | Planning, Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 20 Feb 2024 |
| Submission deadline | 26 Sep 2023 |
| Future notice date | 30 May 2023 |
| Award date | 15 Jan 2024 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £4,000,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £2,200,000 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT |
| Locality | GLASGOW |
| Post town | Glasgow |
| Postcode | G2 8EA |
| 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 North |
| Delivery location | TLM Scotland |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 9 |
| Supplier names | ARC SCOTLAND; BARNARDO'S; CHILDREN IN SCOTLAND; CHILDREN'S PARLIAMENT; LGBT YOUTH SCOTLAND; SCOTTISH YOUTH PARLIAMENT; WHO CARES? SCOTLAND; YOUNG SCOT; YOUTH SCOTLAND |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

### Codes

- 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
- 73110000 - Research services

## Release History

- 20 Feb 2024 at 16:39 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005569-2024
- 28 Jul 2023 at 09:35 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021946-2023
- 20 Jan 2023 at 12:11 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001827-2023

## Notice URLs

- http://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/the-courts/court-locations/edinburgh-sheriff-court-and-justice-of-the-peace-court
- http://www.scotland.gov.uk
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000735989
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA10482
- https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/web/login.html

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