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title: "Business Support Project - Training Tender"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000633279"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "MUSEUMS GALLERIES SCOTLAND"
published: "2020-12-17"
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# Business Support Project - Training Tender

Buyer: MUSEUMS GALLERIES SCOTLAND  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000633279

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## Summary

Museums Galleries Scotland is conducting a tender for the "Business Support Project - Training Tender", which focuses on providing training to enhance organisational resilience within the heritage and third sectors. The procurement is categorised under services in the recreation, culture, and religion sector and aims to deliver projects across Scotland, with both physical and digital delivery methods. The tender period ended on 30th October 2020, marking the transition to the award stage. Interested parties were invited to submit their proposals electronically, with a total tender value of £144,000 available for this project.

This training tender presents significant opportunities for businesses that specialise in educational services, particularly those focusing on leadership, governance, business planning, and community engagement. Enterprises, especially SMEs with expertise in organisational development and capacity building, would be well-positioned to leverage this opportunity by bringing innovative training solutions that align with the objectives outlined by Museums Galleries Scotland. The involvement of entities like the National Lottery Heritage Fund further emphasises the potential for collaborations that can enhance the reach and impact of heritage organisations throughout Scotland.

## Notice

Training providers for NLHF funded project to deliver organisational resilience skills to the heritage and third sector.

### Lot Information

Leadership

The core strand of this programme will focus on Leadership. The leadership training delivered should encompass: Awareness of the participants own leadership style and how to adapt their leadership style Personal and professional development Change and performance management Awareness of how to lead others to grow and develop How to support teams to develop shared values and create a shared vision We are interested to hear from providers that can offer accredited leadership learning opportunities.

Governance

The training delivered in this strand should focus on interventions designed to support trustees to understand their responsibilities, how to define their roles and how to work more strategically to embrace business opportunities. This strand should include training on good practise around sustainable board development and recruitment, including the potential to explore youth partnerships within this context. It is expected that this strand be tailored for each individual participating board.

Business Planning

The training delivered in this strand should support participants to embrace the opportunities that come from running their heritage organisations as businesses and give participants the skills to approach challenges strategically. A business planning course should be designed to support participating organisations to embark on effective forward and business planning, including exploring and mitigating risk, understanding VAT and balancing social and economic missions that are tailored to their organisations requirements.

Community Engagement

The training in this strand will support organisations to better understand engagement as heritage businesses, including offering training in working inclusively and effectively with communities and building the crucial relationships required to enable heritage businesses to thrive as part of their locality and as part of the growing place agenda. Training should be delivered that addresses participants skills gaps in digital marketing while considering the organisations wider communication core activities and challenges. This strand of learning will also include training around evaluating and communicating the impact of heritage businesses as part of a wider advocacy strategy, helping these organisations to better articulate the impact they make on a local and national level.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=DEC402391 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 17 Dec 2020 |
| Submission deadline | 30 Oct 2020 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 17 Dec 2020 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £144,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £53,200 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | MUSEUMS GALLERIES SCOTLAND |
| Locality | EDINBURGH |
| Post town | Edinburgh |
| Postcode | EH1 3EG |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM1 East Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM13 City of Edinburgh |
| Local authority | City of Edinburgh |
| Electoral ward | City Centre |
| Westminster constituency | Edinburgh East and Musselburgh |
| Delivery location | TLM Scotland |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | BLUESKY EXPERIENCES |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 80521000 - Training programme services

## Release History

- 17 Dec 2020 at 00:00 - Award - PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=DEC402391
- 14 Oct 2020 at 00:00 - Tender - PCS Notice - Website Contract Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT397068

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=OCT397068&idx=1
  14th October 2020 - MGS BSP Training Tender Document
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT397068
  Business Support Project - Training Tender - Training providers for NLHF funded project to deliver organisational resilience skills to the heritage and third sector.
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=DEC402391
  Business Support Project - Training Tender - Training providers for NLHF funded project to deliver organisational resilience skills to the heritage and third sector.

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://www.museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000633279
- https://www.museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk/jobs/

## Provenance

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