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title: "Women Returners"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000661170"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SCOTLAND CO. LIMITED"
published: "2022-01-06"
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# Women Returners

Buyer: SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SCOTLAND CO. LIMITED  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000661170

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## Summary

The procurement process for the "Women Returners" programme is led by Skills Development Scotland Co. Limited, situated in Glasgow, UK. This initiative falls under the social services industry category and aims to support women facing barriers to employment due to career breaks. The tender, following an open procurement method, is currently in the Award stage, with the contract value of approximately £1.5 million. Key dates include the tender submission deadline of 20 August 2021, and the award date of 4 October 2021 for the services related to facilitating this programme across Scotland.

This tender presents valuable opportunities for businesses focused on social services, particularly those experienced in employability interventions. Companies that specialise in training, mentoring, or support services for women returning to the workforce, especially those who address specific challenges faced by demographics like disabled women or single parents, will find this tender particularly relevant. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with a track record in similar projects are well-positioned to compete and contribute meaningfully to the success of the programme.

## 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. 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 | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JAN437077 |
| Notice type | OJEU - F21 - Social And other Specific Services (Public Contracts) |
| 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 | 4 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 | Complete |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| 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 00:00 - Award - OJEU - F21 - Social And other Specific Services (Public Contracts) - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JAN437077
- 23 Jul 2021 at 00:00 - TenderUpdate - OJEU - F14 - Corrigendum - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUL422066
- 21 Jul 2021 at 00:00 - Tender - OJEU - F21 - Social And other Specific Services (Public Contracts) - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUL421856

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUL421856&idx=4
  26th July 2021 - Women Returners Specification
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUL421856&idx=7
  26th July 2021 - Women Returners SpecificationV2 - change to eligibility 4.1 - first bullet point amended
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUL421856&idx=3
  22nd July 2021 - Stage 2B Response Doc
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUL421856&idx=6
  22nd July 2021 - Stage 2B Response Doc - Column D on subcontractor tab removed - v3 uploaded
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUL421856&idx=1
  21st July 2021 - Women Returners - ITT doc
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUL421856&idx=2
  21st July 2021 - Stage 2A Response Doc
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUL421856&idx=5
  21st July 2021 - women Returners Conditions of Contract
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUL421856
  Women Returners - 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.
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JAN437077
  Women Returners - 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.

## Notice URLs

- http://
- 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.scotcourts.gov.uk/the-courts/court-locations/glasgow-sheriff-court-and-justice-of-the-peace-court

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