--- title: "RBGE Community and Education Freelancers opportunity" ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000726117" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-r6ebe6-0000726117" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-r6ebe6-0000726117.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-r6ebe6-0000726117.json" source: "Public Contracts Scotland" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH" published: "2023-04-03" --- # RBGE Community and Education Freelancers opportunity Buyer: ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000726117 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-r6ebe6-0000726117) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-r6ebe6-0000726117.json) ## Summary The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is planning a tender for the opportunity titled "RBGE Community and Education Freelancers opportunity" in the Education industry category. The procurement process is at the planning stage. The tender aims to recruit freelancers to support community programmes and develop educators for various activities. The location of the procurement is in Edinburgh, UK. Key dates include a future notice date of 1st May 2023. This tender by the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh presents opportunities for businesses involved in education services, community engagement, horticulture, art and craft workshops, and health and wellbeing services. Businesses well-suited to compete are those offering freelance services to support community gardening, cooking sessions, and delivering education workshops on a supply basis. The tender encourages businesses interested in public engagement events and educational programmes to participate in this opportunity for business growth. ## Notice We are looking to increase the skill set and capacity available to our team by recruiting a bank of freelancers to support the community programme as well as develop a pool of supply educators who can provide cover during exceptionally busy periods or times of staff absence (often at short notice). ### Lot Information Lot 1 We are looking to increase the skill set and capacity available to our team by recruiting a bank of freelancers to support the community programme as well as develop a pool of supply educators who can provide cover during exceptionally busy periods or times of staff absence (often at short notice). These roles will develop and deliver elements of our community and education programmes at RBGE. Sessions will be for groups of 5 - 25/30 participants, will take place onsite at RBGE and offsite at community gardening projects around Edinburgh. We are looking for support year-round with activities such as: Productive gardening sessions for community groups Community cooking sessions focused on social inclusion Nature based art and craft workshops for community groups, public and schools Horticultural workshops to be delivered off site in community based settings Mindfulness and health and wellbeing sessions Developing a range of self-led resources for visiting groups (including schools) and families Supporting the delivery of public engagement events Supporting the delivery of formal education workshops for primary and secondary school aged children on a supply basis - often delivering at short notice to cover core staff absence PVG Disclosure may be required depending on the workplan.. Please register your interest via the PCS Expression of Interest on this notice. Details of how to apply are contained in the attached document ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland | | Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=APR475278 | | Notice type | PCS Notice - Website Prior Information Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 3 Apr 2023 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 1 May 2023 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planned | | Lots status | Planned | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH | | Locality | EDINBURGH | | Post town | Edinburgh | | Postcode | EH3 5LR | | 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 | Inverleith | | Westminster constituency | Edinburgh North and Leith | | Delivery location | TLM75 City of Edinburgh | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 77 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services - 80 - Education and training services - 98 - Other community, social and personal services ### Codes - 77300000 - Horticultural services - 80000000 - Education and training services - 80100000 - Primary education services - 80200000 - Secondary education services - 80212000 - Vocational secondary education services - 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services ## Release History - 3 Apr 2023 at 00:00 - Planning - PCS Notice - Website Prior Information Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=APR475278 ## Documents - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=APR475278&idx=3 5th April 2023 - RBGE Community and Education Freelancers opportunity - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=APR475278&idx=2 5th April 2023 - RBGE Community and Education Freelancers opportunity - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=APR475278&idx=1 3rd April 2023 - RBGE-2022-153 Community Education Freelance - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=APR475278 RBGE Community and Education Freelancers opportunity - We are looking to increase the skill set and capacity available to our team by recruiting a bank of freelancers to support the community programme as well as develop a pool of supply educators who can provide cover during exceptionally busy periods or times of staff absence (often at short notice). ## Notice URLs - http:// - http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk - http://www.rbge.org.uk - https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000726117 - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=726117 ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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