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title: "Services to Support Educational Attainment"
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# Services to Support Educational Attainment

Buyer: EAST AYRSHIRE COUNCIL  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000764074

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## Summary

The East Ayrshire Council is leading a collaborative open framework with Inverclyde Council to seek services supporting educational attainment. The tender titled "Services to Support Educational Attainment" aims to enhance learning, development, and wellbeing for children and young people. The procurement stage is currently active with a tender deadline of May 31, 2024. The expected contract value is £12,000,000 GBP, and the procurement method is an open procedure.

This tender provides an opportunity for businesses offering educational and support services to engage with local authorities in Scotland. Businesses focused on activities like learning workshops, counselling, community engagement, and leadership training would be well-suited to compete. The framework encourages partnership working to improve literacy, numeracy, and overall student outcomes, aligning with the Scottish Government's educational objectives. Interested businesses should ensure compliance with criteria such as appropriate qualifications and accreditations for the services provided.

## Notice

East Ayrshire Council acting as lead authority for this collaborative open framework in partnership with Inverclyde Council are seeking to award a multi-lot, multi-service provider framework to assist and support Education colleagues to comply with the over-arching statutory and legislative governance arrangements of the Council in relation to Standing Orders relating to Contracts and Financial Regulations as well as complying with the guidance as issued by the Scottish Government. We are looking to develop opportunities which encourage and enhance current thinking around aspects of pedagogy or the development of various services and activities to enhance learning, development and wellbeing. Services and activities on the framework will bring together a range of professionals and partners to work directly with staff, pupils and their families, to reduce exclusion, improve relationships, increase attendance, promote wellbeing and mental health and raise attainment within Literacy and Numeracy for our children and young people. It is crucial that the services being delivered via the framework promote excellence through raising achievement and improving outcomes: ensuring that every child and young person achieves the highest standards in literacy and numeracy, as well as the values, attitudes, knowledge and skills necessary to shape a sustainable future as successful learners, confident individuals, responsible citizens and effective contributors.

### Lot Information

Activity Based Learning

Providing services that engages and encourages pupils to learn and develop through the participation in a range of learning activities and experiences. Services may include but are not limited to outdoor learning and sport and social activities.

Mental Health, Mediation, Counselling, Support & Advice Services

Providing services that provide professional assistance, guidance and support in resolving personal or psychological problems. Services may include but are not limited to group and/or one to one work with pupils or families, mental health counselling, befriending, mediation and services to promote positive mental wellbeing.

Creative Engagement

Providing services that focuses on engaging pupils and learning through creative activities. Services may include but are not limited to, music, art, drama and dance.

External Tutors / Additional Support

Providing services where external personnel offer additional support to pupils on a group or one to one basis. Services may include but are not limited to; resilience coaching, speech and language therapy, literacy and numeracy champions and Nurture support.

Pupil Workshops

Providing services that engages pupils on a particular subject, activity or project through discussion, performance or participation in class(s) dedicated to the project or activity. Services may include but are not limited to mindfulness, yoga, confidence building, nutrition, diversity, health and wellbeing (physical and mental).

Pupil Workshops

Providing services that engage with parents and families to provide support to increase involvement in the pupil's learning. Services may include, but are not limited to, parental engagement workshops, leadership training, one to one sessions

Community Engagement

Providing services that focuses on engaging pupils, parents/carers and the wider community in learning and will build and develop local capacity. Services provided should draw on existing interventions and community programmes to build a stronger local community based on local needs and aspirations.

Mentoring

Providing a service that focuses on the support and encouragement of pupils to manage their own learning in order that they may develop their learning skills, improve their academic performance and maximise their potential. Services may include, but are not limited to, additional support with academic studies, coaching, youth work and support and mentoring programs.

Leadership for Pupils

Provide services that will develop leadership and team working skills in pupils of all ages and abilities across the local authority

Educational Leadership

Provide services that will develop leadership skills in teachers and support staff as part of the local authority's commitment to career long professional learning.

Educational Assessments

Providing support and assessment materials primarily in the areas of Literacy, Numeracy and Health and Wellbeing. Services may include, but are not limited to, standardised and diagnostic assessment and screening tools.

Research & Improvement Consultancy

Providing services that will support the local authority in seeking to close the poverty related attainment gap. Services may include, but are not limited to, data analysis and research based activities focused on data acquisition in relation to closing the poverty related attainment gap.

Developing the Young Workforce

Providing services that will assist schools in developing skills for learning, life and work in children and young people in the broad general education, particularly for those young people with barriers to learning and at risk of disengaging from education early. Services may include but are not limited to work-related learning experiences and involvement with families or employers

Out of School Clubs

Providing services that provides a regulated club that offers a safe environment for children outside of school hours. Clubs often include the provision of food and some activities or social element. These may include but are not limited to breakfast, after school and holiday clubs

Residential

Providing services that provides a learning and development experience for pupils and/or families away from the school/home environment.

Digital Skills Workshops

To support children and young people to develop digital skills. Services may include but are not limited to coding workshops, programming skills, digital literacy, security, social media awareness.

Miscellaneous Services

This lot will provide for any service that doesn't easily fall into any of the categories above e.g. Pet Therapy, Bee Keeping, Massage-in-Schools, Barista training, cycle repairs and maintenance skills workshops. drug and alcohol awareness sessions, sexual health awareness, developing social skills/social networking, loneliness and social exclusion workshops, budgeting skills.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=APR503564 |
| Notice type | OJEU - F2 - Contract Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 22 Apr 2024 |
| Submission deadline | 31 May 2024 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £12,000,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | EAST AYRSHIRE COUNCIL |
| Additional buyers | INVERCLYDE COUNCIL |
| Locality | KILMARNOCK |
| Post town | Kilmarnock |
| Postcode | KA3 7BU |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM3 West Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM33 Inverclyde, East Renfrewshire, and Renfrewshire |
| Local authority | Inverclyde |
| Electoral ward | Inverclyde North |
| Westminster constituency | Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West |
| Delivery location | TLM83 Inverclyde, East Renfrewshire, and Renfrewshire, TLM93 North Ayrshire and East Ayrshire |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
- 75 - Administration, defence and social security services
- 80 - Education and training services
- 85 - Health and social work services
- 92 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services
- 98 - Other community, social and personal services

### Codes

- 72222300 - Information technology services
- 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
- 73110000 - Research services
- 75121000 - Administrative educational services
- 80000000 - Education and training services
- 80100000 - Primary education services
- 80110000 - Pre-school education services
- 80200000 - Secondary education services
- 80210000 - Technical and vocational secondary education services
- 80310000 - Youth education services
- 80340000 - Special education services
- 80400000 - Adult and other education services
- 85312300 - Guidance and counselling services
- 85312320 - Counselling services
- 92340000 - Dance and performance entertainment services
- 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services

## Release History

- 22 Apr 2024 at 00:00 - Tender - OJEU - F2 - Contract Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=APR503564

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=APR503564&idx=3
  20th May 2024 - Revised Form of Tender (no cells)
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=APR503564&idx=2
  30th April 2024 - Contract Management Suite of KPI's
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=APR503564&idx=1
  22nd April 2024 - PS/2428 - Services to Support Educational Attainment
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=APR503564
  Services to Support Educational Attainment - East Ayrshire Council acting as lead authority for this collaborative open framework in partnership with Inverclyde Council are seeking to award a multi-lot, multi-service provider framework to assist and support Education colleagues to comply with the over-arching statutory and legislative governance arrangements of the Council in relation to Standing Orders relating to Contracts and Financial Regulations as well as complying with the guidance as issued by the Scottish Government. We are looking to develop opportunities which encourage and enhance current thinking around aspects of pedagogy or the development of various services and activities to enhance learning, development and wellbeing. Services and activities on the framework will bring together a range of professionals and partners to work directly with staff, pupils and their families, to reduce exclusion, improve relationships, increase attendance, promote wellbeing and mental health and raise attainment within Literacy and Numeracy for our children and young people. It is crucial that the services being delivered via the framework promote excellence through raising achievement and improving outcomes: ensuring that every child and young person achieves the highest standards in literacy and numeracy, as well as the values, attitudes, knowledge and skills necessary to shape a sustainable future as successful learners, confident individuals, responsible citizens and effective contributors.

## Notice URLs

- http://www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk
- http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
- http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=764074
- http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000764074
- https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/
- https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/
- https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/

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