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# Edinburgh's Blended Employability Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/edinburgh-s-blended-employability-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02a93a). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** The City of Edinburgh Council: "Edinburgh's Blended Employability Services". Published status: active. Published Value: £10,500,000. 4 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 17 Jun 2021, 10:30 BST. Published submission portal: www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [The City of Edinburgh Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-city-of-edinburgh-council-ons-s12000036)
- **Published Value:** £10,500,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 17 June 2021 at 10:30 BST
- **Lots:** 4
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Vocational rehabilitation services, Vocational training services
- **Delivery Location:** UKM75
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02a93a`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/edinburgh-s-blended-employability-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02a93a#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/edinburgh-s-blended-employability-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02a93a#participate

## Description
Edinburgh Council’s Business Growth and Inclusion (BG&I) Team works with internal and external partners across the City to promote inclusive growth. The Council funds third party services to support Edinburgh residents in accessing and progressing along the Scottish Government’s Employability Strategic Skills Pipeline with the goal of securing and sustaining training and employment. These services are designed to complement national delivery and provide a local response to needs identified. Edinburgh's Blended Employability Services has been developed to complement national provision and provide a range of localised options for those who require support. This has been split into 4 contract requirements, each with their own targets and focus.  It is anticipated that European Social Funds (ESF) or any equivalent replacement funding such as the UK Shared Prosperity Fund will be used to partially fund additional service provision.

## Lots (4)
### Lot 1: Targeted Employability Service (TES)
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 80530000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Estimated Value:** £2,160,000
- **Description:** The Council requires to establish and operate a Targeted Employability Service, supporting service users from specific priority groups within the Strategic Skills Pipeline model. The service should respond to the “Edinburgh Economic Strategy – Delive...

### Lot 2: Supported Employment Service
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 80530000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Estimated Value:** £5,760,000
- **Description:** The City of Edinburgh Council will commission a Supported Employment service which reflects the Supported Employment Framework’s five stepped approach.  The Supported Employment Framework for Scotland lays out the 5 stepped approach of supported empl...

### Lot 3: Complex Needs Employability Service
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85312510
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Estimated Value:** £1,500,000
- **Description:** The Council requires an employability provision for service users who have complex needs. This is to provide the necessary advice and support to enable them to sustain engagement in the Strategic Skills Pipeline, in line with the ‘Inclusive Edinburgh...

### Lot 4: In Work Employment Support Service (IWESS)
- **Lot id:** `4`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 80530000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Estimated Value:** £1,080,000
- **Description:** The City of Edinburgh Council requires an In-Work Employment Support Service to support those facing in-work poverty to maximise their income and gain more sustainable employment.  The Council requires to establish and operate a In Work Employment Su...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F012304-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-06-02T12:54:02.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T19:32:08.904Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02a93a