Official UK procurement notice
Employability Support Services Flexible Framework
Authority: Dumfries and Galloway Council (Local council)
What is being bought5 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionDumfries and Galloway Council are looking to establish a Flexible Framework solution for Employability Support Services across Dumfries and Galloway Region.
- Recurrence: As this is a flexible framework, the framework will reopen following initial deadline and evaluation. A new framework notice will then be published for the duration of the framework.
CPV: Education and training services · Social work and related services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 19 bids on the busiest of 5 lots · 19 suppliers appointed
Lots and requirements (5)Procurement structure
5 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Core EmployabilityAwardedRenewal
This lot is for core employability. This lot covers all activity delivered to all age clients under the Strategic Skills Pipeline stages 1-5 which may include:
- Referral, Engagement and Assessment
- Needs Assessment
- Work Preparation
- Employer Engagement and Job Matching
- In Work Support and Aftercare
Tenders can submit to delivery activity at any of the stages. They are not required to deliver end to end.
Lot #2Targeted Employability SupportAwardedRenewal
This lot covers Targeted Employability Support. This support is designed to provide specialist interventions for individuals based on specific characteristics. These interventions can support individuals at any or all stages of the strategic skills pipeline.
Interventions must link to employability and support individuals on their journey toward employment, training, volunteering or education.
Lot #3Training for EmploymentAwardedRenewal
This lot covers training and development opportunities to prepare individuals for progression.
Lot #4WellbeingAwardedRenewal
Interventions to support individuals to improve their general well-being. These could be specific or support people across any of the stages.
Lot #5InnovationAwardedRenewal
Interventions required in response to emerging demand, changes in the environment for example economic or political, or requirements that do not fit within the other lots.
Tenderers who are accepted on to any of lots 1-4 will default to this Lot.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 80
- Price: 20
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Employability Support Services Flexible Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
Yes · As this is a flexible framework, the framework will reopen following initial deadline and evaluation. A new framework notice will then be published for the duration of the framework.
- First published
- 6 Jun 2024, 14:20 BST
- Last source update
- 6 Sept 2024, 14:29 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 8 Jul 2024 – …
- Authority reference
DGCPCE-0031- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-028625- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-046e09Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: This Framework will reopen for new providers to join. A new Contract Notice and PCS-Tender project will be published. (SC Ref:777363)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 8 Jul 2024, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 8 Jul 2024, 12:00 BST
Timeline
8 Jul 2024 → 6 Jan 2025 · 4 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown8 Jul 2024, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened8 Jul 2024, 12:00 BST
- Notice published6 Sept 2024, 14:29 BST
- Bids must remain valid until6 Jan 2025, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete6 Sept 2024, 14:29 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast5 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 5 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £3,750,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Core Employability
- Signed
- 2 Sept 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Targeted Employability Support
- Signed
- 2 Sept 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Training for Employment
- Signed
- 2 Sept 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Wellbeing
- Signed
- 2 Sept 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Innovation
- Signed
- 2 Sept 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Core Employability | 13bids · 13 electronic · 13 from abroad | 12 | — | — |
| 2 · Targeted Employability Support | 15bids · 15 electronic · 15 from abroad | 11 | — | — |
| 3 · Training for Employment | 14bids · 14 electronic · 14 from abroad | 13 | — | — |
| 4 · Wellbeing | 6bids · 6 electronic · 6 from abroad | 6 | — | — |
| 5 · Innovation | 19bids · 19 electronic · 19 from abroad | 14 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Dumfries Sheriff CourtReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
19 commercial parties on the notice- Action for ChildrenFramework contractor
- Apex ScotlandFramework contractor
- Barnardos ScotlandFramework contractor
- CEIS AyrshireFramework contractor
- Capability ScotlandFramework contractor
- Change Mental HealthFramework contractor
- Dumfries and Galloway CollegeFramework contractor
- ENABLE ScotlandFramework contractor
- Fedcap Employment Scotland LimitedFramework contractor
- Impact ArtsFramework contractor
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Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria