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Published 28 Mar 2024, 09:19 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

External Training and Workforce Skills Framework

Official notice

Authority: East Ayrshire Council (Local council)

Framework agreement2 lotsServicesOpen procedureSME suitable

Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: Scotland (UKM93)

Framework ceiling (notional)Value not publishedframework ceiling, not attributable revenue

Submissions closed 15 May 2024awarded 10 Jul 2024

Lots 2see the lot list below

What is being bought2 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

This is a re-opening of an existing framework. Current providers need not reapply.

The Council seek procure a Framework of training providers which will incorporate the requirements of East Ayrshire Works with the needs of the Workforce and Future Skills team. The Framework will be split into two lots with the needs of each individual service.

CPV: Computer training services · Computer-user familiarisation and training services · Environmental training services · First-aid training services · Health and first-aid training services · Industrial and technical training services · Personal development training services · Safety training services · Specialist training services · Training facilities · Training programme services · Training services · +1 more

How this framework works

From the published notice

Bids received: 11 bids on the busiest of 2 lots · 15 suppliers appointed

Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure

2 lots · no lot values published

Lot #1External Training

This framework will be an open framework under the parameters of Light Touch Regime and will be open to new entrants up to once per annum.

Delivery: Scotland

80500000 Training services 80510000 Specialist training services 80520000 Training facilities 80521000 Training programme services 80530000 Vocational training services 80531000 Industrial and technical training services

Lot #2Workforce Skills

This will be an open framework under the parameters of the Light Touch Regime and be open to new entrants once per annum.

Delivery: Scotland

80500000 Training services 80510000 Specialist training services 80530000 Vocational training services 80531000 Industrial and technical training services

What it takes to win
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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 more

What this means for your bid

“External Training and Workforce Skills Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

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: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 28 Mar 2024, 09:19 GMT
Last source update: 27 Aug 2024, 15:44 BST
Authority reference: PS/23/138
FTS notice number: 2024/S 000-027319
Classification (CPV): Computer training servicesComputer-user familiarisation and training servicesEnvironmental training servicesFirst-aid training servicesHealth and first-aid training servicesIndustrial and technical training servicesPersonal development training servicesSafety training servicesSpecialist training servicesTraining facilities
+3 more
Training programme servicesTraining services
Delivery area: Scotland (UKM93)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-044dea Find a Tender

Publisher note: This is a re-opening of an existing Framework to new entrants. The Framework began on 1st April 2024 for a period of 4 years. Successful new entrants will be included for the remaining duration of the Framework (approx. 45 months from estimated award date) Companies currently included in this framework do NOT need to reapply. (SC Ref:773497)

How it was run

Official notice

Run through: Public Contracts Scotland · Who buys & how to bid on PCS

Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN

Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding

Appointment period ends: 15 May 2024, 12:00 BST
Submission channel: {"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages: en

Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗

Timeline

15 May 2024 → 27 Aug 2024 · 2 dates

Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
15 May 2024, 12:00 BST
Notice published
27 Aug 2024, 15:44 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender

Status changed to complete
27 Aug 2024, 15:44 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Suppliers appointed 15admitted to the panel · see the list ↓

Bids received 1111 from SMEs · busiest of 2 lots

Contracts signed 2latest 10 Jul 2024

2 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

All 2 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £1,800,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.

External Training
Signed
10 Jul 2024
Value
ceiling above
Status
active
Workforce Skills
Signed
10 Jul 2024
Value
ceiling above
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Lot	Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1 · External Training	11bids · 11 electronic · 11 from abroad	11	—	—
2 · Workforce Skills	9bids · 9 electronic · 9 from abroad	9	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

East Ayrshire Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local agency/officeGeneral public services Headquarters, London Road, Kilmarnock, Scotland, KA3 7BUContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Kilmarnock Sheriff CourtReview body Kilmarnock

Framework contractors & participating bidders

15 commercial parties on the notice

360 Safety & Training LimitedFramework contractor 42 Whitfield Drive, Ayr, Scotland, KA8 9RX
AHB Training and ConsultancyFramework contractor 39 Oswald Place, Ayr, Scotland, KA8 8PL
Andrea Kelly t/a Andreas Beauty BoxFramework contractor 39 High Glencairn Street, Kilmarnock, Scotland, KA1 4AE
Claymore Training LimitedFramework contractor Claymore Training Centre, 29 Alexander Street, Airdrie, Scotland, ML6 0BA
Elite Training & ConsultancyFramework contractor 1 Blythswood Square, Glasgow, Scotland, G2 4AD
Eternal Balance LLPFramework contractor clockwise offices , 77 Renfrew Street, Glasgow, Scotland, G2 3BZ
GCVSFramework contractor The Albany, 44 Ashley Street, Glasgow, Scotland, G3 6DS
GTG Training LTDFramework contractor 1A queen Anne Drive, Edinburgh, UK, EH288PL
Lowland Training Services LtdFramework contractor Mosspark, Barrachan, Newton Stewart, Scotland, DG8 9NF
Makaton Marvels and Creative CommunicationsFramework contractor 11 Scott Crescent Greenfaulds, Cumbernauld, GLASGOW, UK, G67 4lf

Show 5 more suppliers

Microcom Training Ltd.Framework contractor 2nd Floor, Cambridge House, 8 Cambridge St, Glasgow, Scotland, G2 3DZ
RCR Safety & Training LtdFramework contractor Block 7, Caponacre Industrial Estate, Cumnock, Scotland, KA18 1SH
Share Learning LimitedFramework contractor 2F Willow House, Kestrel View, Scotland, ML4 3PB
Sports Academy of Scotland LtdFramework contractor 3 Croftweit, Strathearn Terrace, Crieff, Scotland, PH7 3AQ
The Zone InitiativeFramework contractor 10 High Main Street, Dalmellington, Scotland, KA6 7QN

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.