Official UK procurement notice
Framework for the call-off provision of Associate Trainers – Domestic and International
Authority: City of Glasgow College (Education)
What is being bought9 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionCity of Glasgow College is seeking to appoint Associate Trainers to deliver a range of courses domestically and internationally covering the following subjects:
Accredited Training
SQA Training
Interpersonal Skills
Management & Leadership Skills
First Aid, Manual Handling & Care
Technical Skills
SVQ Delivery / Assessment / Internal Verification
Health and Safety
Further Training Options
- Recurrence: 5 years
CPV: Education and training services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 1 suppliers · 22 bids on the busiest of 9 lots (22.0 per place) · 33 appointed (full)
- Framework period
- 4 yrs 11 mo from 25 Mar 2024, Continuity of service and resource capacity. Framework agreement for 3+1+1.
Lots and requirements (9)Procurement structure
9 lots · no lot values published · a supplier may bid for at most 9 of them · evaluation weights differ by lotLot #1Accredited TrainingCancelledRenewal
Associate Trainers are required to deliver, and on occasion develop training materials.
Lot #2SQA TrainingCancelledRenewal
Associate Trainers are required to deliver, and on occasion develop training.
Lot #3Interpersonal SkillsCancelledRenewal
Associate Trainers are required to deliver, and on occasion develop training materials.
Lot #4Management & Leadership SkillsCancelledRenewal
Associate Trainers are required to deliver, and on occasion develop training materials.
Lot #5First Aid, Manual Handling and CareCancelledRenewal
Associate Trainers are required to deliver, and on occasion develop training materials.
Lot #6Technical SkillsCancelledRenewal
Associate Trainers are required to deliver, and on occasion develop training materials.
Lot #7SVQ Delivery / Assessment / Internal VerificationCancelledRenewal
Associate Trainers are required to deliver, and on occasion develop training materials.
Lot #8Health and SafetyCancelledRenewal
Associate Trainers are required to deliver, and on occasion develop training materials.
Lot #9Further Training OptionsCancelledRenewal
Associate Trainers are required to deliver, and on occasion develop training materials.
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).
Lots publish different evaluation splits; there is no single procedure weighting.
| Lot | Quality | Price | Split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Accredited Training | 65% | 35% | |
| 2 · SQA Training | 65% | 35% | |
| 3 · Interpersonal Skills | 65% | 35% | |
| 4 · Management & Leadership Skills | 65% | 35% | |
| 5 · First Aid, Manual Handling and Care | 65% | 35% | |
| 6 · Technical Skills | 65% | 35% | |
| 7 · SVQ Delivery / Assessment / Internal Verification | 65% | 35% | |
| 8 · Health and Safety | 65% | 35% | |
| 9 · Further Training Options | 65% | 35% |
- Suitability
Bidders are required to be enrolled in the relevant professional or trade registers within the country in which they are established.
Please see document entitled 'Minimum Bidder Requirements (Selection Criteria)' in Part 4c Qualification, section 1.72.1 of the qualifications envelope in PCS-T for the extensive list of professional or trade registers requirements.
Lot 1 - Accredited Training, Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) - CIH desirable
Lot 1 - Accredited Training, Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) - CIM desirable
Lot 1 - Accredited Training, Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) -MCIPS desirable
Lot 1 - Accredited Training, Chartered Institute of Professional Development (CIPD) - MCIPD required
Lot 1 - Accredited Training, Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) - MIOSH desired
Lot 1 - Accredited Training, Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management (IWFM) - IWFM desired
Lot 1 - Accredited Training, National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health (NEBOSH) - MIOSH desired
- Economic & financial standing
Please refer to Part 4 B Economic and Financial Standing of the SPD
The College will use the following ratios to evaluate a bidder's financial status.
Bidders must confirm within their response to the relevant question within the 'Qualification envelope' that as a minimum, 2 out of the 3 ratios can be met and what the value of each ratio is.
Where 2 out of the 3 ratios cannot be met, the College may take the undernoted into consideration when assessing financial viability and the risk to the College, providing that the Bidder can supply evidence to substantiate any of the mitigating criteria. This list is not exhaustive and other criteria may be considered where proposed by a bidder as mitigating factors:
Would the bidder have passed the checks if prior year accounts had been used?
Were any of the poor appraisal outcomes 'marginal'?
Does the bidder operate in a market which, traditionally, requires lower liquidity or higher debt finance?
Does the bidder have sufficient reserves to sustain losses for a number of years?
Does the bidder have a healthy cash-flow?
Is the bidder profitable enough to finance the interest on its debt?
Is most of the bidder's debt owed to group companies?
Is the bidder's debt due to be repaid over a number of years, and affordable?
Have the bidder's results been adversely affected by ‘one off costs’ and / or ‘one off accounting treatments’?
Do the bidder's auditors (where applicable) consider it to be a ‘going concern’?
Will the bidder provide a Pare…
Minimum: The 3 financial ratios to be evaluated are: Profitability - this is taken as profit after tax but before dividends and minority interests. If a company makes a profit then it is a pass for this ratio; Liquidity - this is calculated as current assets less stock and work in progre… - Technical & professional ability
PART 4C: SERVICES
Bidders will be required to provide examples of works carried out that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the work as described in part II.2.4 of the Find a Tender Service Contract Notice or the relevant section of the Site Notice. Please see attached document entitled 'Minimum Bidder Requirements (Selection Criteria)' for a list of the requirements per lot.
PART 4C: QUALIFICATIONS
Bidders will be required to confirm that they and/or the service provider have the following relevant educational and professional qualifications:
Please see attached document entitled 'Minimum Bidder Requirements (Selection Criteria)'for the list of requirements.
Minimum: Please see document entitled 'Minimum Bidder Requirements (Selection Criteria)' in Part 4c Qualification, section 1.72.1 of the qualifications envelope in PCS-T for the extensive list of qualification and experience requirements.
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 35 points on every lot: a 10% discount moves about 3.5 points.
- “Framework for the call-off provision of Associate Trainers – Domestic…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 1 suppliers, 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 · 5 years
- First published
- 18 Oct 2023, 13:16 BST
- Last source update
- 7 Aug 2025, 11:27 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 24 Nov 2023 – …
- Authority reference
CS/CoGC/23/14- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-046829- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-040d0bFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- electronic ordering
Publisher note: (SC Ref:806707)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 8 Dec 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 24 Nov 2023, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
24 Nov 2023 → 7 Aug 2025 · 4 dates- Bids opened24 Nov 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown8 Dec 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Contract starts25 Mar 2024
- Notice published7 Aug 2025, 11:27 BST
Notice history
2 events · 7 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Nov 2023- Deadline moved to 8 Dec 2023, 12:00 GMT16 Nov 2023, 11:55 GMT+14 days · was 24 Nov 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Status changed to complete5 Apr 2024, 17:15 BST
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | DeadlineTime limit · IV.2.2 | 24 Nov 2023 | 8 Dec 2023 | +14 d |
Extension provided to increase interest in the Framework.
Routine re-releases (7)
- 2025-08: 1 release · 7 Aug 2025
- 2024-04: 1 release · 5 Apr 2024
- 2023-11: 1 release · 16 Nov 2023
- 2023-10: 1 release · 18 Oct 2023
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast13 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 8 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £40,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Accredited Training
- Signed
- 25 Mar 2024
- Value
- £400,000
- Period
- … – 24 Mar 2029
- Status
- active
SQA Training
- Signed
- 25 Mar 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Interpersonal Skills
- Signed
- 25 Mar 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- … – 24 Mar 2029
- Status
- active
Management & Leadership Skills
- Signed
- 25 Mar 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
First Aid, Manual Handling and Care
- Signed
- 25 Mar 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- … – 24 Mar 2029
- Status
- active
Technical Skills
- Signed
- 25 Mar 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
SVQ Delivery / Assessment / Internal Verification
- Signed
- 25 Mar 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Health and Safety
- Signed
- 25 Mar 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- … – 24 Mar 2029
- Status
- active
Further Training Options
- Signed
- 25 Mar 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Accredited Training
- Signed
- 25 Mar 2024
- Value
- £400,000
- Period
- 25 Mar 2024 – 24 Mar 2029
- Status
- active
- Change Following the acquisition of Event Medical Group Ltd by Merged Education Ltd, effective from 16th May 2025, this modification reflects the formal recognition of the change in supplier ownership. The services delivered under the existing contract will continue to be performed by the same personnel and at the same standard, with no changes to the scope, pricing, or duration of the original agreement., Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee: This modification is made in accordance with Regulation 72(1)(e) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. The change relates solely to the corporate ownership of the contracted supplier. It does not alter the overall nature of the contract, does not change the economic balance of the contract in favour of the supplier, and does not introduce a new contractor. The modification is therefore not considered substantial and does not require a new procurement procedure.
Interpersonal Skills
- Signed
- 25 Mar 2024
- Value
- £400,000
- Period
- 25 Mar 2024 – 24 Mar 2029
- Status
- active
- Change Following the acquisition of Event Medical Group Ltd by Merged Education Ltd, effective from 16th May 2025, this modification reflects the formal recognition of the change in supplier ownership. The services delivered under the existing contract will continue to be performed by the same personnel and at the same standard, with no changes to the scope, pricing, or duration of the original agreement., Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee: This modification is made in accordance with Regulation 72(1)(e) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. The change relates solely to the corporate ownership of the contracted supplier. It does not alter the overall nature of the contract, does not change the economic balance of the contract in favour of the supplier, and does not introduce a new contractor. The modification is therefore not considered substantial and does not require a new procurement procedure.
First Aid, Manual Handling and Care
- Signed
- 25 Mar 2024
- Value
- £400,000
- Period
- 25 Mar 2024 – 24 Mar 2029
- Status
- active
- Change Following the acquisition of Event Medical Group Ltd by Merged Education Ltd, effective from 16th May 2025, this modification reflects the formal recognition of the change in supplier ownership. The services delivered under the existing contract will continue to be performed by the same personnel and at the same standard, with no changes to the scope, pricing, or duration of the original agreement., Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee: This modification is made in accordance with Regulation 72(1)(e) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. The change relates solely to the corporate ownership of the contracted supplier. It does not alter the overall nature of the contract, does not change the economic balance of the contract in favour of the supplier, and does not introduce a new contractor. The modification is therefore not considered substantial and does not require a new procurement procedure.
Health and Safety
- Signed
- 25 Mar 2024
- Value
- £400,000
- Period
- 25 Mar 2024 – 24 Mar 2029
- Status
- active
- Change Following the acquisition of Event Medical Group Ltd by Merged Education Ltd, effective from 16th May 2025, this modification reflects the formal recognition of the change in supplier ownership. The services delivered under the existing contract will continue to be performed by the same personnel and at the same standard, with no changes to the scope, pricing, or duration of the original agreement., Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee: This modification is made in accordance with Regulation 72(1)(e) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. The change relates solely to the corporate ownership of the contracted supplier. It does not alter the overall nature of the contract, does not change the economic balance of the contract in favour of the supplier, and does not introduce a new contractor. The modification is therefore not considered substantial and does not require a new procurement procedure.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Accredited Training | 14bids · 14 electronic · 14 from abroad | 14 | — | — |
| 2 · SQA Training | 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
| 3 · Interpersonal Skills | 22bids · 22 electronic · 22 from abroad | 22 | — | — |
| 4 · Management & Leadership Skills | 18bids · 18 electronic · 18 from abroad | 18 | — | — |
| 5 · First Aid, Manual Handling and Care | 8bids · 8 electronic · 8 from abroad | 8 | — | — |
| 6 · Technical Skills | 7bids · 7 electronic · 7 from abroad | 7 | — | — |
| 7 · SVQ Delivery / Assessment / Internal Verification | 4bids · 4 electronic · 4 from abroad | 4 | — | — |
| 8 · Health and Safety | 8bids · 8 electronic · 8 from abroad | 8 | — | — |
| 9 · Further Training Options | 17bids · 17 electronic · 17 from abroad | 17 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Glasgow Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body
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Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.