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title: "Local Employability Programme – Personal Skill Development Programme"
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# Local Employability Programme – Personal Skill Development Programme

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/local-employability-programme-personal-skill-development-programme-ocds-h6vhtk-06b66d). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** West Lothian Council: "Local Employability Programme – Personal Skill Development Programme". Published status: complete. Published Value: £180,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 17 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [West Lothian Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/west-lothian-council-ons-s12000040)
- **Published Value:** £180,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 17 July 2026 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Education and training services, Guidance services
- **Delivery Location:** UKM78
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £180,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06b66d`

## 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/local-employability-programme-personal-skill-development-programme-ocds-h6vhtk-06b66d#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/local-employability-programme-personal-skill-development-programme-ocds-h6vhtk-06b66d#participate

## Description
West Lothian Council’s Education Services, on behalf of the West Lothian Local Employability Partnership (LEP), is awarding to a third sector training provider consortium or single organisation to provide a personal skills development (PSD) programme of learning and support to work with our most vulnerable unemployed and economically inactive young people aged 16-19 years, resident in West Lothian to progress them further along the strategic skills pipeline.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Estimated Value:** £180,000
- **Description:** The PSD programme will provide young people with the opportunity to learn and develop their life and employability skills in a nurturing and supportive environment. Taking a holistic approach, the learning will be personalised to each young person an...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 075247-2026-CC14823-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **The Larder West Lothian**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-90584`
  - Value: £180,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 075247-2026-CC14823-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £180,000
  - Signed Date: 05/08/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F075247-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-08-07T11:07:36.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T19:25:15.862Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06b66d