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# National Training Contract

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/national-training-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-03de28). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Children's Hearings Scotland: "National Training Contract". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Children's Hearings Scotland](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/children-s-hearings-scotland-GB-FTS-86394)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Education and training services
- **Delivery Location:** UKM
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £1,460,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03de28`

## 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/national-training-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-03de28#tl-md)

## Description
This Voluntary Ex-Ante Transparency (VEAT) Notice relates to the intended procurement of National Training Contract services for Children's Hearings Scotland for a period of one year from 01 October 2023, with an option to extend by a further year.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** Children's Hearings Scotland (CHS) intends to award this contract to West Lothian College under the conditions of regulation 32(2)(b) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) regulations.

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** 018785-2023-CASE/662752-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **West Lothian College**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-119497`
  - Value: £1,460,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 029100-2023-CASE/662752-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **West Lothian College**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-119497`
  - Value: £1,460,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (2)
- **Contract:** 018785-2023-CASE/662752-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,460,000
  - Signed Date: 02/07/2023

- **Contract:** 029100-2023-CASE/662752-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,460,000
  - Signed Date: 02/07/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F029100-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-10-03T11:43:03.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T18:10:05.761Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03de28