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The Provision of Specialised Employment Support for West Lothian Parents

Adult and other education services
Career guidance services
Education and training services
+13 more
Scotland (UKM78)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published3
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
Generated from official OCDS record
Tenderline Synopsis: West Lothian Council: "The Provision of Specialised Employment Support for West Lothian Parents". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 3 published lots. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityWest Lothian CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: West Lothian Council
Market Analytics
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for West Lothian Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
4Bids / Report
35.8% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 139 active published awards; 134 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityWest Lothian Council
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published15 Jan 2024, 16:30 GMT
Last source update15 Jan 2024, 16:30 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationAdult and other education services, Career guidance services, Education and training services, Guidance and counselling services, Guidance services, Higher education services, Other community, social and personal services, Personal development training services, Specialist training services, Staff training services, Training facilities, Training programme services, Training services, Various school services, Vocational training services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM78)
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What is being bought
The Scottish Government provided Local Authorities with funding under the No One Left Behind (NOLB) Child Poverty policy. This policy intends to work towards eradicating child poverty in Scotland through various means including Parental Employment Support. The contract has three lots and providers could bid for single or multiple lots. Providers were required to support eligible West Lothian parents to to gain sectorial training, work experience and specialised employability skills that will enable them to gain employment aligned to their individual skills and work expectations or progress within their current workplace.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. tender value changed
    15 Jan 2024, 16:30 GMT
  2. Status changed to complete
    15 Jan 2024, 16:30 GMT
  3. Official notice release published
    15 Jan 2024, 16:30 GMT
  4. Submission deadline changed to published date
    15 Jan 2024, 16:30 GMT
  5. Published value updated to £570,000
    8 Sept 2023, 11:50 BST
  6. Status changed to active
    8 Sept 2023, 11:50 BST
  7. Official notice release published
    8 Sept 2023, 11:50 BST
  8. Submission deadline changed to 6 Oct 2023, 12:00 BST
    8 Sept 2023, 11:50 BST
  9. Buyer information updated
    8 Sept 2023, 11:50 BST
Lots and requirements (3)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Lot 1 - Qualifications
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    The provision of training programmes with recognised qualifications in areas that are relevant to the local economy and aligned to the needs and capabilities of the clients. Qualifications were be aligned to employment opportunities within the local labour market and consider the client’s personal circumstances and family commitments. The training provided was to support the clients to progress into employment or move closer to the labour market at the end of the course.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 2 · #2
    Lot 2 - Mentoring
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    An in-work mentor programme designed to create work placements that supported marginalised clients that required additional assistance and support in the work place. This included securing mentoring positions, liaising with the employer and providing 1 to 1 mentoring support to the client whilst undertaking the placement. Where the opportunity to progress results from the placement support were to be provided to secure this progression and for an initial settling in period.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 3 · #3
    Lot 3 - Employability Support
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    Working alongside Access2employment service to compliment the current provision and bridge gaps to targeted niche groups of parents via the provision of a range of employability programmes. Programmes were to be designed to address client’s barriers including confidence and self-worth, lack of work experience, mental health issues etc, and they were to include support to access current income maximisation services, work placements and volunteering opportunities as a recognised means of progression for clients.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    15 Jan 2024, 16:30 GMT
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  4. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  5. Contract active
    Signed 15 Dec 2023, 00:00 GMT · £250,000
  6. Contract active
    Signed 15 Dec 2023, 00:00 GMT · £200,000
  7. Contract active
    Signed 15 Dec 2023, 00:00 GMT · £120,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
The Larder
Not published · Not published · active
The Larder
Not published · Not published · active
Street League
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Lot 1 - Qualifications
£250,000 · signed 15 Dec 2023, 00:00 GMT · active
Lot 2 - Mentoring
£200,000 · signed 15 Dec 2023, 00:00 GMT · active
Lot 3 - Employability Support
£120,000 · signed 15 Dec 2023, 00:00 GMT · active
Bid statistics
bids: 4 (lot 1)
electronicBids: 4 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromEU: 4 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromNonEU: 0 (lot 1)
smeBids: 4 (lot 1)
bids: 2 (lot 2)
electronicBids: 2 (lot 2)
foreignBidsFromEU: 2 (lot 2)
foreignBidsFromNonEU: 0 (lot 2)
smeBids: 2 (lot 2)
bids: 6 (lot 3)
electronicBids: 6 (lot 3)
foreignBidsFromEU: 6 (lot 3)
foreignBidsFromNonEU: 0 (lot 3)
smeBids: 6 (lot 3)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

West Lothian Council

Contracting authority GB-FTS-1335
View buyer profile

  • West Lothian Council
    buyer

    West Lothian Civic Centre, Howden South Road, Livingston, UKM78, EH54 6FF
    Lisa.Mallaghan@westlothian.gov.uk
    +44 1506281814

  • Livingston Sherriff Court
    reviewBody

    Howden South Road, Livingston, EH54 6FF

  • Street League
    supplier

    1st Floor, Paisley Wing, Trident House, 175 Renfrew Road, Paisley, UKM, PA3 4EF

  • The Larder
    supplier

    1 Allen Road, Livingston, UK, EH54 6TQ
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