Official UK procurement notice
Women Returners · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Skills Development Scotland Co. Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSDS has a requirement to procure, on behalf of the Scottish Government, the delivery of Women Returner programme, which aims to support women returners across Scotland who have had a career break of 6 months or more due to childcare, other care or health commitments or have multiple barriers to employment, e.g. older women (over 50 years of age), disabled women, lone parents, minority ethnic women, women affected by domestic abuse, women from rural or SIMD areas, female veterans/spouses of veterans and also focus on sectors where women are significantly underrepresented in the workforce and at senior levels.
CPV: Adult and other education services · Education and training services · Training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The delivery of Women Returner programme, which aims to support women returners across…Published value£1,500,000
The delivery of Women Returner programme, which aims to support women returners across Scotland who have had a career break of 6 months or more due to childcare, other care or health commitments or have multiple barriers to employment, e.g. older women (over 50 years of age), disabled women, lone parents, minority ethnic women, women affected by domestic abuse, women from rural or SIMD areas, female veterans/spouses of veterans and also focus on sectors where women are significantly underrepresented in the workforce and at senior levels.
The Programme will support activities that enable the participants to address the barriers that are preventing them from moving along the strategic skills pipeline and allow them to progress to the next stage e.g. employment, education, or training.
Experience of delivering same or similar services are defined as Employability interventions, such as Employability Fund, Fair Start Scotland, Work Able Scotland, Women Returner Initiatives, National Transition Training Fund or Work Programme. Modern Apprenticeships, Work Based Learning and Individual Training Accounts would not be deemed as similar.
Please note that the relevant selection criteria is included in the SPD Scotland Module - Part 2 Information concerning the bidder, Part 3 Exclusions Grounds and Part 4 Selection Criteria - these are pass/fail criteria Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public
Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
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).
The scope of services to be provided under this contract falls within the definition of social and other specific services in Schedule 3 to the
Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ("the regulations") and therefore the procurement process shall in accordance with Regulation 74 of the
Regulation be subject to the requirement of Section 7 of the Regulations. By virtue of regulation 76(3) of the regulations, bidders in any of
the situations listed in regulation 58 of the Regulation may be excluded.
- Shortlisting
- Bidders shall be required to pass Stage 1. All bids who pass Stage 1 will be taken forward to Stage 2 and their submission evaluated. Economic & Financial Standing and Technical & Professional Ability Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
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
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 21 Jul 2021, 16:55 BST
- Last source update
- 6 Jan 2022, 15:45 GMT
- Authority reference
P21-038- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-000348- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02cae8Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- electronic payment
- Performance terms
As detailed in Specification and Conditions
Publisher note: Stage 2 Award Criteria - Quality 80%;Cost 20% Scoring methodology will be used for each of the award criteria of 0-4 as stated in the ITT document. SDS in awarding places will award up to the estimated budget and or number of places specified or less, as appropriate. The value is upto 1.5m GBP for year 1 2021-March2022 and/or upto 1500 participants. A further optional 1 year extension period is available to 2022-2023 for up to 1.5m GBP as SDS Discretion (SC Ref:678663)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 20 Aug 2021, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
20 Aug 2021 → 6 Jan 2022 · 2 dates- Submission deadline20 Aug 2021, 12:00 BST
- Notice published6 Jan 2022, 15:45 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete6 Jan 2022, 15:45 GMT
Published amendments (1)
Corrigendum - Change to value Please not change of up to value of contract
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| AAI EmployAbilitySME, ENABLE ScotlandSME, East Renfrewshire Chamber of CommerceSME, Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre, The Challenges GroupSME, The People PortfolioSME +6 morejoint award | £1,362,797 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 000348-2022-1 · AAI EmployAbilitySME, ENABLE ScotlandSME, East Renfrewshire Chamber of CommerceSME, Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre, The Challenges GroupSME, The People PortfolioSME +6 more
- Signed
- 4 Oct 2021
- Value
- £1,362,797
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17bids · 17 electronic · 17 from abroad | 17 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The Sheriff Clerk's OfficeReview body
Process and specification contact points (1)
- The Skills Development Scotland Co. LimitedProcess contact point
Bidders & participating suppliers
12 commercial parties on the notice- AAI EmployAbilityAwarded supplier
- Code Division Learning CentreAwarded supplier
- ENABLE ScotlandAwarded supplier
- East Renfrewshire Chamber of CommerceAwarded supplier
- Right OptionsAwarded supplier
- Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation CentreAwarded supplier
- The Challenges GroupAwarded supplier
- The People PortfolioAwarded supplier
- Tigers LtdAwarded supplier
- Triage Central LimitedAwarded supplier
Show 2 more suppliers
- Virtual InternshipsAwarded supplier
- Women ReturnersAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.