Pupil Equity Funding (PEF) Flexible Framework
A Contract Award Notice
by DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY COUNCIL
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Type
- Framework (Services)
- Duration
- not specified
- Value
- £23M
- Sector
- PROFESSIONAL
- Published
- 28 Jan 2025
- Delivery
- not specified
- Deadline
- n/a
Concepts
Location
At schools across Dumfries & Galloway
1 buyer
- Dumfries & Galloway Council Dumfries
21 suppliers
- Columba 1400 Isle of Skye
- Field Studies Council Shrewsbury
- Headstrong Scotland Glasgow
- Lorna Macphail Creetown
- Nudge Education Newcastle
- Saas Technologies Poulton le Fylde
- Scottish Outdoor Education Centres Biggar
- We Love Coffee East Kilbride
- All Minds Glasgow
- Still Scotland Glasgow
- Kooth Digital Health London
- Bunbury Banter CIC Thornhill
- Humanutopia Wirral
- Live N Learn South Queensferry
- Happy Hooves Sanquhar CIC Sanquhar
- Believeperform Cheltenham
- Osiris Educational Lincoln
- Volunteering Matters London
- Aspire Industrial Services Glasgow
- Five Minute Box London
- Genplus Motherwell
Description
The Scottish Government has committed to providing additional funding in the form of Pupil Equity Funding (PEF), to schools as part of the Scottish Attainment Challenge programme. This funding is allocated directly to schools and is aimed at closing the poverty related attainment gap. The aim of this framework agreement is to allow schools to contract compliantly with providers who will be able to support the pupil equity fund. This is the September 2023 opening of the Framework.
Lot Division
| 1 | Activity based Learning Providing services that engages and encourages pupils to learn and develop through the participation in a range of learning activities and experiences. Services may include but are not limited to outdoor learning and sport and social activities. |
| 2 | Counselling, Support & Advice Services Providing services that provide professional assistance, guidance and support in resolving personal or psychological problems. Services may include but are not limited to group and/or one to one work with pupils or families, counselling, befriending, mediation and services to promote positive mental wellbeing. |
| 3 | Creative Engagement Providing services that focuses on engaging pupils and learning through creative activities. Services may include but are not limited to, music, art, drama and dance. |
| 4 | External Tutors - Additional Support Providing services where external personnel offer additional support to pupils on a group or one to one basis. Services may include but are not limited to; resilience coaching, speech and language therapy, literacy and maths champions and Nurture support. |
| 5 | Pupil workshops Providing services that engages pupils on a particular subject, activity or project through discussion, performance or participation in class(s)dedicated to the project or activity. Services may include but are not limited to mindfulness, yoga, confidence building, nutrition, diversity, health and wellbeing (physical and mental). |
| 6 | Parental Support & Family Learning Providing services that engage with parents and families to provide support to increase involvement in the pupil’s learning. Services may include, but are not limited to, parental engagement workshops, leadership training, one to one sessions. |
| 7 | Community Engagement Providing services that focuses on engaging pupils, parents/carers and the wider community in learning and will build and develop local capacity. Services provided should draw on existing interventions and community programmes to build a stronger local community based on local needs and aspirations. |
| 8 | Mentoring Providing a service that focuses on the support and encouragement of pupils to manage their own learning in order that they may develop their learning skills, improve their academic performance and maximise their potential. Services may include, but are not limited to, additional support with academic studies, coaching, youth work and support and mentoring programs |
| 9 | Leadership for Pupils Provide services that will develop leadership and team working skills in pupils of all ages and abilities across the local authority. |
| 10 | Educational leadership Providing support and assessment materials primarily in the areas of Literacy, Numeracy and Health and Wellbeing. Services may include, but are not limited to, standardised and diagnostic assessment and screening tools. |
| 11 | Educational Assessments Providing support and assessment materials primarily in the areas of Literacy, Numeracy and Health and Wellbeing. Services may include, but are not limited to, standardised and diagnostic assessment and screening tools. |
| 12 | Developing the Young Workforce Providing services that will assist schools in developing skills for learning, life and work in children and young people in the broad general education, particularly for those young people with barriers to learning and at risk of disengaging from education early. Services may include but are not limited to work-related learning experiences and involvement with families or employers. |
| 13 | Out of School Clubs Providing services that provides a regulated club that offers a safe environment for children outside of school hours. Clubs often include the provision of food and some activities or social element. These may include but are not limited to breakfast, after school and holiday clubs. |
| 14 | Residential at locations away from the educational environment |
| 15 | Miscellaneous Services This lot will provide for any service that does not easily fall into any of the categories above e.g., Pet Therapy, Bee Keeping, Massage-in-Schools |
Award Detail
| 1 | Columba 1400 (Isle of Skye)
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| 2 | Field Studies Council (Shrewsbury)
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| 3 | Headstrong Scotland (Glasgow)
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| 4 | Lorna Macphail (Creetown)
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| 5 | Nudge Education (Newcastle)
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| 6 | Saas Technologies (Poulton le Fylde)
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| 7 | Scottish Outdoor Education Centres (Biggar)
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| 8 | We Love Coffee (East Kilbride)
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| 9 | All Minds (Glasgow)
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| 10 | Headstrong Scotland (Glasgow)
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| 11 | Lorna Macphail (Creetown)
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| 12 | Nudge Education (Newcastle)
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| 13 | Still Scotland (Glasgow)
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| 14 | Kooth Digital Health (London)
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| 15 | Bunbury Banter CIC (Thornhill)
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| 16 | Columba 1400 (Isle of Skye)
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| 17 | Lorna Macphail (Creetown)
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| 18 | Nudge Education (Newcastle)
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| 19 | Columba 1400 (Isle of Skye)
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| 20 | Headstrong Scotland (Glasgow)
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| 21 | Humanutopia (Wirral)
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| 22 | Live N Learn (South Queensferry)
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| 23 | Lorna Macphail (Creetown)
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| 24 | Columba 1400 (Isle of Skye)
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| 25 | Headstrong Scotland (Glasgow)
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| 26 | Lorna Macphail (Creetown)
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| 27 | Saas Technologies (Poulton le Fylde)
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| 28 | Still Scotland (Glasgow)
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| 29 | Columba 1400 (Isle of Skye)
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| 30 | Lorna Macphail (Creetown)
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| 31 | Nudge Education (Newcastle)
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| 32 | Columba 1400 (Isle of Skye)
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| 33 | Happy Hooves Sanquhar CIC (Sanquhar)
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| 34 | Humanutopia (Wirral)
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| 35 | Live N Learn (South Queensferry)
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| 36 | Scottish Outdoor Education Centres (Biggar)
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| 37 | Believeperform (Cheltenham)
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| 38 | Columba 1400 (Isle of Skye)
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| 39 | Lorna Macphail (Creetown)
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| 40 | Osiris Educational (Lincoln)
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| 41 | Still Scotland (Glasgow)
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| 42 | Columba 1400 (Isle of Skye)
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| 43 | Happy Hooves Sanquhar CIC (Sanquhar)
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| 44 | Live N Learn (South Queensferry)
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| 45 | Volunteering Matters (London)
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| 46 | We Love Coffee (East Kilbride)
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| 47 | Columba 1400 (Isle of Skye)
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| 48 | Field Studies Council (Shrewsbury)
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| 49 | Scottish Outdoor Education Centres (Biggar)
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| 50 | Aspire Industrial Services (Glasgow)
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| 51 | Five Minute Box (London)
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| 52 | Genplus (Motherwell)
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| 53 | Nudge Education (Newcastle)
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| 54 | We Love Coffee (East Kilbride)
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Award Criteria
| meeting minimum standards | 60 |
| price | 40 |
CPV Codes
- 80000000 - Education and training services
- 85312300 - Guidance and counselling services
- 92000000 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services
- 80590000 - Tutorial services
- 80570000 - Personal development training services
- 98330000 - Physical well-being services
- 80100000 - Primary education services
- 80200000 - Secondary education services
- 92340000 - Dance and performance entertainment services
- 80400000 - Adult and other education services
- 80210000 - Technical and vocational secondary education services
- 75121000 - Administrative educational services
- 80340000 - Special education services
- 85312320 - Counselling services
- 80310000 - Youth education services
- 92342000 - Dance-instruction services
- 92342100 - Ballroom dance-instruction services
- 92342200 - Discotheque dance-instruction services
- 37000000 - Musical instruments, sport goods, games, toys, handicraft, art materials and accessories
- 48520000 - Multimedia software package
- 48521000 - Music or sound editing software package
- 85140000 - Miscellaneous health services
- 85312310 - Guidance services
- 85312400 - Welfare services not delivered through residential institutions
- 85322000 - Community action programme
- 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services
- 48931000 - Training software package
Indicators
Other Information
** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** There were also 3 providers awarded who are not registered on PCS: BLIP-Building Learning Inspiring People 1 Claunch Cottage Sorbie Wigtownshire DG8 8AJ Successful award: Lot 3 Kaye Borthwick Rossmains Cottage Lockerbie DG11 1TN Successful award: Lots 1, 3, 5, 6, 10 Mossburn Community Farm Lockerbie DG11 1LE Successful award: Lots 1, 2, 15 (SC Ref:788922)
Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-03cd6d
- FTS 002788-2025