Children and Young People Participation Framework Agreement
A Tender Notice
by SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Type
- Framework (Services)
- Duration
- 23.5 month
- Value
- £-£4M
- Sector
- PROFESSIONAL
- Published
- 28 Jul 2023
- Delivery
- To 09 Feb 2026 (est.)
- Deadline
- 26 Sep 2023 13:00
Concepts
Location
Scotland:
1 buyer
- Scottish Government Glasgow
Description
The Scottish Government intends to commission a Framework Agreement to respond to the growing need for children and young people’s participation in decision making and policy design across Scottish Government and to ensure approaches are meaningful, coordinated and sustainable. Specifically, the Framework is being created to establish an efficient and effective mechanism that provides the Scottish Government with a strategic, high quality and sustainable approach to meaningfully engage with children and young people as part of its decision-making and policy design process. The Framework will enable policy areas across Scottish Government to identify, recruit and engage with organisations that have the skills and expertise required to design and deliver bespoke, high quality participation activities with children and young people. It is envisaged that the appointed suppliers will be both organisations operating at a national level and those working within specific communities. These organisations will engage with and represent a broad range of children and young people, with particular representation of those identified as being furthest from their rights. The Framework will be overseen by the Children’s Rights Unit to ensure a more collaborative, streamlined and strategic approach to participation by creating a database of all work commissioned. This will be an evidence bank for policy areas to pull from when carrying out Children’s Rights and Wellbeing Impact Assessments (CRWIA) and help to reduce duplication and ad-hoc engagement whilst also tackling engagement fatigue felt by stakeholders.
Lot Division
| 1 | A wide range of Children and Young People Organisations that work with infants, children and young people (either between a specific age range or across 0-18* years) with particular representation of those who are furthest from their rights/ seldom heard / vulnerable because of factors related to their personal development, features of their family life, or because of wider influences that impact on them within their community. Infants, children and young people may be vulnerable due to multiple factors including those described in the other lots. Organisations should apply an intersectional perspective to understand the combined factors affecting individuals and groups. This may include, although is not limited to: remote communities; those affected by multiple deprivation/ adversities such as homelessness, domestic abuse, substance misuse, poverty, parent/ carer involvement in the criminal justice system, parent/ carer imprisonment, those in conflict with the law; those affected by domestic abuse; those accessing advocacy services; and young carers. *this might, in certain circumstances, be extended to young people up to 26 years e.g., care experienced. Additional information: A maximum of 6 Service Providers will be appointed to Lot 1. Award Criteria
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| 2 | Children and Young People from Minority Ethnic Groups Organisations that work with children (either between a specific age range or across 0-18 years) from minority ethnic groups. This could be a specific group or a range of minority ethnic groups and services. The Scottish Government uses the definition of race present in the Equality Act 2010, that it is colour, ethnicity, nationality and citizenship. We recognise that across Scotland, people belonging to minority ethnic communities define themselves and their communities using a variety of terms; our use of the over-arching term minority ethnic aims to be inclusive of that variety. Organisations should apply an intersectional perspective to understand the combined factors affecting individuals and groups. Additional information: A maximum of 4 Service Providers will be appointed to Lot 2. Award Criteria
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| 3 | Disabled Children and Young People Organisations that work with disabled children (either between a specific age range or across 0-18* years). Disability is defined in the Equality Act 2010 as a long-lasting health condition that limits daily activity. Organisations should apply an intersectional perspective to understand the combined factors affecting individuals and groups. *this might, in certain circumstances, be extended to young people up to 26 years e.g., including those making the transition to young adult life. Additional information: A maximum of 4 Service Providers will be appointed to Lot 3. Award Criteria
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| 4 | Care Experienced Children and Young People Organisations that work with children and young people (either between a specific age range or across 0-26 years) who are in care, on the edge/at risk of care, and care leavers. This could include those involved in the care system, in residential care, fostered and adopted families, those who are looked after at home, in kinship care, and those involved in the Children’s Hearings System. Organisations should apply an intersectional perspective to understand the combined factors affecting individuals and groups. Additional information: A maximum of 4 Service Providers will be appointed to Lot 4. Award Criteria
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| 5 | Children and Young People in the LGBTI+ Community Organisations that work with those under 18 in the LGBTI+ community. Organisations should apply an intersectional perspective to understand the combined factors affecting individuals and groups. Additional information: A maximum of 4 Service Providers will be appointed to Lot 5. Award Criteria
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Renewal Options
Option to extend for 1 year plus 1 additional year to a maximum of 4 years.
CPV Codes
- 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
- 73110000 - Research services
Indicators
- Restrictions apply to the lot award allocation.
- This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
- Renewals are available.
- Financial restrictions apply.
- Staff qualifications are relevant.
- Technical restrictions apply.
Other Information
** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 24266. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 Question Scoring Methodology for Award Criteria outlined in invitation to tender: 0 — Unacceptable. Nil or inadequate response. Fails to demonstrate an ability to meet the requirement. 1 — Poor. Response is partially relevant but generally poor. The response addresses some elements of the requirement but contains insufficient/limited detail or explanation to demonstrate how the requirement will be fulfilled. 2 — Acceptable. Response is relevant and acceptable. The response addresses a broad understanding of the requirement but may lack details on how the requirement will be fulfilled in certain areas. 3 — Good. Response is relevant and good. The response is sufficiently detailed to demonstrate a good understanding and provides details on how the requirements will be fulfilled. 4 — Excellent. Response is completely relevant and excellent overall. Bidders must complete the SPD (Scotland) to demonstrate adherence to the Exclusion and Selection Criteria for this procurement. If there are named subcontractors/technicians upon which the bidder will rely to meet the selection criteria, these named parties must complete and reattach the SPD Supplier Response Form attached to SPD questions 2C.1.1 (Technicians) and 2D.1.2 (Subcontractors) on PCS-T. These parties must complete the first three sections of the SPD form, as well as any part of the section 4 selection criteria that the main bidder will rely upon the parties to fulfil. If parties have not yet been identified, this information may be required at a later date. Scottish Government reserves the right to request this information from relevant parties upon whom the main bidder will not rely to fulfil selection criteria. 4C.10 Bidders will be required to confirm whether they intend to sub-contract and if so, for what proportion of the contract. A sub-contract clause has been included in this contract. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2363 Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-pr... A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: As detailed within Schedule 1 (Specification). Tenderers should note that this is the first iteration of the Framework Agreement. The overall Framework value is an estimate which may increase or decrease over the Framework Term. Commitment to spend will only be agreed at each call off opportunity. The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 24266. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 (SC Ref:735989)
Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-03993d
- FTS 021946-2023