The Provision of Specialised Employment Support for West Lothian Parents

A Tender Notice
by WEST LOTHIAN COUNCIL

Source
Find a Tender
Type
Contract (Services)
Duration
4 month
Value
570K
Sector
PROFESSIONAL
Published
08 Sep 2023
Delivery
27 Nov 2023 to 31 Mar 2024
Deadline
06 Oct 2023 12:00

Concepts

Location

Livingston

Geochart for 2 buyers and 0 suppliers

2 buyers

Description

The Scottish Government have 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 will have three lots which providers can bid for single or multiple lots. Providers will require eligible West Lothian parents to be supported 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.

Lot Division

1 Qualifications

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 must be aligned to employment opportunities within the local labour market and consider the client’s personal circumstances and family commitments. The training provided must support the clients to progress into employment or move closer to the labour market at the end of the course.
2 Mentoring

An in-work mentor programme designed to create work placements that support marginalised clients that require additional assistance and support in the work place. This should include 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 must be provided to secure this progression and for an initial settling in period.
3 Employability Support

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 should be designed to address client’s barriers including confidence and self-worth, lack of work experience, mental health issues etc, and they must include support to access current income maximisation services, work placements and volunteering opportunities as a recognised means of progression for clients.

Award Criteria

Quality 70.0
PRICE 30.0

CPV Codes

  • 80400000 - Adult and other education services
  • 80000000 - Education and training services
  • 80300000 - Higher education services
  • 80410000 - Various school services
  • 80520000 - Training facilities
  • 80511000 - Staff training services
  • 80500000 - Training services
  • 80530000 - Vocational training services
  • 80521000 - Training programme services
  • 80570000 - Personal development training services
  • 85312310 - Guidance services
  • 85312300 - Guidance and counselling services
  • 80510000 - Specialist training services
  • 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services
  • 79634000 - Career guidance services

Indicators

  • Bids should cover one or more lots.
  • Bids should cover the whole contract.
  • Renewals are not available.
  • Award on basis of price.

Other Information

Re: SPD Q3D.1, 3D.2 and 3D.3 Bidders should answer these questions on Environmental, social and labour law in relation to compliance with the regulations covering Scotland and the UK. Please note there are minimum requirements concerning Cyber Security for this contract, which will be evaluated on a pass/fail basis. West Lothian Council is committed to maximising Community Benefits from its procurement activities. Under this procurement, the contractor, and its supply chain, will be required to support the authority’s economic, social and environmental objectives relating to participation in skills development, training and employment initiatives and other value-added contributions. Accordingly, contract performance conditions may relate in particular to social, economic and environmental considerations. While the Community Benefits Information will in no way be scored/evaluated/taken into account beyond the requirement that it is included in the bidder’s Tender Submission, if the Community Benefits Information contains any Community Benefits, these will be accepted by the Authority via the contract variation process and will be enforceable as part of the contract. Accordingly, where a contract is awarded to a bidder whose Tender Submission included Community Benefits, the bidder will be required to deliver those Community Benefits as part of the contract. The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 25136 . For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 25136. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 (SC Ref:743830)

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