Flexible Framework for Vocational and Skills Based Interventions

A Tender Notice
by NORTH LANARKSHIRE COUNCIL

Source: Find a Tender
Type: Framework (Services)
Duration: 4 year
Value: £185M-£5M

Sector: PROFESSIONAL
Published: 11 Mar 2025
Delivery: To 20 Mar 2029 (est.)
Deadline: 10 Apr 2025 11:00

Concepts

Location

North Lanarkshire

Geochart for 1 buyers and 0 suppliers

1 buyer

North Lanarkshire Council Motherwell

Description

The Council is seeking to establish a Flexible Framework Agreement with external learning providers for the provision of vocational education and skill-based courses for young people across school establishments. The primary aim of this framework is to enhance the employability skills and post school pathways that will better equip our young people for the world of work. A significant focus of this framework will be to ensure adequate specialist provision is available for our schools and programmes supporting pupils with complex and additional needs. A key focus of this provision will be on young people pursuing well designed study courses that: -better equips young people for the world of work -meets their clear career aspirations linked to local labour market information -develop meta skills identified by employers as essential when recruiting young people -equip young people with the experiences and attributes to develop their employability skills -have a strong focus on work related learning and occupational development. -are levelled in the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) e.g. City and Guilds, Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA), Business and Technology Education Council (BTEC), Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) This framework will not include vocational and skills-based provision delivered by further education colleges/universities or under school/college partnership arrangements. Further education colleges, primarily New College Lanarkshire, will provide many vocational education courses for young people in the council’s secondary establishments.

Lot Division

1	Automotive & Engineering Value: £5M Additional information: PLEASE BE AWARE OF THE EXCLUSION GROUNDS: Economic Operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015
2	Acting & Theater Performance Value: £5M Additional information: PLEASE BE AWARE OF THE EXCLUSION GROUNDS: Economic Operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015
3	Beauty Care Value: £5M Additional information: Economic Operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015
4	Civil Engineering Value: £5M Additional information: Economic Operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015
5	Construction Value: £5M Additional information: PLEASE BE AWARE OF THE EXCLUSION GROUNDS: Economic Operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015
6	Creative Digital Media Value: £5M Additional information: PLEASE BE AWARE OF THE EXCLUSION GROUNDS: Economic Operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015
7	Dance Value: £5M Additional information: PLEASE BE AWARE OF THE EXCLUSION GROUNDS: Economic Operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015
8	Digital Game Development Value: £5M Additional information: PLEASE BE AWARE OF THE EXCLUSION GROUNDS: Economic Operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015
9	Early Learning & Childcare Value: £5M Additional information: PLEASE BE AWARE OF THE EXCLUSION GROUNDS: Economic Operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015
10	Employ-ability Skills Value: £5M Additional information: PLEASE BE AWARE OF THE EXCLUSION GROUNDS: Economic Operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015
11	Engineering Value: £5M Additional information: PLEASE BE AWARE OF THE EXCLUSION GROUNDS: Economic Operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015
12	Food & Drink Technology Value: £5M Additional information: PLEASE BE AWARE OF THE EXCLUSION GROUNDS: Economic Operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015
13	Hairdressing Value: £5M Additional information: PLEASE BE AWARE OF THE EXCLUSION GROUNDS: Economic Operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015
14	Health & Safety Value: £50M Additional information: PLEASE BE AWARE OF THE EXCLUSION GROUNDS: Economic Operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015
15	Health & Social Care Value: £5M Additional information: PLEASE BE AWARE OF THE EXCLUSION GROUNDS: Economic Operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015
16	Hospitality Value: £5M Additional information: PLEASE BE AWARE OF THE EXCLUSION GROUNDS: Economic Operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015
17	It Software Value: £5M Additional information: PLEASE BE AWARE OF THE EXCLUSION GROUNDS: Economic Operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015
18	Make Up Artistry Value: £5M Additional information: PLEASE BE AWARE OF THE EXCLUSION GROUNDS: Economic Operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015
19	Music Technology Value: £5M Additional information: PLEASE BE AWARE OF THE EXCLUSION GROUNDS: Economic Operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015
20	Professional Cookery Value: £5M Additional information: PLEASE BE AWARE OF THE EXCLUSION GROUNDS: Economic Operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015
21	Rural Horticulture & Outdoor Value: £5M Additional information: PLEASE BE AWARE OF THE EXCLUSION GROUNDS: Economic Operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015
22	Scientific Technologies Value: £5M Additional information: PLEASE BE AWARE OF THE EXCLUSION GROUNDS: Economic Operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015
23	Sensory Arts Value: £5M Additional information: PLEASE BE AWARE OF THE EXCLUSION GROUNDS: Economic Operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015
24	Sound Production Value: £5M Additional information: PLEASE BE AWARE OF THE EXCLUSION GROUNDS: Economic Operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015
25	Sports Development Value: £5M Additional information: PLEASE BE AWARE OF THE EXCLUSION GROUNDS: Economic Operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015
26	Uniformed Service Value: £5M Additional information: PLEASE BE AWARE OF THE EXCLUSION GROUNDS: Economic Operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015
27	IT Hardware Value: £5M Additional information: PLEASE BE AWARE OF THE EXCLUSION GROUNDS: Economic Operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015
28	Miscellaneous Value: £5M Additional information: PLEASE BE AWARE OF THE EXCLUSION GROUNDS: Economic Operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015

CPV Codes

80000000 - Education and training services
80200000 - Secondary education services
80340000 - Special education services
80212000 - Vocational secondary education services

Indicators

Staff qualifications are relevant.

Legal Justification

The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreementThe Framework is for a maximum of 4 years. There has a flexible approach and annual entry points to allow new applicants to join the Framework for academic years 2022-23, 2023-24, and 2024-25..

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** TENDERERS PLEASE NOTE: . Late Tenders will not be considered under any circumstances. -- The Council will not provide additional notification to any Bidder of the rejection of a late Tender. -- For the avoidance of any doubt, automated messages confirming receipt of a Tender should not be taken to imply acceptance of it by the Council. . . Police Scotland identified a number of business areas that have a high risk of infiltration by Serious and Organised Crime groups; this Framework belongs to one such area and as such the Council reserves the right to include enhanced probity checks prior to any contract award, including sharing tenderer information with Police Scotland. The tender pack includes a schedule for the Declaration of non-involvement in serious organised crime; this is a mandatory tender submission requirement for all tenderers. . The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this PQQ exercise. The Project code is 28578. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 A sub-contract clause has been included in this contract. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2363 The Contracting Authority does not intend to include any community benefit requirements in this contract for the following reason: This Flexible Framework is not providing any guarantee of work; any contracts will be across a vast number of learning providers and it is therefore overly complex to achieve useage at this stage and it is anticipated that none of them would reach the threshold where it would be reasonable to expect Community Benefits to be accrued. . The nature of this Framework already has benefits to the community ingrained within it as the sole purpose is to enhance the employability skills and post school pathways that will better equip our young people for the world of work. A significant focus of this Framework will be to ensure adequate specialist provision is available for our schools and programmes supporting pupils with complex and additional needs. . (SC Ref:792913)

Reference

ocds-h6vhtk-04ebb9
FTS 008802-2025