FTS047 Pathways to Start - Lot 2 Moray

Concepts

• education and training
• inverness
• fts047 pathways
• moray
• starting
• pathways
• adult education
• training services
• personal development training
• training programme

Location

Inverness

Description

THIS IS THE CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE FOR LOT 2 MORAY. HIE procured a supplier to deliver a programme to support underrepresented groups in entrepreneurship. The programme will inspire participants to increase their ambition, confidence and capability to develop an entrepreneurial mindset and enter pathways for starting a business through a programme of entrepreneurial training and mentoring tailored towards underrepresented groups/individuals specific learning needs. HIE’s current requirements are divided into two geographical Lots: - Lot 1: Argyll and Bute, covering HIE areas only - Lot 2: Moray Note, Lot 1 covers Argyll and Bute geographical area i.e. excluding Arran, Cumbrae, and Helensburgh and Lomond. The services are required from 20 October 2025 until 31 March 2026, unless terminated in accordance with the provisions of the Contract. The delivery of the services, submission of all invoices and completion of all reports must be complete by 20 March 2026.

Total Quantity or Scope

Key tasks are: 1. Programme design 2. Outreach, stakeholder engagement and participant recruitment 3. Training delivery 4. Programme administration and monitoring. Please refer to the Scope of Requirement and Guidance document for full details.

Award Detail

Renewal Options

HIE reserves the right, on giving reasonable written notice from time to time, to require changes to the Services (whether by way of the removal of Services, the addition of new Services, or increasing or decreasing the Services or specifying the order in which the Services are to be performed or the locations where the Services are to be provided). HIE shall not require any such change other than where it is permitted by Regulation 72 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. Examples of contract modifications are but not limited to: -Additional funding is obtained (beyond the GBP20,000 contingency included in the total contract value of each lot) and used e.g. to increase the number of participants. Tendered rates will apply to any increases. -Envisaged number of participants could not be recruited, resulting in reduced service requirements/volumes. -Less than 16 participants could be recruited for the programme – HIE reserves the right not to proceed with the programme and terminate the contract. -Recruited participant numbers exceed 45 for the lot. In this case (some of) the allowance of GBP20,000 will be utilised to provide services to further participants, as per tendered rates per participant. -Where HIE determines (at our sole discretion) that demand for the programme under a lot is lower than expected, HIE reserves the right to re-allocate the budget for that Lot to the other Lot subject to the maximum total budget of GBP480,000 (i.e. the maximum total of the two lots). -If Special Category Personal Data and/or other sensitive personal information requires further/different procedures, the supplier will be required to comply with these.

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 80000000 - Education and training services
• 80400000 - Adult and other education services
• 80500000 - Training services
• 80570000 - Personal development training services
• 80521000 - Training programme services
• 80522000 - Training seminars
• 80532000 - Management training services
• 72224000 - Project management consultancy services
• 79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services
• 79410000 - Business and management consultancy services
• 79411100 - Business development consultancy services
• 79411000 - General management consultancy services
• 80210000 - Technical and vocational secondary education services

Indicators

• Options are available.
• Award on basis of price.

Other 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. The figure stated in sections II.1.7 and V.2.4 is the total value of the contract for this lot including the GBP 20,000 allowance. (SC Ref:812711)