title: Supply and Distribution of Dairy and Chilled Products

title: Supply and Distribution of Dried Goods and Ambient Products

title: Supply and Distribution of Crisps and Confectionery

title: Supply and Distribution of Soft Drinks and Water

title: Supply Only of Groceries and Provisions

description:
This Contract Award Notice is in relation to the renewal framework for Groceries and Provisions.
 It is anticipated that the scope of materials covered under the framework will include, but not limited to cheese, butter, eggs and yoghurts.. 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. Please see the Invitation to Tender contained on the PCS-Tender project relevant to this procurement and the other Procurement Documents for further information.

description:
This Contract Award Notice is in relation to a renewal framework for Groceries & Provisions.
 It is anticipated that the scope of materials covered under the framework will include, but not be limited to baking ingredients, preserves,
 biscuits and cakes, breakfast cereals, canned goods, condiments, cooking sauces, hot drinks and seasonings.. 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. Please see the Invitation to Tender contained on the PCS-Tender project relevant to this procurement and the other Procurement Documents for further information.

description:
This Contract Award Notice is in relation to a renewal framework for Groceries & Provisions.
 It is anticipated that the scope of materials covered under the framework will include, but not be limited to, confectionery, crisps and snacks.. 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. Please see the Invitation to Tender contained on the PCS-Tender project relevant to this procurement and the other Procurement Documents for further information.

description:
This Contract Award Notice is in relation to a renewal framework for Groceries & Provisions.
 It is anticipated that the scope of materials covered under the framework will include, but not be limited to juices, squashes and cordials, water and soft drinks.. 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. Please see the Invitation to Tender contained on the PCS-Tender project relevant to this procurement and the other Procurement Documents for further information.

description:
This Contract Award Notice is in relation to a renewal framework for Groceries & Provisions.
 This lot is for distribution of products awarded on Lot 6 Supply Only. 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. Please see the Invitation to Tender contained on the PCS-Tender project relevant to this procurement and the other Procurement Documents for further information.

title: Supply Only of Groceries and Provisions

description:
This Contract Award Notice is in relation to a renewal framework opportunity for the Supply Only and Supply and Distribution of Groceries and Provisions.
 It will provide a mechanism for Scottish local authorities to procure a range of groceries and provisions that includes, but is not limited to, eggs, cheese, yoghurts, flour, cake mixes, tinned goods, cereals, condiments, cook sauces, hot beverages, crisps, confectionery, soft drinks and water.
 Bidders are able to bid on a supply only basis for 1 or more product items contained within the schedule of offer at no penalty.. 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. Please see the Invitation to Tender contained on the PCS-Tender project relevant to this procurement and the other Procurement Documents for further information.

description: Throughout Scotland

description: Throughout Scotland

description: Throughout Scotland

description: Throughout Scotland

description: Throughout Scotland

description: Throughout Scotland

title: Supply Only and Supply & Distribution of Groceries and Provisions

description:
This Contract Notice is in relation to the renewal framework for Groceries and Provisions.
 It is anticipated that the scope of materials covered under the framework will include, but not be limited to, dairy and chilled, dried goods and ambient products, and crisps, confectionery, soft drinks and water.

description:
This Contract Award Notice is in relation to the renewal framework for Groceries and Provisions.
 It is anticipated that the scope of materials covered under the framework will include, but not be limited to, dairy and chilled, dried goods and ambient products, and crisps, confectionery, soft drinks and water.

streetAddress: Scotland Excel Offices, Renfrewshire House, Cotton Street, Paisley, PA1 1AR

description: Details provided by Councils at Call-off where required.

performanceTerms:
Scotland Excel will require the members of any tendering group of entities (including, but not limited to, consortium members, members of a group of economic operators and / or sub-contractors) to be jointly and severally liable for the performance of the contract (no matter the legal form taken by those entities in order to enter into the contract.
 For full details of the conditions relevant to the proposed Framework, and contracts to be called-off there under (to the extent known or settled at this stage), please see the Procurement Documents (details of how to access these being set out in section " “I.3 (Communication” of this Contract Notice).

minimum:
1. SPD (Scotland) Question 4B.5
 It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded
 contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:
 SPD (Scotland) Question
 4B.5.1 Employers' (Compulsory) Liability Insurance - maintain a minimum indemnity limit of GBP 10 million in respect of each and every claim, and without limit to the number of claims.
 SPD (Scotland) Question 4B.5.2 Public Liability Insurance GBP 10 million each and every claim and in the aggregate in respect of Products.
 SPD (Scotland) Question 4B.5.2 Products Liability Insurance GBP 10 million each and every claim and in the aggregate in respect of Products.
 Motor Vehicle Insurance - maintain a minimum indemnity limit of GBP 5 million for Property Damage, and unlimited in respect of Third
 Party Injury.
 For bidders who will subcontract parts of the business, the bidder should provide a letter signed by a person of appropriate authority confirming that the bidder has ongoing arrangements in place to ensure that subcontractors' vehicles are appropriately insured and maintained.
 All Goods to be supplied must be provided in accordance with the applicable Law and contract requirements.
 Other Economic and Financial Requirements.
 A search of the tenderer against Equifax's ScoreCheck and Protect must not result in a “Rating”, “Warning” or “Caution” return which identifies financial risk, unless the tenderer confirms that it can provide any other document which Scotland Excel considers appropriate to prove to Scotland Excel (acting within its permitted discretion under the applicable public procurement rules) that the tenderer does/would not present an unmanageable risk should it be appointed on to the proposed Framework Agreement.

description:
1. SPD (Scotland) Question 4B.5: Insurance Requirements
 2. SPD (Scotland) Question 4B.6: Other Economic & Financial Requirements
 In accordance with Regulation 59 (12), as this proposed Framework Agreement is divided into Lots, these Economic and Financial Standing selection criteria apply separately in relation to each individual Lot.

minimum:
SPD (SCOTLAND) QUESTION 4C.10 - SUBCONTRACTING:
 Tenderers will be required to confirm whether they intend to subcontract and, if so, for what proportion of the contracts to be called-off under the proposed framework agreement.
 If you intend to subcontract any share of the contract to third parties on whose capacity you do not rely to satisfy the selection criteria, you must secure that each subcontractor completes a separate SPD (Scotland) Response for all Parts of the SPD (Scotland) Qualification Envelope, except Part 4 (Selection criteria).
 SPD (SCOTLAND) QUESTION 4D.1 - QUALITY ASSURANCE SCHEMES:
 The tenderer must have the following:
 The tenderer MUST HOLD a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS EN ISO 9001 (or equivalent).
 OR
 A documented policy regarding quality management. The policy must set out responsibilities for quality management demonstrating that the tenderer has and continues to implement a quality management policy that is authorised by their Chief Executive, or equivalent, and is periodically reviewed at a senior management level. The policy must be relevant to the nature and scale of the work to be undertaken and set out responsibilities for quality management throughout the organisation.
 SPD (SCOTLAND) QUESTION 4D.1 - HEALTH AND SAFETY PROCEDURES:
 The tenderer must have the following:
 The tenderer MUST HOLD a UKAS (or equivalent), accredited independent third party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS ISO 45001 (or equivalent) or have, within the last 12 months, successfully met the assessment requirements of a scheme in registered membership of the Safety Schemes in Procurement (SSIP) forum.
 OR
 A regularly reviewed and documented policy for Health and Safety (H&S) management, endorsed by the Chief Executive Officer, or equivalent. The policy must be relevant to the nature and scale of the work and set out responsibilities for H&S management at all levels within the organisation. The policy must be relevant to the nature and scale of your operations and set out your company's responsibilities of health and safety management and compliance with legislation.
 SPD (SCOTLAND) QUESTION 4D.2 - ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT STANDARDS:
 The tenderer must have the following:
 The tenderer MUST HOLD a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third party certificate of compliance with BS EN ISO 14001 (or equivalent) or a valid EMAS (or equivalent) certificate.
 OR
 A regularly reviewed documented policy regarding environmental management, authorised by the Chief Executive, or equivalent. This policy must include and describe the tenderer's environmental emergency response procedures including the preparedness and response procedures for potential accidents and emergency response situations that give rise to significant environmental impacts (for example hazardous substances spill control).

description:
1. SPD (Scotland) Question 4C.1: Supply & Services Contracts
 2. SPD (Scotland) Question 4C.10:Subcontracting
 3. SPD (Scotland) Question 4D.1: Quality Assurance Scheme
 4. SPD (Scotland) Question 4D.1: Health and Safety Procedures
 5. SPD (Scotland) Question 4D.2: Environmental Management Standards

Scotland Excel

description: General public services

description: General public services

description: General public services

description:
This Prior Information Notice (PIN) is in relation to the renewal framework for Groceries and Provisions.
 It is anticipated that the scope of materials covered under the framework will include, but not be limited to,dairy and chilled,
 dried goods and ambient products, and crisps, confectionery, soft drinks and water.

title: Supply Only of Groceries and Provisions

description:
This Tender process is subject to the Law and Guidance applicable in Scotland relative to the award of public contracts including (without limitation) as set out in the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015, most recently amended to reflect the European Union exit by the UK. Any prior version of the relevant Law and Guidance, or terminology related thereto, which appears in these Procurement Documents should therefore be interpreted and applied as currently in force.
 Scotland Excel is a central purchasing body procuring this framework on behalf of the following contracting authorities (and successor bodies):
 - The 32 local authorities in Scotland,
 - Tayside Contracts,
 - Scotland Excel associate members: https://home.scotland-excel.org.uk/about-us/our-members/
 - Scottish National Health Service Authorities, including any body created pursuant to the National Health Service Scotland Act (1978),
 - Scottish Prison Service (SPS) and all establishments owned and managed by the Scottish Ministers through the Scottish Prison Service,
 - Police Scotland,
 - Any Integration Authority, or other body, established pursuant to the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014.
 The above is subject to each contracting authority entering into and maintaining a membership agreement or other access agreement with Scotland Excel.
 Tenderers are advised that the envisaged maximum number of participants that might be appointed to this framework agreement set out in section IV.1.3 of this contract notice is purely indicative. Scotland Excel reserves the right to appoint more or less bidders than the envisaged maximum number to the proposed Framework Agreement.
 Tenderers are advised that whether electronic ordering, invoicing and payment will be used or accepted is at the discretion of each Member Authority or Associate Member which will be settled by them during call off of a contract under this proposed Framework Agreement.
 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
 For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343
 (SC Ref:797608)


rel: canonical

title: Home Energy Scotland Highlands and Islands

status: planned

description:
Energy Saving Trust wishes to appoint a contractor to operate and manage The Highlands and Islands HES advice centre from 1st April 2026. We are procuring five regional contracts, this lot being one of five. Tenderers must locate facilities for delivery of the service within the region covered by each lot. Tenderers will only be able to bid for a maximum of 2 lots.
 The advice network was established in 2008 and is managed on behalf of the Scottish Government by Energy Saving Trust. The current contracts are due to expire on 31 March 2026. The HES advice centres provide a range of services to encourage and enable householders to adopt lower carbon lifestyles and, where at risk from fuel poverty, achieve affordable warmth. The services include advising customers on the opportunities to reduce carbon impacts and save money by: adopting energy efficient and other low carbon behaviours; purchasing energy efficient appliances; installing clean heating, insulation and other energy efficiency measures; generating energy through home renewables as well as advising on and providing access to various schemes of financial support. They provide a gateway to assistance to low-income householders through the Scottish Government’s Warmer Homes Scotland programme, Home Energy Scotland grants and loans, and area-based schemes.
 The advice centres deliver direct advice by phone, email, in person and through digital channels, and develop collaborative partnerships and outreach, working to meet agreed activity KPIs.
 The estimated total value of the services being tendered is GBP 12 million over 2 years to March 2028, with a potential for two further one-year extensions. Around GBP 1.1 million (excl VAT) per year of this budget is attributable to the Highlands and Islands Centre. This figure, and figures for future years of the service are subject to ongoing revision and approval from Scottish Government, acting in their own sole discretion. The contracts are expected to commence on the 1st of April 2026.

title: Home Energy Scotland North East

description:
Energy Saving Trust wishes to appoint a contractor to operate and manage The North East HES advice centre from 1st April 2026. We are procuring five regional contracts, this lot being one of five. Tenderers must locate facilities for delivery of the service within the region covered by each lot. Tenderers will only be able to bid for a maximum of 2 lots.
 The advice network was established in 2008 and is managed on behalf of the Scottish Government by Energy Saving Trust. The current contracts are due to expire on 31 March 2026. The HES advice centres provide a range of services to encourage and enable householders to adopt lower carbon lifestyles and, where at risk from fuel poverty, achieve affordable warmth. The services include advising customers on the opportunities to reduce carbon impacts and save money by: adopting energy efficient and other low carbon behaviours; purchasing energy efficient appliances; installing clean heating, insulation and other energy efficiency measures; generating energy through home renewables as well as advising on and providing access to various schemes of financial support. They provide a gateway to assistance to low-income householders through the Scottish Government’s Warmer Homes Scotland programme, Home Energy Scotland grants and loans, and area-based schemes.
 The advice centres deliver direct advice by phone, email, in person and through digital channels, and develop collaborative partnerships and outreach, working to meet agreed activity KPIs.
 The estimated total value of the services being tendered is GBP 12 million over 2 years to March 2028, with a potential for two further one-year extensions. Around GBP 1.2 million (excl VAT) per year of this budget is attributable to the North East Centre. This figure, and figures for future years of the service are subject to ongoing revision and approval from Scottish Government, acting in their own sole discretion. The contracts are expected to commence on the 1st of April 2026.

title: Home Energy Scotland South East

description:
Energy Saving Trust wishes to appoint a contractor to operate and manage The South East HES advice centre from 1st April 2026. We are procuring five regional contracts, this lot being one of five. Tenderers must locate facilities for delivery of the service within the region covered by each lot. Tenderers will only be able to bid for a maximum of 2 lots.
 The advice network was established in 2008 and is managed on behalf of the Scottish Government by Energy Saving Trust. The current contracts are due to expire on 31 March 2026. The HES advice centres provide a range of services to encourage and enable householders to adopt lower carbon lifestyles and, where at risk from fuel poverty, achieve affordable warmth. The services include advising customers on the opportunities to reduce carbon impacts and save money by: adopting energy efficient and other low carbon behaviours; purchasing energy efficient appliances; installing clean heating, insulation and other energy efficiency measures; generating energy through home renewables as well as advising on and providing access to various schemes of financial support. They provide a gateway to assistance to low-income householders through the Scottish Government’s Warmer Homes Scotland programme, Home Energy Scotland grants and loans, and area-based schemes.
 The advice centres deliver direct advice by phone, email, in person and through digital channels, and develop collaborative partnerships and outreach, working to meet agreed activity KPIs.
 The estimated total value of the services being tendered is GBP 12 million over 2 years to March 2028, with a potential for two further one-year extensions. Around GBP 1.3 million (excl VAT) per year of this budget is attributable to the South East Centre. This figure, and figures for future years of the service are subject to ongoing revision and approval from Scottish Government, acting in their own sole discretion. The contracts are expected to commence on the 1st of April 2026.

title: Home Energy Scotland South West

description:
Energy Saving Trust wishes to appoint a contractor to operate and manage The South West HES advice centre from 1st April 2026. We are procuring five regional contracts, this lot being one of five. Tenderers must locate facilities for delivery of the service within the region covered by each lot. Tenderers will only be able to bid for a maximum of 2 lots.
 The advice network was established in 2008 and is managed on behalf of the Scottish Government by Energy Saving Trust. The current contracts are due to expire on 31 March 2026. The HES advice centres provide a range of services to encourage and enable householders to adopt lower carbon lifestyles and, where at risk from fuel poverty, achieve affordable warmth. The services include advising customers on the opportunities to reduce carbon impacts and save money by: adopting energy efficient and other low carbon behaviours; purchasing energy efficient appliances; installing clean heating, insulation and other energy efficiency measures; generating energy through home renewables as well as advising on and providing access to various schemes of financial support. They provide a gateway to assistance to low-income householders through the Scottish Government’s Warmer Homes Scotland programme, Home Energy Scotland grants and loans, and area-based schemes.
 The advice centres deliver direct advice by phone, email, in person and through digital channels, and develop collaborative partnerships and outreach, working to meet agreed activity KPIs.
 The estimated total value of the services being tendered is GBP 12 million over 2 years to March 2028, with a potential for two further one-year extensions. Around GBP 0.8 million (excl VAT) per year of this budget is attributable to the South West Centre. This figure, and figures for future years of the service are subject to ongoing revision and approval from Scottish Government, acting in their own sole discretion. The contracts are expected to commence on the 1st of April 2026.

title: Home Energy Scotland Strathclyde and Central

description:
Energy Saving Trust wishes to appoint a contractor to operate and manage The Strathclyde and Central HES advice centre from 1st April 2026. We are procuring five regional contracts, this lot being one of five. Tenderers must locate facilities for delivery of the service within the region covered by each lot. Tenderers will only be able to bid for a maximum of 2 lots.
 The advice network was established in 2008 and is managed on behalf of the Scottish Government by Energy Saving Trust. The current contracts are due to expire on 31 March 2026. The HES advice centres provide a range of services to encourage and enable householders to adopt lower carbon lifestyles and, where at risk from fuel poverty, achieve affordable warmth. The services include advising customers on the opportunities to reduce carbon impacts and save money by: adopting energy efficient and other low carbon behaviours; purchasing energy efficient appliances; installing clean heating, insulation and other energy efficiency measures; generating energy through home renewables as well as advising on and providing access to various schemes of financial support. They provide a gateway to assistance to low-income householders through the Scottish Government’s Warmer Homes Scotland programme, Home Energy Scotland grants and loans, and area-based schemes.
 The advice centres deliver direct advice by phone, email, in person and through digital channels, and develop collaborative partnerships and outreach, working to meet agreed activity KPIs.
 The estimated total value of the services being tendered is GBP 12 million over 2 years to March 2028, with a potential for two further one-year extensions. Around GBP 1.8 million (excl VAT) per year of this budget is attributable to the Strathclyde and Central. This figure, and figures for future years of the service are subject to ongoing revision and approval from Scottish Government, acting in their own sole discretion. The contracts are expected to commence on the 1st of April 2026.

description:
Argyll and Bute
 Highland
 Na h-Eileanan Siar
 Orkney Islands
 Shetland Islands

region: UKM

scheme: CPV

description:
Aberdeen City
 Aberdeenshire
 Angus
 Dundee City
 Moray
 Perth and Kinross

description:
East Lothian
 Edinburgh, City of
 Fife
 Midlothian
 Scottish Borders
 West Lothian

description:
Dumfries and Galloway
 East Ayrshire
 North Ayrshire
 South Ayrshire

description:
Clackmannanshire
 East Dunbartonshire
 East Renfrewshire
 Falkirk
 Glasgow City
 Inverclyde
 North Lanarkshire
 Renfrewshire
 South Lanarkshire
 Stirling
 West Dunbartonshire

title: Provision of Home Energy Scotland Advice Centre Services

scheme: CELEX

description:
Energy Saving Trust wishes to appoint contractors to operate and manage each of the five regional advice centres of the Home Energy Scotland (HES) advice network covering the Highlands and Islands, North East, South East, South West, Strathclyde and Central regions of Scotland from 1st April 2026. The tender will be split into 5 lots, covering the provision of the services in these 5 geographical areas. Energy Saving Trust currently anticipates following a single-stage "open" tender procedure and to publish a formal contract notice for these purposes in July 2025.
 We currently anticipate the estimated total value of the services being tendered to be GBP 12 million over 2 years to March 2028, with a potential for two further one-year extensions. This figure, and figures for future years of the service are subject to ongoing revision and approval from Scottish Government, acting in their own sole discretion.

mainProcurementCategory: services

Energy Saving Trust Ltd

roles: buyer centralPurchasingBody

locality: EH2 1DF

postalCode: Edinburgh

streetAddress: Prospect House, 5 Thistle Street

id: Organisation acting on behalf of the Scottish Government

scheme: COFOG

description: Environmental protection

legalName: Energy Saving Trust Ltd

format: text/html

documentType: plannedProcurementNotice

description:
NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=544629.
 NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=769930.
 (SC Ref:769930)

initiationType: tender


measure: bids

measure: smeBids

measure: foreignBidsFromEU

measure: foreignBidsFromNonEU

measure: electronicBids

status: complete

description:
Aberdeen City Council (The Client) is to carry out the redevelopment of the site to form social housing
 rented accommodation (c. 195 nr units) comprising a mix of housing and flatted units, with associated
 streets, parking and amenity space. The works are being undertaken as part of an ambitious
 programme of works to create high quality social housing units across Aberdeen City and involves the
 following:
 - All properties to meet Gold Technical Standard
 - HfVN
 - Current statutory regulation
 - Any other requirements set in the ACC High Level Requirements document
 - Terms and conditions or the contract
 - Take on sites in current conditions and works complete to date
 The contract shall be the SBCC Design and Build, 2016 edition, providing a fixed price lump sum. It is
 the intention of ACC to novate the design team to the Successful Tenderer. Further detail regarding
 the Conditions of Contract shall be provided at the Invitation to Tender stage when the Council shall
 confirm which terms and conditions shall apply.
 4 | P a g e SPD Instructions
 The Works are expected to start in Quarter 3 2024 and will have a 2 year contract period.
 The Successful Tenderer will undertake the role of Principal Contractor as recognised in the above
 documentation and fulfilling the Construction Design and Management Regulations and all relevant UK
 Health and Safety Legislation

Quality

type: quality

type: price

variantPolicy: notAllowed

title: Kincorth New Build Housing Project

title: Kincorth New Build Housing Project

documentType: contractNotice

documentType: economicSelectionCriteria

documentType: technicalSelectionCriteria

title: SPD Instructions

format: application/pdf

title: Kincorth New Build Housing Project

documentType: awardNotice

procurementMethod: selective

mainProcurementCategory: works

procurementMethodDetails: Restricted procedure

Aberdeen City Council

locality: Aberdeen

postalCode: AB16 5GB

streetAddress: Woodhill House, Westburn Road

description: General public services

legalName: Aberdeen City Council

Aberdeen Sheriff Court

legalName: Aberdeen Sheriff Court

Aberdeen City Council

description: General public services

Ogilvie Construction Limited

locality: Stirling

postalCode: FK7 8ES

streetAddress: Ogilvie House, Pirnhall Business Park

scale: large

legalName: Ogilvie Construction Limited

currency: GBP

status: active

description: (SC Ref:800126)

scheme: EU-OJ


name: Glasgow City Council (as administering authority for the Strathclyde Pension Fund)

status: unsuccessful

statusDetails: discontinued

status: cancelled

description:
This procurement is being conducted by DTZ Investors for Glasgow City Council as administering authority for the Strathclyde Pension Fund (SPF). SPF is part of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) and is one of the 11 LGPS funds in Scotland and around100 in the UK.
 This contract is being procured under the Open Procedure. The Invitation to Tender (ITT) includes an SPD document. All Bidders must submit a completed SPD document as part of their response to the ITT. SPD responses meeting the minimum exclusion and selection criteria will proceed to have their response to the rest of the ITT evaluated against the award
 criteria. The minimum exclusion and selection criteria, award criteria and evaluation methodology is outlined in the ITT.. 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.
 As above, all communications from tenderers on this procurement should be sent to Bankside@cogentbc.co.uk

electronicCataloguePolicy: required

description: London

region: UK

title: Re-development of the existing office building situated at Bankside House, 76-80 Southwark Street, London, SE1 0PN

description:
The contract location is Bankside House, 76-80 Southwark Street, London, SE1 0PN. The property spans two sites which were formerly separate entities and were redeveloped to form a single office building in 1971. The original Victorian warehouse structure remains to the eastern portion of the site while that at the western end was constructed in 1971. The property was substantially remodelled and clad in 2001.
 The contract works comprise the design, construction, remodelling and refurbishment of the existing office and ancillary plant accommodation at basement, and ground to fourth floor levels. The existing fifth floor level is to be demolished and new fifth and sixth floors will be constructed with new plant and roof terrace above. The building will be substantially rebuilt or reclad to the west, south and part north elevations. New terraces will be formed at fifth and sixth floors to the rear. Internally, the cores are to be rebuilt to provide high quality office plates over basement to sixth floors. The entrance will remain on the corner of Great Guildford and Southwark Streets. New cycle store and plant areas will be provided at basement level, along with a new feature stair linking the office accommodation at ground and basement.
 The works to be carried out on the property include but are not limited to the following:
 - The main entrance will remain in its current location but be substantially remodelled and refurbished;
 - The central core consisting of the main stair and two passenger lifts will be relocated to the northern boundary. This will require new structure to be built at the location of the current single storey area to the north;
 - The existing eastern core will be replaced with a new fire fighting core;
 - A stair will provide access from basement to ground floor serving the cycle and plant areas;
 - A new feature stair will be provided between ground and basement level;
 - The existing rendered polystyrene cladding will be removed and replaced with a new blue façade including new bay windows along Great Guildford and Southwark Streets;
 - The existing balconies on the northern façade will be removed and new private terraces will be formed at fifth and sixth floors;
 - The existing fifth floor level is to demolished and a new fifth and sixth floors will be constructed with new plant and roof terrace above; and,
 - Internal fabric and services will be replaced.
 The Procurement is being conducted by DTZ Investors for Glasgow City Council as administering authority for the Strathclyde Pension Fund (SPF). The successful Bidder will enter into the contract for the works with the Council.

title: ITT - Bankside

format: application/msword

description:
The contract location is Bankside House, 76-80 Southwark Street, London, SE1 0PN. The
 property spans two sites which were formerly separate entities and were redeveloped to
 form a single office building in 1971. The original Victorian warehouse structure remains to
 the eastern portion of the site while that at the western end was constructed in 1971. The
 property was substantially remodelled and clad in 2001.
 The contract works comprise the design, construction, remodelling and refurbishment of the
 existing office and ancillary plant accommodation at basement, and ground to fourth floor
 levels. The existing fifth floor level is to be demolished and new fifth and sixth floors will be
 constructed with new plant and roof terrace above. The building will be substantially rebuilt
 or reclad to the west, south and part north elevations. New terraces will be formed at fifth
 and sixth floors to the rear. Internally, the cores are to be rebuilt to provide high quality office
 plates over basement to sixth floors. The entrance will remain on the corner of Great
 Guildford and Southwark Streets. New cycle store and plant areas will be provided at
 basement level, along with a new feature stair linking the office accommodation at ground
 and basement.
 The Procurement is being conducted by DTZ Investors for Glasgow City Council as administering authority for the Strathclyde Pension Fund (SPF).

performanceTerms:
Where Bidders are bidding as part of a group (e.g a consortium), the Council reserves the right to require Bidders to assume a specific legal form for the purpose of the award of the contract.
 Where a Bidder relies upon the capacity of another entity to satisfy the criteria relating to economic and financial standing, the Council reserves the right to require the Bidder and that entity to be jointly and severally liable.

electronicInvoicingPolicy: allowed

reviewDetails: Court proceedings can be brought in either the Sheriff Court or Court of Session. Any proceedings relating to a breach of a duty owed by Glasgow City Council to a Bidder under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 in relation to this procurement must be started within 30 days beginning with the date on which the Bidder first knew or ought to have known that grounds for beginning the proceedings had arisen. The 30-day limitation period can exceptionally be extended by the Court for up to three months if satisfied that there is a good reason for doing so. In accordance with the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015, the Council will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period from the date information on the award of the contract is communicated to Bidders.

procurementMethod: open

type: suitability

description: In respect of SPD Question 4A.1, Bidders are required to register with contractor verification system, Avetta. Bidders should disclose in the SPD whether they are approved and registered with Avetta. Bidders who are not already registered with Avetta, should confirm that they are willing to register at the point of contract award in order to ‘Pass’ this question. Further details can be found in the ITT.

type: economic

description:
In relation to Question 4B.1.1 of the SPD, Bidders must show it has a ‘general’ yearly turnover of no less than GBP 20,000,000 in each of their last three (3) financial years.
 Bidders who have been trading for less than three (3) years must provide evidence that they have met the above minimum financial requirements for the period during which they have been trading.
 In relation to Question 4B.4 of the SPD, the Bidder must confirm that its Dun & Bradstreet Failure Score has a Risk Indicator of 1, 2 or 3. Where a Bidder has a Dun & Bradstreet Failure Score with a Risk Indicator of 4 ‘High Risk’, or a Dun & Bradstreet report is not available, the Council will ask the Bidder to provide further assurance to the Council. This might include other recognised rating agency ratings such as Company Watch or Experian or other forms of mitigation, such as a performance bond.
 Bidders who do not comply with the above financial requirements and are seeking to rely on the economic and financial standing of a parent company (or other organisation) to satisfy the turnover test and/or credit check rating test must:
 (i)	State this explicitly in response to Question 4B.6;
 (ii)	Provide a letter of commitment from the parent company (or other organisation) to provide a guarantee on terms acceptable to the Council; and
 (iii)	Provide the required financial information in respect of the guarantor.
 Where the Bidder is a group of economic operators (such as a consortium), the Lead Party of that group must comply with the above minimum financial requirements.
 In relation to Question 4B.5.1 – 4B.5.3 of the SPD, Bidders must confirm that they have or can commit to obtain prior to commencement of the contract the following insurances and associated minimum financial levels of cover: -
 - Bidders shall take out and maintain, throughout the period of the contract, Employer’s Liability insurance to the value of at least TEN MILLION POUNDS STERLING (GBP 10,000,000) in respect of any one event and unlimited in the period;
 - Bidders shall take out and maintain, throughout the period of the contract, Public Liability insurance to the value of at least TWENTY MILLION POUNDS STERLING (GBP 20,000,000) in respect of any one event and unlimited in the period;
 - Bidder shall take out and maintain throughout the period of their services Professional Indemnity insurance to the value of at least TEN MILLION POUNDS STERLING (GBP 10,000,000) in respect of any one event.
 Deposits and Guarantees
 The Council may require that the successful Bidder provides a parent company guarantee/guarantees and/or other form of suitable security (including a performance bond) on terms acceptable to the Council. Please refer to the ITT for further information

type: technical

minimum: Please refer to the ITT for information on the scoring methodology and minimum score requirement.

description:
In relation to Question 4C.1 of the SPD, Bidders must demonstrate that they have completed projects of a similar nature as the current project described in Section II.1.4 above by providing three examples of projects completed within the last five years as specified in this Contract Notice. Bidders may use examples from both public and/or private sector.
 Examples from Bidders must include the following minimum requirements that demonstrate:
 - they have completed similar project types (relocation of cores, demolition of large sections of the existing structure and construction of new floors);
 - they have completed projects of a similar value to the contract;
 - they have worked in city centre locations on tight island sites, are well versed in the challenges encountered and can advise how they overcame those challenges;
 - they have worked on projects where there were a large number of residential stakeholders in close proximity and how this was managed;
 - they have proven experience of obtaining BREEAM and WELL Building Standard accreditation under similar projects and can provide suitable evidence of same;
 - they have a proven experience of discharging planning conditions, in particular relating to Construction Management Plans, and undertaking successful community engagement;
 - they have proven track record of engaging with major industry schemes including Considerate Constructors and, where relevant obtaining ‘Excellent’ scores; and
 - they have a track record of delivering projects on time, on budget and with zero (or low) defects – bidders should provide suitable evidence and examples of how they have added value to the projects they have completed.
 Each written example must not exceed 500 words. Where a submission exceeds the maximum number of words indicated per example, no account will be taken of the words beyond that 500-word limit. Photographs or diagrams may also be used to accompany text but are restricted to one page per example.

procurementMethodDetails: Open procedure

locality: Glasgow

postalCode: G2 1DU

streetAddress: Chief Executives Department, City Chambers

description: General public services

Glasgow Sheriff Court

postalCode: G5 9DA

streetAddress: 1 Carlton Place

legalName: Glasgow Sheriff Court

description: General public services

description:
The procurement exercise has been abandoned. Following a change of strategy, the asset at 76-80 Southward Street, London has recently been sold, meaning there is no longer a requirement for the works.
 This procurement is being conducted by DTZ Investors for Glasgow City Council as administering authority for the Strathclyde Pension Fund (SPF). SPF is part of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) and is one of 11 LGPS funds in Scotland and around 100 in the UK.
 The successful Bidder will be required to sign an Insurance Mandate authorising the Council to request copies of insurance documents from the Bidder’s insurance provider. If the mandate is not signed and returned the Council reserves the right to request copies of insurance certificates from Bidders at any point during the contract period.
 NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/
 The Council/SPF is not liable for any costs incurred, including in respect of expressing an interest in or tendering for this opportunity. The Council reserves the right at its sole discretion to vary the procurement (or any part of it) at any time, to not to award a contract and to cancel the procurement (or any part of it).
 The Council does not intend to include any community benefit requirements in this contract for the following reason: the works are to be undertaken at a site in London, outside of Scotland.
 (SC Ref:801128)


description: The Strategic childcare plan 2022 to 2026 outlines the Scottish Government’s approach for the remainder of this Parliament to deliver on its childcare policies.The School Age Childcare Delivery Framework further sets out the action areas and approach we are taking to expand access to school age childcare for those who need it most.School age childcare (SACC) comprises childcare and activities which happen before school, after school and during the school holidays, which allow parents and carers to work, train, study or rest, and which give children the chance to play, socialise and develop skills and interests. It is currently provided by regulated childcare services and childminders, and we know that families may make use of specialist children’s activity providers and informal care from friends and family to meet their childcare needs.The School Age Childcare Division takes a person-centered and place-based approach to the programme’s work. By this, we mean that the childcare system, and the services which are part of this system, are co-designed with the people who use them, as well as those who deliver and support them. The design of the system takes account of what is important to communities and makes use of all of the existing services in communities which could provide childcare options for families.The 2023 Programme for Government announced an ambitious, evidence-based set of proposals to expand high quality, funded childcare, particularly for low-income families. This includes a continued commitment to building a system of school age childcare, with a focus on our six early adopter communities. These proposals recognize that affordable and accessible childcare supports employment and the economy, and that secure and sustainable employment helps lift families out of poverty.The commitment to focus on our six early adopter communities would mean expanding into new communities in Shetland and Fife and would also expand to include younger children (from 0-5 years). This commitment was backed by a £16 million investment announced by First Minister John Swinney on 22 May 2024.Due to the commitment expanding to include younger children, the work now expands across the School Age Childcare Division and the Early Learning and Childcare Division, both of which sit in the Directorate for Children and Families within Scottish Government.We plan to convene the Early Adopter Communities as a learning partnership and provide a programme of learning & skills development in order to support them to embed our approach principles, equip them build on their engagement and co-design to date, and identify and share emerging learning and practice with each other and with the school age childcare programme. This invitation to tender is for the design and delivery of the the Learning & Skills Development programme.. Suppliers will be invited separately to tender for a contract to plan and facilitate the Learning Partnership. The two contracts will be aligned.Section 2 – Background and ContextThe Early Adopter Communities (EACs) were established in 2022 to support expanded access to childcare places for low-income families through the creation and provision of services within deprived communities in Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Glasgow and Inverclyde. The EACs are working with communities to understand families’ needs (with children from early years to the end of primary), develop better local systems of childcare to meet those needs, and support parents to better access existing entitlements to childcare subsidies through Universal Credit and Tax-Free Childcare. A key focus of this approach is to test change. In doing so, we are learning more about what works to deliver childcare for families in communities that need it most. Currently around 600 children from 500 families are being supported through our EACs.On 22 May 2024, the First Minister announced a new investment of £16 million over two years within six early adopter community projects to tackle poverty and help families give their children the best start in life by expanding access to childcare services. The EAC projects will now expand into new communities in Fife and Shetland and will support families with children from early years to the end of primary school.The Scottish Government is committed to sharing learning across the early adopter community network and with all Local Authorities, to ensure we support future policy development at a national level.We have asked the early adopter community project leads to embed our programme’s approach principles into their work. This will require the EACs to build on their engagement to date with parents, carers, children and childcare providers and ensure that all engagement undertaken is legal, ethical and inclusive.The EACs have been asked to demonstrate how their project has ensured local service delivery meets user needs and the impact that the Project has had on local families and communities as a whole. The EACs have committed to working with the Scottish Government and any contracted evaluators to support evaluation work and begin to collect monitoring and evaluation data and information at the earliest possible point.We have also asked the EACs to integrate place-based work to design a digital service into their work.To support the EACs to deliver their workplans and ensure that their work can inform the wider SACC programme, we plan to:•	Convene and facilitate the EACs as a Learning Partnership through the procurement of specialist support – a separate but aligned contract.•	Provide a bespoke Learning and Skills Development Programme on participatory and design approaches aligned with our programme approach principles and the Scottish Approach to Service Design through the procurement of specialist support – this contract.The Learning Skills and Development Programme will run in parallel with a separate but aligned contract to deliver the Learning Partnership which the EAC project leads will be involved in. It will be important that the Learning and Skills Development Programme interacts with and complements the Learning Partnership. Scottish Government will support interaction between the two projects, and more details can be found in the Interdependencies section of this document.  With regard to the provision of a Learning and Skills Development Programme, we aim to do this by offering a programme which supports the EACs to :•	Develop their skills and capacity in order to further embed our person-centred and place-based approach at a local level.•	Explore key themes identified in the programme e.g. working in complexity and system change and the approaches needed to work in this context.•	Be equipped to undertake mixed method evidence gathering in their local communities to inform the ongoing development and delivery of their projects to inform the development and delivery of childcare in their communities, and the ongoing policy development for early learning and school age childcare.•	Be equipped to undertake or work with others to undertake legal, ethical and inclusive engagement and co-design.•	This programme will include a planning phase and evaluation phase.The contract for the Learning Partnership is subject to a separate tender process which will be published in parallel to this one, and the SG project team expect that the contractors will work in close partnership to best ensure alignment with the two programmes of work and ensure a seamless experience for the EACs which maximises learning potential.The Learning Partnership will offer the EACs structured opportunities to:•	Work together with psychological safety, trust and openness and a will to surface and share learning together, for the benefit of the wider programme.•	Identify insights from their projects and share with the other EACs, integrating learning across the group and back into the ELC and SACC divisions in SG.•	Reflect on the Learning and Skills Development Programme the EACs will be participating in and explore how best to integrate this into their projects.•	Identify and explore differences in approach to meet the needs of diverse communities.•	Identify the challenges and opportunities presented by design and digital approaches and identify key learning from this.•	Access peer support from other projects to address local challenges.•	Build a body of knowledge that can inform other all age childcare community level projects in future.The overall aims of both contracts are to:•	Build capacity in the EACs to operationalise the programme approach principles.•	Convene the EAC leads as a learning network, to further inform and embed their understanding of engagement and co-design.•	Provide an opportunity for the EAC leads to share progress and learning, clarify expectations, explore common challenges and strengths, and respond to any changes to the programme as it progresses.•	Begin to build a shared understanding and capacity across the EACs of the key defining features of the programme that we want to implement in our approach, including high quality legal ethical and inclusive engagement, design thinking, systems change, collective leadership and ethnographic approaches.Section 3 – Scope /Statement of RequirementOverviewAt this stage, the SG project team intend that there will be three distinct phases of work delivered by the contract. These are summarised below:1.	Review and Planning - Understand the experience of the EACs to date with regard to engagement and participation and any wider evidence gathering they have undertaken to understand the needs of their communities with regard to all age childcare to identify learning needs in order to plan an approach to further develop their capacity and skills to undertake this work.2.	Design and deliver a programme of bespoke learning and skills development activities for the Early Adopter Community leads and others as appropriate, gathering feedback from participants throughout  in order to evaluate the impact of the Learning and Skills Development programme3.	Synthesise evaluation undertaken throughout the programme and outline recommendations to support future development at a national level.Phase 1 – Review and Planning will take place October - November 2024. The purpose of this phase is to work with policy officials and the EAC project leads to:•	Meet with the EAC project leads to review the previous engagement and participation work undertaken by the projects, and insights and data gathered, to better understand the EACs’ learning needs to inform plans for the provision of a bespoke programme of learning and skills development to meet their needs.•	Review the engagement and co-design undertaken by the SACC programme with the EACs to date, to ensure that the learning and skills development programme builds on and aligns with the programme approach.•	Work with the project team to ensure that the learning and skills development programme takes account of recommendations provided in phases 1 and 2 of our People Panel Co-design Discovery Project with parents, carers and providers of SACC and the design principles and identified user needs for parents and carers, children and providers of SACC.•	Work with the EAC learning partnership facilitators to agree an approach to support alignment between the facilitated Learning Partnership and Learning and Skills development programme in order to ensure that learning priorities that emerge through the work of the Learning Partnership can inform the Learning and Skills Development programme, to embed learning and ensure that learning can be shared dynamically with SACC and ELC divisions in SG.•	Work with Scottish Government analysts and/or contracted evaluators for the EAC programme to agree an approach and ensure ongoing alignment between the Learning and Skills Development Programme and Scottish Government monitoring and evaluation work.•	Design and agree with the SG project team, a programme of learning and skills development for the EAC leads and any other relevant individuals identified by the EAC leads. This should include participatory and ethnographic approaches and co-design and should align with the Scottish Approach to Service Design.Phase 2 - Delivery will take place between December 2024 and August 2025. The purpose of this phase is to deliver a programme of learning for the EACs to:•	Inform the EACs’ engagement and co-design work with parents, carers, children and childcare providers.•	Equip the EACs to undertake mixed method evidence gathering in their local communities to inform the development and delivery of all age childcare in the EAC communities, and the ongoing policy development for both ELC and SACC.•	Ensure that the EACs have a clear understanding of the themes and approaches central to the programme, and how they might integrate and support these in their work. This should include system change, working in complexity and place-based approaches.•	Inform the content and themes explored in the learning partnership sessions the EACs will be participating in.Phase 3 - Synthesis of evaluation will take place between September and October 2025. The purpose of this phase is to draw upon the evaluation materials that have been undertaken over the course of the programme to evaluate the learning programme as a whole, in order to:•	Understand the learning and skills development needed to equip a place-based and person-centred local childcare design.•	Identify the challenges and opportunities of mixed method evidence gathering in designing place-based and person-centred local childcare solutions, and what is required to equip the EACs to undertake this work.•	Provide recommendations to guide the further development of local place-based and person-centred childcare delivery.•	Contribute to our commitment to share learning with all Local Authorities, to support future development of SACC and ELC at a national level.The timescales for the contract sit within the 2-year funding commitment made to the Early Adopter Community projects, which ends in March 2026.It is anticipated that the overall cost to deliver this programme of work will not exceed £49,999.Breakdown of workWe require our supplier to work with the SG team, the Learning Partnership contract-holders, and the EACs project leads, to do the following:Review and Planning1.	Agree an overall plan and approach to the project2.	Review engagement and co-design undertaken by the EACs to date and insights gathered.3.	Work with the learning partnership facilitators to agree an approach to align the two programmes of work.4.	Prepare and schedule a programme of learning and skills development inputs.Delivery5.	Facilitate a programme of learning and skills development sessions for the EAC leads and any other relevant people identified by the EACs.6.	Provide progress updates to the SG project team throughout the delivery period.7.	Embed evaluation as part of the delivery process throughout the programmeSynthesis of Evaluation8.	Undertake qualitative interviews with the EAC project leads and policy team to inform evaluation.9.	Provide an evaluation report, including recommendations for future delivery at a national level.These requirements are explained in more detail below.Plan and approach•	The SG project team and the suppliers of both contracts will attend a joint project kick-off meeting.•	At this meeting, we will make sure that the supplier understands the deliverables and has the information needed to plan the delivery of the project, including information about the Scottish Approach to Service Design, and the School Age Childcare unit’s programme approach principles.•	We will use the meeting to agree measures of success and indicators of impact for the deliverables, such as the evidence gathered on the impact of learning and the difference it has made, the sign-off process for the final report.•	The project team will arrange for the supplier to meet with the EAC project leads to consider their learning needs. The EAC leads will share their progress to date in the participatory elements of the projects.•	The project team will arrange for the supplier to meet with the supplier who will convene and facilitate the EAC Learning Partnership, to ensure that plans for the two contracts are aligned and that a plan can be agreed for collaboration and information sharing between the two programmes and as seamless an experience as is possible for the EACs.•	Following these meetings, the supplier will provide and agree a plan for delivery of a programme of learning and skills development for the EACs. This plan will include agreement on the number of learning sessions required, the themes and approaches to be covered, agreement on the most appropriate means of delivery (in person or virtual) and agreement on the evaluation approach to be taken.•	The supplier(s) should deploy an emergent model and be open to adapting plans as the work progresses in order to take account of and respond to feedback from participants and insights gathered through the Learning Partnership workshops.Delivery of Programme of Learning and Skills Development•	The supplier will deliver a series of learning and skills development workshops for the EAC project leads and any other individuals identified by the EAC leads and agreed with the SG project team and supplier.•	The SG project team will provide logistical support to arrange workshops and ensure that workshop materials reach participants. If events are to be held virtually, we may require the supplier to recommend or provide access to suitable whiteboard software.•	While we expect that a programme is agreed at the outset of the delivery programme, we would like to build in flexibility to adapt to the needs of the participants and therefore are open to changes to the programme, where agreed with the project team. This should also be informed by and agreed with the learning partnership facilitator.•	Based on the plan, the supplier(s) should facilitate learning events as agreed with the EACs and the project team.•	We are flexible on the number of learning events/workshops held and the number of participants attending each.•	Learning content is intended to equip the EAC projects to embed our person-centred and place-based approach in their work within their communities and equip them to undertake mixed method evidence gathering which can be used to inform the design, delivery and evaluation of their projects and the services they commission. It may therefore include content on the themes of, for example, collective leadership, service design, co-production, ethnography, action research and / other recognised approaches to community and citizen participation.•	It is important that learning content includes close consideration of engagement approaches most likely to be effective in low-income families, and those families who are most at risk of child poverty.•	It is also important that learning content includes consideration of how best to engage with marginalised communities, some of whom are under-represented in our engagement to date. This should be informed by an intersectional approach.•	The SG project team will work with the supplier, where necessary, to design and approve the workshop activities.Evaluation and Recommendations•	The supplier is expected to gather feedback throughout the programme from learning participants in order to evaluate the impact of the Learning and Skills Development programme. This should include qualitative evidence shared by the participants.•	The supplier is expected to collaborate with the Learning Partnership facilitation team to inform the evaluation approach and ensure that insights gathered from those workshops can inform the evaluation.•	The supplier should work with the SG project team to devise an effective approach to communicating these findings to a range of audiences. It is anticipated that the set of materials required may include:o	a written report which can be used as the basis for communication with Ministers, SG officials and policy stakeholderso	a slide deck which can be used as the basis for further design and delivery of learning programmes to equip other local authorities to take a similar approach to developing a person-centred and place-based approach to designing and delivering all age childcare within communities.o	The SG SACC team would be happy to discuss other materials such as animations, videos, or suitable images, so long as they are accessible.•	The supplier should also produce a report on the methods and approach used to enable knowledge transfer to the SG team, capture lessons learned, and provide a template for others who wish to work in a similar way.Responsibilities of the supplier•	The project team is looking for a supplier who can offer consistency in the individuals that facilitate the learning offer, to create a sense of psychological safety and trust, so that knowledge is retained, and quality is consistent across the programme delivered.•	The project team is open to the supplier bringing in additional specialist facilitation to contribute to the learning and development programme should this be required. Costs would however be met by the supplier from the contract budget.•	Travel and subsistence to where required to attend the workshops (for the supplier and for participants) is included in the total budget.•	The costs of any equipment and materials required for delivering content to participants is also included in the total budget.•	The supplier is responsible for ensuring that learning sessions are accessible, including ad hoc requests from participants (e.g. colour blindness, visual impairments, hearing impairments, mobility etc.) and the supplier will not disclose the individual’s needs to any party outside of the project team.

title: Award of EAC Support - Learning and Skills Development Programme

description: Education and training services

Scottish Government

postalCode: G2 8LU

streetAddress: 5 Atlantic Quay

Glen Shuraig Consulting Ltd

locality: Edinburgh

postalCode: EH3 7PX

streetAddress: 3B Lynedoch Place

Muirhouse Housing Association

postalCode: EH4 4RW

streetAddress: 11 Muirhouse Medway

Harbour Multi-Trades

postalCode: EH5 1AB

streetAddress: 219 Granton Road

The City of Edinburgh Council

postalCode: EH8 8BG

streetAddress: Waverley Court

Nottingham Rehab Limited

locality: Leicestershire

postalCode: LE67 1UB

streetAddress: Sherwood House, Cartwright Way, Forest Business Park, Bardon Hill

Forestry and Land Scotland

locality: Inverness

postalCode: IV3 8NW

streetAddress: Great Glen House

Artscape Gardens

locality: Paisley

postalCode: PA2 8TS

streetAddress: 23 Glenvilla Cirle

Fife College

locality: Dunfermline

postalCode: KY11 8DY

streetAddress: Pittsburgh Road

Streamtec Ltd

locality: Arbroath

postalCode: DD11 2NJ

streetAddress: Elliot Business Park

Children's Hearings Scotland

postalCode: EH12 5HE

streetAddress: 3rd floor, Thistle House

Republic of Media

postalCode: EH3 9QQ

streetAddress: Nova House

The Lines Between Ltd.

postalCode: EH8 7EH

streetAddress: 3 Piershill Place

East Dunbartonshire Council

locality: Kirkintilloch

postalCode: G66 1TJ

streetAddress: Civic & Corporate Headquarters

Dennis Eagle Limited

locality: Warwick

postalCode: CV34 6TE

streetAddress: Heathcote Way

NHS Grampian

postalCode: AB15 6RE

streetAddress: Summerfield House

Bechtle direct Ltd.

locality: Chippenham

postalCode: SN14 0GF

streetAddress: Methuen Park

CR Contracting North LTD

locality: Aboyne

streetAddress: Laurwood

Lorien Resourcing Ltd

postalCode: EH2 4QZ

streetAddress: Randolph House

Harper Macleod LLP

postalCode: G1 3PE

streetAddress: The Ca'd'oro

Stand

postalCode: G1 2DT

streetAddress: 29 St Vincent Place

Registers of Scotland

postalCode: EH8 7AU

streetAddress: Meadowbank House

Venesky Brown Ltd

postalCode: EH1 2AS

streetAddress: 4a Rutland Square

Growth Flag (part of GC Insight)

locality: Manchester

postalCode: M1 5JW

streetAddress: Lee House, 90 Great Bridgewater Street

University of Strathclyde

postalCode: G1 1XU

streetAddress: Learning & Teaching Building

Zenith Property Conservation Ltd

locality: Loanhead

postalCode: EH20 9LZ

streetAddress: 38 Dryden Road

Scottish Government- SASA

postalCode: EH12 9FJ

streetAddress: 1 Roddinglaw Road

Venesky-Brown Recruitment

streetAddress: 4A Rutland Square

Fife Council

locality: Glenrothes

postalCode: KY7 5LT

streetAddress: Fife House

Treka Bus Ltd

locality: Brighouse

streetAddress: Archer Road

Scottish Police Authority

postalCode: G51 1DZ

streetAddress: 1 Pacific Quay

Mehler Vario System GmbH

locality: Fulda

streetAddress: Edelzeller Str. 51

name: RS Fleet Installations Ltd T/A RS Connect

locality: Birmingham

postalCode: B46 1HG

streetAddress: Unit 1

COPTRZ Limited

locality: Leeds

name: Gibb & Beveridge Engineering Agencies Ltd

name: LHC Procurement Group for the Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA)


description: The Strategic childcare plan 2022 to 2026 outlines the Scottish Government’s approach for the remainder of this Parliament to deliver on its childcare policies.The School Age Childcare Delivery Framework further sets out the action areas and approach we are taking to expand access to school age childcare for those who need it most.School age childcare (SACC) comprises childcare and activities which happen before school, after school and during the school holidays, which allow parents and carers to work, train, study or rest, and which give children the chance to play, socialise and develop skills and interests. It is currently provided by regulated childcare services and childminders, and we know that families may make use of specialist children’s activity providers and informal care from friends and family to meet their childcare needs.The School Age Childcare Division takes a people-centred and place-based approach to the programme’s work. By this, we mean that the childcare system, and the services which are part of this system, are co-designed with the people who use them, as well as those who deliver and support them. The design of the system takes account of what is important to communities, and makes use of all of the existing services in communities which could provide childcare options for families.The 2023 Programme for Government announced an ambitious, evidence-based set of proposals to expand high quality, funded childcare, particularly for low-income families. This includes a continued commitment to building a system of school age childcare, with a focus on our six early adopter communities. These proposals recognise that affordable and accessible childcare supports employment and the economy, and that secure and sustainable employment helps lift families out of poverty.The commitment to focus on our six early adopter communities would mean expanding into new communities in Shetland and Fife and would also expand to include younger children (from 0-5 years). This commitment was backed by a £16 million investment announced by First Minister John Swinney on 22 May 2024.Due to the commitment expanding to include younger children, the work now expands across the School Age Childcare Division and the Early Learning and Childcare Division, both of which sit in the Directorate for Children & Families within Scottish Government.We plan to convene the Early Adopter Communities as a learning partnership and provide a programme of learning & skills development in order to support them to embed our approach principles, equip them build on their engagement and co-design to date, and identify and share emerging learning and practice with each other and with the school age childcare programme. This invitation to tender is for the planning, facilitation and evaluation of the EACs Learning Partnership. Suppliers will be invited separately to tender for a contract to design and deliver the Learning & Skills Development programme. The two contracts will be aligned.Section 2 – Background & ContextThe Early Adopter Communities (EACs) were established in 2022 to support expanded access to childcare places for low-income families through the creation and provision of services within deprived communities in Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Glasgow and Inverclyde. The EACs are working with communities to understand families’ needs (with children from early years to the end of primary), develop better local systems of childcare to meet those needs, and support parents to better access existing entitlements to childcare subsidies through Universal Credit and Tax-Free Childcare. A key focus of this approach is to test change. In doing so, we are learning more about what works to deliver childcare for families in communities that need it most. Currently around 600 children from 500 families are being supported through our EACs.On 22 May 2024, the First Minister announced a new investment of £16 million over two years within six early adopter community projects to tackle poverty and help families give their children the best start in life by expanding access to childcare services. The EAC projects will now expand into new communities in Fife and Shetland and will support families with children from early years to the end of primary school.The Scottish Government is committed to sharing learning across the early adopter community network and with all Local Authorities, to ensure we support future policy development at a national level.We have asked the early adopter community project leads to embed our programme’s approach principles into their work. This will require the EACs to build on their engagement to date with parents, carers, children and childcare providers and ensure that all engagement undertaken is legal, ethical & inclusive. The EACs have been asked to demonstrate how their project has ensured local service delivery meets user needs and the impact that the Project has had on local families and communities as a whole. The EACs have committed to working with the Scottish Government and any contracted evaluators to support evaluation work and begin to collect monitoring and evaluation data and information at the earliest possible point.We have also asked the EACs to integrate place-based work to design a digital service into their work.To support the EACs to deliver their workplans and ensure that their work can inform the wider SACC programme, we plan to:•	Convene and facilitate the EACs as a Learning Partnership through the procurement of specialist support – this contract.•	Provide a bespoke Learning and Skills Development Programme on participatory and design approaches aligned with our programme approach principles and the Scottish Approach to Service Design through the procurement of specialist support.The Learning Partnership will run in parallel with a separate but aligned contract to deliver the Learning and Skills Development Programme which the EAC project leads and other local stakeholders will attend. It will be important that the Learning Partnership programme interacts with and complements the Learning and Skills Development Programme. Scottish Government will expect close partnership between the two projects, and more details can be found in the Interdependencies section of this document.With regard to the Learning Partnership, we aim to do this by offering structured and facilitated opportunities to:•	Work together with psychological safety, trust and openness and a will to surface and share learning together, for the benefit of the wider programme.•	Identify insights from their projects and share with the other EACs, integrating learning across the group and back into the ELC and SACC divisions in SG.•	Reflect on the Learning and Skills Development Programme the EACs will be participating in and explore how best to integrate this into their projects. *•	Identify and explore differences in approach to meet the needs of diverse communities.•	Identify the challenges and opportunities presented by design and digital approaches and identify key learning from this.•	Access peer support from other projects to address local challenges.•	Build a body of knowledge that can inform other all age childcare community level projects in future.We expect that the Learning Partnership will take a recognised approach to the facilitation of regular workshops and learning sessions. These will build from the insight and experience of the EACs and should be aligned with place-based, people-centred work.  The approaches used may draw upon systems and complexity thinking as context.  Some potential approaches could include Action Inquiry, Story-Telling and Listening, Coaching and the use of creative and reflective practices. The programme will include a planning phase and an evaluation phase.The contract for the Learning and Skills Development Programme is subject to a separate tender process which will be published in parallel to this one, and the SG project team expect that the contractors will work in close partnership to best ensure alignment with the two programmes of work and ensure a seamless experience for the EACs which maximises learning potential.The Learning and Skills Development Programme will provide an opportunity for the EACs to:•	Develop their skills and capacity in order to further embed our people-centred & place-based approach at a local level.•	Explore key themes identified in the programme e.g. working in complexity & system change, and the approaches needed to working in this context.•	Be equipped to undertake mixed method evidence gathering in their local communities to inform the ongoing development and delivery of their projects. to inform the development and delivery of childcare in their communities, and the ongoing policy development for early learning and school age childcare.•	Be equipped to undertake or work with others to undertake legal, ethical and inclusive engagement and co-design.The overall aims of both contracts are to:•	Build capacity in the EACs to operationalise the programme approach principles.•	Convene the EAC leads as a learning network, to further inform and embed their understanding of engagement and co-design.•	Provide an opportunity for the EAC leads to share progress and learning, clarify expectations, explore common challenges and strengths, and respond to any changes to the programme as it progresses.•	Begin to build a shared understanding and capacity across the EACs of key defining features the programme that we want to implement in our approach, including high quality legal ethical and inclusive engagement, design thinking, systems change, collective leadership and ethnographic approaches.Section 3 – Scope /Statement of RequirementOverviewAt this stage, the SG School Age Childcare Unit intend that there will be three distinct phases of work delivered by the contract. These are summarised below:1.	Review & Planning - Work with the SG project team and EAC project leads to understand the experience of the EACs to date and their needs and interests, in order to plan an approach to providing structured opportunities to collaborate and share learning with each other and with SG ELC and SACC divisions through the Learning Partnership.2.	Design & deliver a programme of facilitated workshops and learning sessions for the Early Adopter Community leads and other relevant participants from the wider EAC, feeding back to SG ELC and SACC divisions throughout. These should be structured around themes agreed with the EAC leads and SG project team, and should be open to change in response to emerging insights.3.	Gather and synthesise feedback from the Learning Partnership participants throughout the programme, in order to evaluate the impact of their participation in the Partnership on their projects. The supplier should  ensure this is communicated appropriately in a format / format accessible to a range of audiences outlined by the SG project team. Provide recommendations to support future development at a national level. In this third phase the contractor will work with the SG project team to ensure that the evaluation gathered & presented fully reflects the work undertaken and insights captured.Phase 1 – Review & Planning will take place in October and November 2024 . The purpose of this phase is to:•	Work with the SG project team and EAC project leads to review the work undertaken by the EAC projects to date, gain a clearer understanding of the challenges and opportunities they face and identify appropriate themes to explore within the Learning Partnership. The suppler will also design and agree an approach to ensure that insights shared in the Learning Partnership can be shared with the SG project team, while also providing a space in which EAC project leads can share their experiences openly.•	Work with the SG project team to ensure that the Learning Partnership takes account of recommendations provided in phases 1 and 2 of our People Panel Co-design Discovery Project with parents, carers and providers of SACC and the deign principles and identified user needs for parents and carers, children and providers of SACC. *•	Work closely in partnership with the EAC Learning and Skills Development programme supplier to agree an approach to support alignment between the facilitated learning partnership and learning and skills development programmes in order to embed learning and ensure that learning can be shared dynamically with SG ELC and SACC divisions, and to ensure that EACs experience a joined-up approach which pays attention to their experiences and learning interests and needs .•	Design and agree with the project team, a programme of facilitated Learning Partnership workshops and sessions for the EAC leads and other relevant members of the EACs.*Please note that these materials are not currently in the public domain and will be shared by the project team as part of onboarding the supplier.Phase 2 - Delivery will take place between December 2024 and August 2025. The purpose of this phase is to deliver a series of facilitated workshops and sessions to the EACs in which they can:•	Build supportive peer relationships with the other EACs and collaborate as a network of projects to surface learning, create opportunities for shared sense-making and learning, using a diverse range of approaches•	Share their learning to date with the other EACs and provide and receive input from the other EACs on their projects.•	Explore the themes and approaches central to the programme, and consider how they might integrate and support these in their projects. This should include at a minimum; system change, working in complexity, engaging with families and people-centred and place-based approaches.•	Inform and deepen the learning from the Learning and Skills development programme the EACs are participating in, providing opportunities for reflection on learning and the identification of areas where further learning would be of benefit.•	Engage with, and reflect on, any emerging findings from Scottish Government evaluation of the EAC programme.•	Reflect on the impact of the learning partnership throughout its delivery, in order to inform continuous evaluation.Phase 3 – Synthesis of Evaluation will take place between September and October 2025. The purpose of this phase is to draw upon the evaluation materials and insights from across the programme to evaluate the Learning Partnership programme delivered in order to:•	Better understand what it takes to equip projects to develop place-based and people-centred local all age childcare design and delivery.•	Identify the learning and intelligence gathered by the EACs and ensure this can shape the design and development of policy in ELC and the overall SACC programme.•	Provide recommendations to guide the further development of local place-based and people-centred childcare delivery.•	Contribute to our commitment to share learning with all Local Authorities, to support future development of SACC and ELC at a national level.The timescales for the contract sit within the 2-year funding commitment made to the Early Adopter Community projects, which ends in March 2026.It is anticipated that the overall cost to deliver this programme of work will not exceed £49,999.Breakdown of workWe require our supplier to work with the SG project team, and the EAC project leads, to do the following:Review & Planning1.	Agree an overall plan and approach to the project2.	Working with the SG project team and the EAC leads to understanding the EACs and the programme’s needs and expectations from the Learning Partnership and agreeing to the themes that will be explored within the workshops.3.	Work with the Learning and Skills Development programme supplier to agree an approach to align the two programmes of work.4.	Prepare and schedule a programme of Learning Partnership workshops and other relevant activitiesDelivery5.	Facilitate a programme of Learning Partnership workshops and sessions for the EAC leads and others involved in the delivery of the EACs as required.6.	Provide updates and insights gathered to the SG project team throughout the delivery period.7.	Embed evaluation from the outset of the programme with an ongoing commitment to gather evidence as the programme proceeds.Synthesis of Evaluation8.	Synthesise all evaluation undertaken throughout the programme.9.	Undertake qualitative interviews with the EAC project leads and SG project team to inform evaluation.10.	Prepare and agree an evaluation report, including recommendations for future delivery at a national level.These requirements are explained in more detail below.Plan and approach•	The SG Project team and the suppliers of both contracts will attend a joint project kick-off meeting.•	At this meeting, we will make sure that the supplier understands the deliverables and has the information needed to plan the delivery of the project, including information about the Scottish Approach to Service Design, and the School Age Childcare Unit’s programme approach principles.•	We will use the meeting to agree measures of success for the deliverables, such as the sign-off process for the final report.•	The project team will arrange for the supplier to meet with the supplier who will convene and facilitate the EAC Learning and Skills Development Programme, to ensure that plans for the two contracts are aligned and that a plan can be agreed for collaboration and information sharing between the two programmes and as seamless an experience as is possible for the EACs.•	Following these meetings, the supplier will provide and agree a plan for delivery of a programme of Learning Partnership workshops and sessions for the EACs. This plan will include agreement on the number of workshops and sessions required, the themes to be covered, agreement on the most appropriate means of delivery (in person or virtual) and agreement on the evaluation approach to be taken.•	The supplier(s) should be open to adapting plans as the work progresses in order to take account of and respond to feedback from participants and the content delivered by the Learning and Skills Development programme.Delivery of Programme of Learning Partnership•	The supplier will deliver a series of facilitated workshops and sessions to the EAC project leads and other relevant members of the EACs•	The SG project team will provide logistical support to arrange workshops and ensure that workshop materials reach participants. If events are to be held virtually, we may require the supplier to recommend or provide access to suitable whiteboard software.•	While we expect that an outline programme is agreed at the outset of the delivery programme, we would like to build in flexibility to adapt to the needs of the participants and therefore are open to changes to the programme, in response to emerging needs and where agreed with the SG project team. This should also be informed by and agreed with the Learning and Skills Development programme supplier.•	We are flexible about the number of workshops held and the number of participants attending each.•	The themes considered in the workshops are intended to equip the EAC projects to embed our people-centred and place-based approach in their work within communities and support them to undertake mixed method evidence gathering which can be used to inform the design, delivery and evaluation of their projects and the services they commission. It may therefore include consideration of, for example, collective leadership, service design, co-production, ethnography, action research and / other recognised approaches to community and citizen participation.•	It is important that workshops provide opportunities to explore the engagement approaches most likely to be effective in low-income families, and those families who are most at risk of child poverty.•	It is also important that workshops include consideration of how best to engage with marginalised communities, some of whom are under-represented in our engagement to date. This should be informed by an intersectional approach.•	The SG project team will work with the supplier, where necessary, to contribute to the design and approve the workshop activities.Evaluation & Recommendations•	The supplier is expected to gather feedback from the Learning Partnership participants throughout the programme in order to evaluate the impact of their participation on their projects. This should include qualitative evidence shared by the participants.•	The supplier is expected to collaborate with the Learning and Skills Development programme team to inform the evaluation approach.•	The supplier should work with the Scottish Government project team to devise an effective approach to communicating these findings to a range of audiences. It is anticipated that the set of materials required may include:o	a written report which can be used as the basis for communication with Ministers, SG officials and policy stakeholderso	a hosted, experiential session to share learning with a range of stakeholderso	a slide deck which can be used as the basis for further design and delivery of learning programmes to equip other local authorities to take a similar approach to developing a people-centred and place-based approach to designing and delivering all age childcare within communities.o	The SG project team would be happy to discuss other materials such as animations, videos, or suitable images, so long as they are accessible.•	The supplier should also produce a report on the methods and approach used to enable knowledge transfer to the SACC and ELC programmes, capture lessons learned, and provide a template for others who wish to work in a similar way.Responsibilities of the supplier•	The project team is looking for a supplier who can offer consistency in the individuals that facilitate the programme of workshops. So that there can be a process of building psychological safety and trust within the Learning Partnership, knowledge is retained, and quality is consistent across the programme delivered.•	Travel and subsistence where required to attend workshops is included in the total budget.•	The costs of any equipment and materials required for delivering content to participants is also included in the total budget.•	The supplier is responsible for ensuring the learning sessions are accessible, including ad hoc requests from participants (e.g. colour blindness, visual impairments, hearing impairments, mobility) and the supplier will not disclose the individual’s needs to any party outside of the project team.

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Scottish Government

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Glen Shuraig Consulting Ltd

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Renfrewshire Council

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Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

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Glasgow Sherriff Office

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Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

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