Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
The City of Edinburgh Council
Waverley Court, 4 East Market Street
Edinburgh
EH8 8BG
Telephone
+44 1314693922
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKM75 - Edinburgh, City of
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00290
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Edinburgh's Blended Employability Services
Reference number
CT0828
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 80530000 - Vocational training services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Edinburgh Council’s Business Growth and Inclusion (BG&I) Team works with internal and external partners across the City to promote inclusive growth. The Council funds third party services to support Edinburgh residents in accessing and progressing along the Scottish Government’s Employability Strategic Skills Pipeline with the goal of securing and sustaining training and employment. These services are designed to complement national delivery and provide a local response to needs identified. Edinburgh's Blended Employability Services has been developed to complement national provision and provide a range of localised options for those who require support. This has been split into 4 contract requirements, each with their own targets and focus. It is anticipated that European Social Funds (ESF) or any equivalent replacement funding such as the UK Shared Prosperity Fund will be used to partially fund additional service provision.
Section six. Complementary information
six.6) Original notice reference
Notice number: 2021/S 000-008649
Section seven. Changes
seven.1) Information to be changed or added
seven.2) Other additional information
Additional Funding to Lot 2 Supported Employment
Good Afternoon, At Full Council Committee on 27th May 2021, it was agreed that an additional 400,000 GBP per annum would be added to the Lot 2 Supported Employment contract opportunity. As a result of this, the specification has been updated in section 5.2 only. A new version of the specification has been uploaded (final v2 020621). Please ensure that if you are applying for Lot 2, that you adjust your bid accordingly (pricing schedule and cost breakdown) to ensure that the additional expectations of 400,000 GBP are reflected. In addition, this will have an impact on the ESPD requirements and the exclusion grounds in the contract notice. In particular as per Page 17 of the Instructions to Tenderers will now require for Question 4B.1 Lot 2 Tenderers are required to have a minimum "general" annual turnover of 2,720,000 GBP for the last two financial years.