Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Dumfries and Galloway Council
Procurement Team, Carruthers House
Dumfries
DG1 2HP
Procurement.PeopleandProjects@dumgal.gov.uk
Telephone
+44 3033333000
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKM92 - Dumfries & Galloway
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00219
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Capacity Building for Social Enterprises - Third Sector
Reference number
DGCPCE-0025
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
This service is to increase the employability of people in Dumfries and Galloway through improving the capacity, scope, and influence of third sector provision in the region in line with Dumfries and Galloway Local Employability & Skills Partnership (LEP) vision and objective.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £110,000
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKM92 - Dumfries & Galloway
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
This procurement is to build the capacity and capability of the Third Sector in Dumfries and Galloway.
In working towards this aim it is also important to take into consideration the Scottish Government outcomes for Third Sector Interfaces, which are:
1. People are more involved in their community.
2.Improved cross sector collaboration.
3.Third sector organisations are better able to lead and develop shared agendas.
4.Third sector organisations are better able to respond to local need.
5.Key decision making includes third sector input.
6.Third sector organisations are better able to contribute to a strong and inclusive local social economy.
The outcomes of the work enabled through funding from the LEP are:
1.Build the capability and capacity of third sector organisations to maximise the potential for employability in the working age population.
2.Capitalise on opportunities to collaborate and strengthen opportunities for employability pipeline provision across the region.
3.Increase third sector participation in delivering employability support services to address the skills and recruitment gaps in key sector specific posts.
4. Work with our local communities to develop an inclusive, thriving economy and to promote Fair Work.
5.Raise the profile and influence of the third sector as a key partner in local decision making in relation to delivering employability outcomes in the region.
6.Increase volunteering opportunities to help develop skills, build capacity, and support progression into local employability.
7.Work with partners to help eliminate child poverty by increasing employment opportunities in the third sector for unemployed candidates
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations
Explanation:
Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015
Use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication
33. (1) A contracting authority may award a public contract
following negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice or prior information notice in any of the following cases –
(b) where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by
a particular economic operator for any of the following reasons –
(ii) competition is absent for technical reasons.
But only, in the case of paragraph (ii) and (iii), where no
reasonable alternative or substitute exists and the absence of competition is not the result of an artificial narrowing down of the parameters of the procurement.
Falls under the Light Touch Regime for Health and other Social , Community services
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
Section five. Award of contract/concession
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract/concession
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
12 July 2024
five.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Dumfries and Galloway Third Sector Interface
16 Queensberry Street
Dumfries
DG1 1EX
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKM92 - Dumfries & Galloway
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £110,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
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=772360.
(SC Ref:772360)
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Dumfries Sheriff Court
Dumfries
Country
United Kingdom