Official UK procurement notice
Flexible Framework for Vocational and Skills Based Interventions
Authority: North Lanarkshire Council (Local council)
What is being bought28 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe Council is seeking to establish a Flexible Framework Agreement with external learning providers for the provision of vocational education and skill-based courses for young people across school establishments.
The primary aim of this framework is to enhance the employability skills and post school pathways that will better equip our young people for the world of work. A significant focus of this framework will be to ensure adequate specialist
provision is available for our schools and programmes supporting pupils with complex and additional needs.
A key focus of this provision will be on young people pursuing well designed study courses that:
-better equips young people for the world of work
-meets their clear career aspirations linked to local labour market information
-develop meta skills identified by employers as essential when recruiting young people
-equip young people with the experiences and attributes to develop their employability skills
-have a strong focus on work related learning and occupational development.
-are levelled in the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) e.g. City and Guilds, Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA), Business and Technology Education Council (BTEC), Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI)
This framework will not include vocational and skills-based provision delivered by further education colleges/universities or under school/college partnership arrangements.
Further education colleges, primarily New College Lanarkshire, will provide many vocational education courses for young people in the council’s secondary
establishments.
- How the procedure runs: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/446/part/2/chapter/3/crossheading/social-and-other-specific-services
CPV: Education and training services · Secondary education services · Special education services · Vocational secondary education services
Lots and requirements (28)Procurement structure
25 of 28 loaded on this pageShowing the first 25 of 28 published lots; the full list is in the JSON and Markdown mirrors of this notice. 28 lots · all with a published value.
Every one of these 24 lots carries the same published figure, £5,000,000: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.
Lot #1Automotive & Engineeringceiling above
Lot #2Acting & Theater Performanceceiling above
Lot #3Beauty Careceiling above
Lot #4Civil Engineeringceiling above
Lot #5Constructionceiling above
Lot #6Creative Digital Mediaceiling above
Lot #7Danceceiling above
Lot #8Digital Game Developmentceiling above
Lot #9Early Learning & Childcareceiling above
Lot #10Employ-ability Skillsceiling above
Lot #11Engineeringceiling above
Lot #12Food & Drink Technologyceiling above
Lot #13Hairdressingceiling above
Lot #14Health & SafetyPublished value£50,000,000
Lot #15Health & Social Careceiling above
Lot #16Hospitalityceiling above
Lot #17It Softwareceiling above
Lot #18Make Up Artistryceiling above
Lot #19Music Technologyceiling above
Lot #20Professional Cookeryceiling above
Lot #21Rural Horticulture & Outdoorceiling above
Lot #22Scientific Technologiesceiling above
Lot #23Sensory Artsceiling above
Lot #24Sound Productionceiling above
Lot #25Sports Developmentceiling above
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Single-stage procedure.
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Tender Application: Tenderers must complete an SPD and provide proposals for Service Provision.
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Tenders must be submitted via PCS-T only.
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Tender responses will be scored by a tender evaluation panel from within the Council.
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Further entry points will adhere to the same Tender Application process.
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- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Shortlisting
- Full details of the objective rules and criteria for participation are contained within the ITT document. Please refer to I.3 Communication within this Notice.
- “Flexible Framework for Vocational and Skills Based Interventions” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Cancelled
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 11 Mar 2025, 16:07 GMT
- Last source update
- 28 Oct 2025, 15:34 GMT
- Authority reference
NLC-CPT-24-125- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-069071- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04ebb9Find a Tender
- How it runs
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
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Please refer to the ITT documentation for all contract performance conditions.
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- Review procedure
An economic operator that suffers, or is at risk of suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 or the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014, may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session.
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Publisher note: TENDERERS PLEASE NOTE: . Late Tenders will not be considered under any circumstances. -- The Council will not provide additional notification to any Bidder of the rejection of a late Tender. -- For the avoidance of any doubt, automated messages confirming receipt of a Tender should not be taken to imply acceptance of it by the Council. . . Police Scotland identified a number of business areas that have a high risk of infiltration by Serious and Organised Crime groups; this Framework belongs to one such area and as such the Council reserves the right to include enhanced probity checks prior to any contract award, including sharing tenderer information with Police Scotland. The tender pack includes a schedule for the Declaration of non-involvement in serious organised crime; this is a mandatory tender submission requirement for all tenderers. . (SC Ref:814154)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 10 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
10 Apr 2025 → 28 Oct 2025 · 2 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown10 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
- Notice published363 days ago28 Oct 2025, 15:34 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to cancelled28 Oct 2025, 15:34 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastContracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Scottish CourtsReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.