ARE-Next Generation Practical Training Fund
Details
- Buyer
- Scottish Government
- Supplier(s)
- Lantra
- Value
- £215,625
- Topic
- Business and management consultancy and related services
- Published
- 5 March 2025
Tender description
The Next Generation Practical Training Fund “the fund” aims to support new entrants and the next generation into the agricultural sector by providing the opportunity for skills development and training on the practicalities of agricultural practice as well as wider business, sustainability and health and safety skills. The Scottish Government (SG) is seeking to contract with a third party service provider to administer and distribute public funds on its behalf. Lot 1: The Scottish Government has a requirement to place a contract with an external service provider for the provision of Next Generation Practical Training Fund. We are looking for a provider to administer indirect grant administration for training courses targeted at a certain group of farmers, crofters and land managers. This would include: advertising/hosting agriculture related training courses on a website, scrutinise appropriate training courses for the aims of the fund, receive applications from applicants, facilitate a grant awards to training course providers on behalf of the SG, provide communications to promote the service.
Timeline
- Completed: Award published5 March 2025Current notice
- Completed: Award date5 March 2025
About the buyer
The Scottish Government is a devolved central government department that buys through its Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate. Regulated procurements across the Scottish public sector are advertised on Public Contracts Scotland, the national portal set up in 2008. Bids are usually submitted through PCS-Tender, the national eTendering system it funds. The directorate also runs frameworks covering construction, corporate services, ICT, professional services, utilities and HR. Many of these frameworks are open to the wider Scottish public sector as well as central government. The Supplier Development Programme offers free tender training to SMEs and third sector organisations.
Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.
Over the past 5 years, most of the Scottish Government's contract awards have been in business services, IT services and research and development.
Relevant CPV codes
- 79400000 · Business and management consultancy and related services
Decision makers
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| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@scottish-government.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@scottish-government.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@scottish-government.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@scottish-government.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@scottish-government.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@scottish-government.gov |
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