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Employability Support Services Flexible Framework

Details

Topic
Education and training services
Published
30 October 2025
Submission
1 September 2028in 2 years

Tender description

Dumfries and Galloway Council are looking to establish a Flexible Framework solution for Employability Support Services across Dumfries and Galloway Region. This flexible framework allows new entrants throughout its lifetime, this is a re-opening notice. Lot 2: Targeted Employability Support This lot covers Targeted Employability Support. This support is designed to provide specialist interventions for individuals based on specific characteristics. These interventions can support individuals at any or all stages of the strategic skills pipeline. Interventions must link to employability and support individuals on their journey toward employment, training, volunteering or education. Lot 3: Training for Employment This lot covers training and development opportunities to prepare individuals for progression. Lot 4: Wellbeing Interventions to support individuals to improve their general well-being. These could be specific or support people across any of the stages. Lot 5: Innovation Interventions required in response to emerging demand, changes in the environment for example economic or political, or requirements that do not fit within the other lots. Tenderers who are accepted on to any of lots 1-4 will default to this Lot. Lot 1: Core Employability This lot is for core employability. This lot covers all activity delivered to all age clients under the Strategic Skills Pipeline stages 1-5 which may include: - Referral, Engagement and Assessment - Needs Assessment - Work Preparation - Employer Engagement and Job Matching - In Work Support and Aftercare Tenders can submit to delivery activity at any of the stages. They are not required to deliver end to end.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Tender published30 October 2025
    Current notice
  2. Next: Submission date1 September 2028in 2 years

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About the buyer

Dumfries and Galloway Council is the local authority for the Dumfries and Galloway region in south-west Scotland. Larger contracts often route through Scotland Excel framework agreements, the collaborative procurement body owned by Scottish councils. A dedicated procurement team operates from Carruthers House in Dumfries, the council's headquarters. Low-value, low-risk work goes out as direct quotes rather than full tenders, a route aimed at small, local suppliers.

Over the past 5 years, most of Dumfries and Galloway Council's contract awards have been in health and social work, construction work and repair and maintenance.

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