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Employability Support Services Flexible Framework

Dumfries and Galloway Council(buyer)

Published
Published 30 October 2025
Deadline
Deadline: 1 September 2028 (682 days left)

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Overview

Dumfries and Galloway Council is establishing a flexible framework for employability support services across the Dumfries and Galloway region, with the framework open to new entrants throughout its lifetime. This is a re-opening notice allowing additional suppliers to join the existing framework. The submission deadline is 1 September 2028.

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Lots (5)

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Training for Employment

    This lot covers training and development opportunities to prepare individuals for progression.

  • Wellbeing

    Interventions to support individuals to improve their general well-being. These could be specific or support people across any of the stages.

  • 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.

Key details

Country
United Kingdom
Status
Open for bids
Category
Services
Procedure
Open
Contract type
Framework agreement
Published
30 October 2025
Deadline
1 September 2028
Classification (CPV)
Education and training servicesSocial work and related services

Notice history

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  1. Contract Notice

    30 October 2025

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