Inverclyde Council

Procurement, Municipal Buildings, Clyde Square

Greenock

PA15 1LX

UK

Telephone: +44 1475712634

E-mail: procurement@Inverclyde.gov.uk

NUTS: UKM83

Internet address(es)

Main address: http://www.inverclyde.gov.uk

Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00168

II.1.1) Title

Reference number: CP0636/EMP

II.1.2) Main CPV code

79611000

II.1.3) Type of contract

Services

II.1.4) Short description

Pathways to Employment and In-Work Support

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

III.1.2) Economic and financial standing

List and brief description of selection criteria:

Inverclyde Council will check the financial status of applicants by means of a Dun and Bradstreet assessment. In order to be considered,

applicants must achieve one of the following:

(a) Where the tenderers Dun & Bradstreet risk indicator is 3, the annual contract value should also be less than 50% of the tenderers

average turnover over the preceding 2 years (with audited accounts dated within 24 months of the date of the financial check).

OR

(b) Where the tenderers Dun & Bradstreet risk indicator is 2 or better, the annual contract value should also be less than 75% of the

tenderers average turnover over the preceding 2 years (with audited accounts dated within 21 months of the date of the financial check).

PLEASE NOTE THE IMPORTANT GUIDANCE TO BIDDERS BELOW:

APPLICANTS ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO SATISFY THEMSELVES THAT THEY MEET THESE CRITERIA AS FAILURE OF

THE FINANCIAL CHECK WILL MEAN THAT THEIR APPLICATION WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED FURTHER. APPLICANTS SHOULD ALSO SATISFY THEMSELVES THAT THEIR DUN AND BRADSTREET RATINGS ARE CORRECT AND IT IS THE APPLICANT’S RESPONSIBILITY TO RAISE ANY QUERIES WITH DUN AND BRADSTREET IF THEY FEEL A CORRECTION IS REQUIRED. THE COUNCIL WILL RELY ON THE RISK RATING IT OBTAINS AT THE TIME IT PERFORMS THE D&B

FINANCIAL CHECK.

You must provide your average yearly turnover for the last 2 years.

Turnover must be provided from your audited accounts. Turnover from unaudited accounts or part year turnover will not be accepted.

If you are unable to provide the turnover information required due to being exempt from submission of full audited accounts, please

provide an explanation on why you are exempt in response to this question.

If you have responded that you are exempt from submitting full audited accounts, please confirm that you will be prepared to submit

alternative information and documentation on your financial position should this be required at any point. This information could be

required at selection or in the event that the bidder is identified as the preferred bidder.

Minimum level(s) of standards required:

Employers Liability Insurance- 5M GBP

Public Liability Insurance- 5M GBP

Professional Indemnity Insurance- 2M GBP

Contractor's Cyber Risk Insurance limit of indemnity required- 1M GBP

III.1.3) Technical and professional ability

List and brief description of selection criteria:

4C 1.2 4C 1.2 Bidders must provide a minimum of three (3) examples of contractual arrangements they have held over the past three (3) years

which best demonstrates their relevant experience to deliver requirements within the Contract which were similar in regards to scope, scale,

value and duration.

The examples provided must demonstrate that as a Training provider you are experienced in delivering flexible, person centred support with barrier removal actions and providing employability training, leading to sustainable employment outcomes to these specific client groups; parents who are unemployed/economically inactive or on low-income and experiencing barriers to employment, who are at most risk of experiencing poverty, with a focus on the six priority family groups and unemployed/economically inactive people, living in a jobless household and experiencing barriers to employment.

Applicants are required to provide examples that demonstrate their relevant experience of delivering such services over the last 3 years.

Examples must include detail of;

- Duration and content, including how content was adapted to meet client’s needs

- Which client groups were supported

- How service developed and improved skills, confidence and motivation etc

- Any training that was delivered and qualifications gained

- Steps taken to keep clients engaged and on track to gain required outcomes

- Outcomes achieved.

4C. 10 Bidders will be required to confirm whether they intend to subcontract and, if so, for what proportion of the contract.

4D.1 QUALITY MANAGEMENTPROCEDURES

The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS EN ISO

9001 (or equivalent),

OR

The bidder must have the following:

a. A documented policy regarding quality management. The policy must set out responsibilities for quality management demonstrating that

the bidder has, and continues to implement, a quality management policy that is authorised by their Chief Executive, or equivalent, which

is periodically reviewed at a senior management level. The policy must be relevant to the nature and scale of the work to be undertaken and

set out responsibilities for quality management throughout the organisation.

4D.1 HEALTH &SAFETY

The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent), accredited independent third party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS OHSAS

18001 (or equivalent) or have, within the last 12 months, successfully met the assessment requirements of a construction-related scheme in

registered membership of the Safety Schemes in Procurement (SSIP) forum OR hold the information contained in the supplier attachment

area in PCS-T (file name "Contract Notice Additional Information")

IV.1.1) Type of procedure

Open procedure

IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date: 01/05/2026

Local time: 12:00

IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

EN

IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

Duration in months: 4 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)

IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders

Date: 01/05/2026

Local time: 12:00

VI.4.1) Review body