Estimated Value
Up to £2,333,333
Deadline
16 January 2026
Published
25 September 2026
Type
services
Overview
Stirling Council and Clackmannanshire Council are seeking to award a flexible framework for the provision of employability support services. There will be three separate lots.
This application is for: (1) providers who have not previously been awarded onto the framework and would like to apply; or (2) providers who have already been awarded a position on one or two of the lots on the framework and would like to apply to join a lot that they haven't been previously awarded onto. Providers should also be able to demonstrate the impact of the support that their work has had on participants.
This will cover Stages 1 and 2 of the Employability Pipeline. Additional information: 11.2.10 (Variants)- Owing to the vastness of employability services, variants may be required.
Eligibility & compliance
Providers will be required to demonstrate significant levels of understanding and experience in successfully identifying the barriers that affect people’s participation in employability support, together with detail around a range of strategies and approaches that they would then employ to help people tackle barriers.
Additional details
Providers will be required to demonstrate a range of experience in delivering pre-employment training opportunities. This may include those in specific sectors like hospitality, tourism, construction and social care.
Any experience of delivering work experience opportunities should clearly show how these prepare people for work, and how they support individuals to build a work ethic. This will cover Stages 3 and 4 of the Employability Pipeline.
Additional information: 11.2.10 (Variants) - Owing to the vastness of employability services, variants may be required. Providers will be required to demonstrate a track record of supporting people to retain employment, along with an ability to build meaningful relationship with employers (and the wider workforce), supporting both employers and participants to find creative solutions to difficult work place situations which may arise and be able to detail how these approaches have supported job sustainment.
This will cover Stage 5 of the Employability Pipeline. Additional information: 11.2.10 (Variants) - Owing to the vastness of employability services, variants may be required.
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Stirling Council and Clackmannanshire Council want to set up a flexible framework to buy employability support services, split into three separate lots. The contract is open to new providers and to existing providers who want to add a new lot.
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Award Details
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Future Fit for Business
£2,333,333
Inclusion Scotland
£2,333,333
Into Work
£2,333,333
Successful Learning Solutions Ltd
£2,333,333
Apex Scotland
£2,333,333
Change Mental Health Ltd
£2,333,333
Dynamic Community Fusion CIC
£2,333,333
Elementary Spark Ltd
£2,333,333
Flosverse Techsphere CIC
£2,333,333
Go! Youth Trust
£2,333,333
HSTAR Scotland SCIO
£2,333,333
Radical Weavers Experiences Ltd
£2,333,333
Reachout With Arts In Mind
£2,333,333
Salus Return to Work Services
£2,333,333
Sinclair Wellbeing and Training Solutions Ltd
£2,333,333
The Larder West Lothian
£2,333,333
Venture Trust
£2,333,333
Wasp Community Club
£2,333,333
Scotia Training Academy Limited
£2,333,333
ACTS Scotland (CiC)
£2,333,333
Hub International
£2,333,333
Launch Exercise Therapy
£2,333,333
Likely incumbents
Suppliers who won similar work from this buyer in the last 5 years.
- 1
Stirling District Citizens Advice Bureau Ltd
1 contract wonlatest 13 May 2025£2m
total awarded
- 2
Transition Stirling
1 contract wonlatest 13 May 2025£2m
total awarded
- 3
Forth Valley Welcome
1 contract wonlatest 13 May 2025£2m
total awarded
- 4
Scottish Action for Mental Health
1 contract wonlatest 13 May 2025£2m
total awarded
- 5
Resonate Together
1 contract wonlatest 13 May 2025£2m
total awarded
Stirling District Citizens Advice Bureau Ltd is the most likely incumbent based on recency and category match. To win, bidders typically need a clearly differentiated proposition or a price advantage.
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Key Dates
Published
25 September 2026
Submission deadline
16 January 2026
Notice type
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