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Employability Services Procured Service Arrangement - Phase 4

South Lanarkshire Council

Estimated value
£4,000,000
Excluding VAT
Where
Scotland
Buyer in Scotland
Trade
Training and education services
Education and training services
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Worked out by Evendraft from the notice’s own data, on 24 Oct 2026. The official notice is the one to rely on.

Time to bid
27 full UK working days before the closing day, Thu 3 Dec 2026 (Scotland bank holidays left out).
Time allowed
The buyer allowed 183 days from publication to the closing day: longer than the median for open training and education tenders (29 days).
Value
£4m is above the median (£1.16m) of the 87 open training and education tenders that state a value.
This buyer
3 more open tenders from South Lanarkshire Council listed here.
Lots
Divided into 4 lots. The documents say whether you can bid for one, several or all.

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About this tender

The summary is the start of the buyer’s own description, word for word. The full description and the documents are on the official notice.

The Council is seeking to appoint service providers to the Employability Procured Service Arrangement (PSA). This is a bespoke arrangement/flexible framework which has been developed primarily for Employability Services but can be accessed by all services within the Council.

Official notice
Find a Tender, notice 052120-2026
Buyer
South Lanarkshire Council
Buyer’s region
Scotland
Where the work is
Scotland
Listed on Evendraft under
Scotland
Published
3 Jun 2026
Tender deadline
3 Dec 2026, 12:00 UK time
Estimated value
£4,000,000 (excluding VAT)
Trade
Training and education services
CPV codes
  • 80000000 Education and training services
  • 80200000 Secondary education services
  • 80210000 Technical and vocational secondary education services
  • 80211000 Technical secondary education services
  • 80212000 Vocational secondary education services
  • 80300000 Higher education services
Show all 9 codes
  • 80310000 Youth education services
  • 80420000 E-learning services
  • 80530000 Vocational training services
Procedure
Open procedureOne stage: any supplier can send a full tender.
Framework
Not stated on the notice
Lots
4 lots
Suitable for small businesses The buyer’s answer
Not stated on the notice
Suitable for charities and social enterprises The buyer’s answer
Not stated on the notice
Good for small firms Evendraft’s filter
No (not marked suitable for small businesses by the buyer; estimated value over £1m)Good for small firms means the buyer marked it suitable for small businesses, the estimated value is £1m or less (or not stated), it is open to new suppliers, and it is not a framework with more than 20 places. Tenders where the buyer didn't say are left out.
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