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Framework Agreement for the Provision of Early Learning and Childcare Training Services (SQA and SSSC) - Approved Qualifications and Core Professional Learning
Published 21 Jul 2026
21 Jul 2026
- Primary CPV
-
80000000 *
Education and training services
- Location
- 🇬🇧 Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- Value
- £16,000,000
- Contract
- Not specified
- Contract Types
-
80 *Education & training servicesFull CPV Breakdown
- SME suitable
- Not stated
Publisher Address
Woodhill House, Westburn Road, Aberdeen, AB16 5GB, United Kingdom · UKM50
Contact
Award Criteria
- General Requirements
- Candidate Outputs
- Implementation
- Business Continuity
- Contract Management and Management Information
- Sustainability and Community Benefits
- Fair Working Practices (Mandatory response
- Price
Related tenders
Aberdeenshire Council
All notices from this publisher Same CPV code
80000000 *
All notices with this CPV code
Reference: ocds-h6vhtk-051229
Aberdeenshire Council and Aberdeen City Council require a range of Scottish Qualification Authority (SQA and SSSC) accredited and core professional learning courses. Consequently, they are seeking tenders for the Provision of Early Learning and Childcare Training Services Framework Agreement - Approved Qualifications and Core Professional Learning. The Councils have split this tender opportunity into twelve separate lots under two different categories (SQA and SSSC approved Qualifications and Core Professional Learning). Tenders may be submitted for one or more lots. For more information, please refer to the invitation to tender documentation.
Awarded to
Full CPV breakdown
- 80000000 — Education and training services (primary)
Notice details
- Buyer type
- Local authority · General public services
- Competition
- Open competition (any supplier can bid)
- Contract type
- Services
- Bids received
- 10
- Winning supplier
- SME
- Procurement method
- Open procedure
- Main category
- Services
- Legal basis
- CELEX 32014L0024
- Notice status
- Complete
- Award status
- Active
- Covered by GPA
- Yes
- Language
- EN
- Published
- 21 Jul 2026 17:00
- OCID
- ocds-h6vhtk-051229
- Notice ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-051229
Competition
10
Bids received
7
Bids from SMEs
0
Foreign Bids From E U
10
Foreign Bids From Non E U
10
Electronic bids
Organisations on this notice
Supplier Large
School of Education , MacRobert Building, Kings College, Aberdeen, AB24 5UA, United Kingdom
Supplier Large
135 Fifty Pitches Road, Glasgow, G51 4EB, United Kingdom
Supplier SME
7 Cluny Meadows, Sauchen, AB51 7JH, United Kingdom
Supplier Large
Kingsway Campus, Old Glamis Road, DUNDEE, DD3 8LE, United Kingdom
Supplier SME
South Aquhythie, Kemnay, Inverurie, AB51 5NY, United Kingdom
Supplier SME
Cirrus Building, 6 International Avenue, ABZ Business Park, Dyce, Aberdeen, AB21 0BH, United Kingdom
Supplier SME
10 Kippenross Home Farm, Glen Road, Dunblane, Fk150JZ, United Kingdom
7 Muirend Court, Portlethen, Aberdeenshire, AB12 4UU, United Kingdom
Supplier Large
Henderson Road, Fraserburgh, AB43 9GA, United Kingdom
Supplier SME
10 Abbey Park Place, Dunfermlin, KY12 7NZ, United Kingdom
Aberdeen Sheriff
Review Body
Aberdeen, AB11 5BA, United Kingdom
Lots (1)
Lot 1
Aberdeenshire Council and Aberdeen City Council invite tenders for the Provision of a Framework Agreement for the Provision of Early Learning and Childcare Training Services. The Councils have split this tender opportunity into twelve separate Lots under two different categories (SQA and SSSC approved Qualifications an...
· Cancelled
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Tender
| Title | Framework Agreement for the Provision of Early Learning and Childcare Training Services (SQA and SSSC) - Approved Qualifications and Core Professional Learning |
| Status | complete |
| CPV › Description | Education and training services |
| Category | services |
| Lot › Description | Aberdeenshire Council and Aberdeen City Council invite tenders for the Provision of a Framework Agreement for the Provision of Early Learning and Childcare Training Services. The Councils have split this tender opportunity into twelve separate Lots under two different categories (SQA and SSSC approved Qualifications and Core Professional Learning) . Tenders may be submitted for one or more/all lots. For more information, please refer to the invitation to tender documentation. |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 1 › Name | General Requirements |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 1 › Type | quality |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 1 › Description | 25 |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 2 › Name | Candidate Outputs |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 2 › Type | quality |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 2 › Description | 25 |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 3 › Name | Implementation |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 3 › Type | quality |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 3 › Description | 10 |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 4 › Name | Business Continuity |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 4 › Type | quality |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 4 › Description | 10 |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 5 › Name | Contract Management and Management Information |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 5 › Type | quality |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 5 › Description | 15 |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 6 › Name | Sustainability and Community Benefits |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 6 › Type | quality |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 6 › Description | 5 |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 7 › Name | Fair Working Practices (Mandatory response |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 7 › Type | quality |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 7 › Description | 10 |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 8 › Type | price |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 8 › Description | 40 |
| Lot › Has options | No |
| Lot › Status | cancelled |
| Item › CPV › Description | Pre-school education services |
| Item › Delivery › Region (NUTS) | UKM50 |
| Procedure type | open |
| Procedure | Open procedure |
| Covered by | GPA |
Awards
| Status | active |
| Supplier › Supplier 1 › Name | University of Aberdeen |
| Supplier › Supplier 2 › Name | Aberlour Child Care Trust |
| Supplier › Supplier 3 › Name | Cairn Training (Aberdeen) Ltd |
| Supplier › Supplier 4 › Name | Dundee and Angus College |
| Supplier › Supplier 5 › Name | Eastlin Ltd |
| Supplier › Supplier 6 › Name | Grampian Training Services |
| Supplier › Supplier 7 › Name | Kate Hookham T/a Do Learn |
| Supplier › Supplier 8 › Name | Lorndale Aberdeen Ltd (Great Western Assessment & Training Centre) |
| Supplier › Supplier 9 › Name | North East Scotland College |
| Supplier › Supplier 10 › Name | Mitchell & Murdoch Care Ltd. |
Organisations
| Party 1 › Name | Aberdeenshire Council |
| Party 1 › Identifier › Legal Name | Aberdeenshire Council |
| Party 1 › Address › Street | Woodhill House, Westburn Road |
| Party 1 › Address › Town / city | Aberdeen |
| Party 1 › Address › Region (NUTS) | UKM50 |
| Party 1 › Address › Postcode | AB16 5GB |
| Party 1 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 1 › Role | buyer |
| Party 1 › Link | http://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk |
| Party 1 › Buyer profile | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.a... |
| Party 1 › Classification › Classification 1 › Description | Regional or local authority |
| Party 1 › Classification › Classification 2 › Description | General public services |
| Party 2 › Name | University of Aberdeen |
| Party 2 › Identifier › Legal Name | University of Aberdeen |
| Party 2 › Address › Street | School of Education , MacRobert Building, Kings College |
| Party 2 › Address › Town / city | Aberdeen |
| Party 2 › Address › Region (NUTS) | UKM50 |
| Party 2 › Address › Postcode | AB24 5UA |
| Party 2 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 2 › Role | supplier |
| Party 2 › Business size | large |
| Party 3 › Name | Aberlour Child Care Trust |
| Party 3 › Identifier › Legal Name | Aberlour Child Care Trust |
| Party 3 › Address › Street | 135 Fifty Pitches Road |
| Party 3 › Address › Town / city | Glasgow |
| Party 3 › Address › Region (NUTS) | UKM |
| Party 3 › Address › Postcode | G51 4EB |
| Party 3 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 3 › Role | supplier |
| Party 3 › Business size | large |
| Party 4 › Name | Cairn Training (Aberdeen) Ltd |
| Party 4 › Identifier › Legal Name | Cairn Training (Aberdeen) Ltd |
| Party 4 › Address › Street | 7 Cluny Meadows |
| Party 4 › Address › Town / city | Sauchen |
| Party 4 › Address › Region (NUTS) | UKM |
| Party 4 › Address › Postcode | AB51 7JH |
| Party 4 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 4 › Role | supplier |
| Party 4 › Business size | sme |
| Party 5 › Name | Dundee and Angus College |
| Party 5 › Identifier › Legal Name | Dundee and Angus College |
| Party 5 › Address › Street | Kingsway Campus, Old Glamis Road |
| Party 5 › Address › Town / city | DUNDEE |
| Party 5 › Address › Region (NUTS) | UKM71 |
| Party 5 › Address › Postcode | DD3 8LE |
| Party 5 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 5 › Role | supplier |
| Party 5 › Business size | large |
| Party 6 › Name | Eastlin Ltd |
| Party 6 › Identifier › Legal Name | Eastlin Ltd |
| Party 6 › Address › Street | South Aquhythie, Kemnay |
| Party 6 › Address › Town / city | Inverurie |
| Party 6 › Address › Region (NUTS) | UKM50 |
| Party 6 › Address › Postcode | AB51 5NY |
| Party 6 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 6 › Role | supplier |
| Party 6 › Business size | sme |
| Party 7 › Name | Grampian Training Services |
| Party 7 › Identifier › Legal Name | Grampian Training Services |
| Party 7 › Address › Street | Cirrus Building, 6 International Avenue, ABZ Business Park, Dyce |
| Party 7 › Address › Town / city | Aberdeen |
| Party 7 › Address › Region (NUTS) | UKM |
| Party 7 › Address › Postcode | AB21 0BH |
| Party 7 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 7 › Role | supplier |
| Party 7 › Business size | sme |
| Party 8 › Name | Kate Hookham T/a Do Learn |
| Party 8 › Identifier › Legal Name | Kate Hookham T/a Do Learn |
| Party 8 › Address › Street | 10 Kippenross Home Farm, Glen Road |
| Party 8 › Address › Town / city | Dunblane |
| Party 8 › Address › Region (NUTS) | UK |
| Party 8 › Address › Postcode | Fk150JZ |
| Party 8 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 8 › Role | supplier |
| Party 8 › Business size | sme |
| Party 9 › Name | Lorndale Aberdeen Ltd (Great Western Assessment & Training Centre) |
| Party 9 › Identifier › Legal Name | Lorndale Aberdeen Ltd (Great Western Assessment & Training Centre) |
| Party 9 › Address › Street | 7 Muirend Court, Portlethen |
| Party 9 › Address › Town / city | Aberdeenshire |
| Party 9 › Address › Region (NUTS) | UKM50 |
| Party 9 › Address › Postcode | AB12 4UU |
| Party 9 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 9 › Role | supplier |
| Party 9 › Business size | sme |
| Party 10 › Name | North East Scotland College |
| Party 10 › Identifier › Legal Name | North East Scotland College |
| Party 10 › Address › Street | Henderson Road |
| Party 10 › Address › Town / city | Fraserburgh |
| Party 10 › Address › Region (NUTS) | UKM50 |
| Party 10 › Address › Postcode | AB43 9GA |
| Party 10 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 10 › Role | supplier |
| Party 10 › Business size | large |
| Party 11 › Name | Mitchell & Murdoch Care Ltd. |
| Party 11 › Identifier › Legal Name | Mitchell & Murdoch Care Ltd. |
| Party 11 › Address › Street | 10 Abbey Park Place |
| Party 11 › Address › Town / city | Dunfermlin |
| Party 11 › Address › Region (NUTS) | UK |
| Party 11 › Address › Postcode | KY12 7NZ |
| Party 11 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 11 › Role | supplier |
| Party 11 › Business size | sme |
| Party 12 › Name | Aberdeen Sheriff |
| Party 12 › Identifier › Legal Name | Aberdeen Sheriff |
| Party 12 › Address › Town / city | Aberdeen |
| Party 12 › Address › Postcode | AB11 5BA |
| Party 12 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 12 › Role | Review body |
Buyer
| Name | Aberdeenshire Council |
Contracts
| Status | active |
| Value › Value | £16,000,000 |
| Value › Currency | GBP |
| Signed | 14 Apr 2026 |
Links
| Href | https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-00... |