Flexible Framework for the Provision of Education Services
- Buyer
- North Lanarkshire Council
- Value
- Not published
- Closes
- 17 November 2026
- Where
- Motherwell, Scotland
- Type
- Sets up a framework (suppliers apply to join)
In plain English
North Lanarkshire Council is setting up a 4-year framework agreement (starting May 2027) to buy education support services for schools. They have a budget of up to £16 million and are looking for suppliers to deliver activity-based learning programmes and counselling services to help close the poverty-related attainment gap.
What the buyer wants
• Deliver activity-based learning services including outdoor learning, sport, creative arts, STEM, environmental education, mentoring, employability and digital learning activities that support pupil wellbeing and attainment • Provide universal counselling services available to all secondary pupils and primary/ASN pupils aged 10 and over to support mental, emotional, social and physical wellbeing • Respond to identified school needs and contribute to agreed outcomes that raise attainment and close poverty-related gaps
Lots
- Activity Based Learning
- Counselling
- Community Engagement
- Mentoring, Support and Advice Services
- Pupil Workshops
- Educational Leadership (Staff)
- Leadership for Pupils
- Educational Assessments
- Research & Improvement Consultancy
- Developing the Young Workforce
- Curriculum and Pedagogy
- Community Mental Health and Wellbeing for Children, Young People and Families
Likely requirements
Our reading of the notice. Always check the tender documents.
Most small tradespeople (builders, electricians, plumbers) will be disqualified because this is a specialist education services contract requiring experience in youth work, activity delivery, or counselling, not traditional trades work. You must also meet exclusion grounds in the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
How to bid
This is a framework: the buyer picks a set of suppliers now and awards work to them over several years. If you are not on it when it is awarded, you usually cannot win work from it until it is re-tendered, so this is the window to bid.
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