Open competition
Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Highlands and Islands Enterprise · Regional or local agency/office
- Supplier
- Skillfluence SME
- Value
- £474,000
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Sector
- Education & training · Adult and other education services (CPV 80400000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 071135-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date24 Jul 2026
- Published28 Jul 2026Published 4 days after the contract date
Description
The value used in II.1.7 and V.2.4 is the estimated total budget figure available over the maximum duration of 3 + 1 + 1 years (GBP 474,000). This figure includes provision for annual price increases, including the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Real Living Wage uplifts, from Year 3 onwards. It also incorporates an allowance to account for variations between initial estimates and actual costs for travel, accommodation, and conference venue hire. The successful bidder price for the initial 3 years is GBP 249,900 - Within this figure there are estimated figures of: - GBP 18,000 (conference venue hire, accommodation for participants for strands 1 and 2); - GBP 4,500 (travel and accommodation for mentors for first in persons session); - GBP 6,000 (travel and accommodation for island-based programme delivery)
About the supplier
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