FTS047 Pathways to Start - Lot 1 Argyll and Bute

Published facts

What the notice says

Buyer

Highlands and Islands Enterprise

Published status

complete

Latest release reference

066815-2025

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) codes: 72224000, 79400000, 79410000, 79411000, 79411100, 80000000, 80210000, 80400000, 80500000, 80521000, 80522000, 80532000, 80570000

Published tags

award, contract

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27 Aug 2026

THIS IS THE CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE FOR LOT 1 ARGYLL and BUTE. HIE procured a supplier to deliver a programme to support underrepresented groups in entrepreneurship. The programme will inspire participants to increase their ambition, confidence and capability to develop an entrepreneurial mindset and enter pathways for starting a business through a programme of entrepreneurial training and mentoring tailored towards underrepresented groups/individuals specific learning needs. HIE’s current requirements are divided into two geographical Lots: - Lot 1: Argyll and Bute, covering HIE areas only - Lot 2: Moray Note, Lot 1 covers Argyll and Bute geographical area i.e. excluding Arran, Cumbrae, and Helensburgh and Lomond. The services are required from 20 October 2025 until 31 March 2026, unless terminated in accordance with the provisions of the Contract. The delivery of the services, submission of all invoices and completion of all reports must be complete by 20 March 2026.

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Observed notice trail

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1. Tender notice observed

   5 Aug 2025

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   045970-2025

   Published tags

   tender

2. Award notice observed

   20 Oct 2025

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   066815-2025

   Published tags

   award, contract

Awards and suppliers

Published award and contract facts

• FTS047 Pathways to Start - Lot 1 Argyll and Bute

  Buyer: Highlands and Islands EnterpriseSupplier: SKILLFLUENCE LIMITED

  End date in notice

  Date not published

  Value shown in notice

  £211,500Value from the linked contract

  Official source

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  About this figure

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  Source

  Find a Tender

  Award or lot reference

  066815-2025-FTS 047 Lot 1-1

Related evidence

Published terms and linked processes

• Source states no renewalLot 1Published 5 Aug 2025.Open supporting notice 045970-2025
• Source states no recurrenceWhole tenderPublished 5 Aug 2025.Open supporting notice 045970-2025
• Options are statedLot 1

  HIE reserves the right, on giving reasonable written notice from time to time, to require changes to the Services (whether by way of the removal of Services, the addition of new Services, or increasing or decreasing the Services or specifying the order in which the Services are to be performed or the locations where the Services are to be provided). HIE shall not require any such change other than where it is permitted by Regulation 72 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. Examples of contract modifications are but not limited to: -Additional funding is obtained (beyond the GBP20,000 contingency included in the total contract value of each lot) and used e.g. to increase the number of participants. Tendered rates will apply to any increases. -Envisaged number of participants could not be recruited, resulting in reduced service requirements/volumes. -Less than 16 participants could be recruited for the programme – HIE reserves the right not to proceed with the programme and terminate the contract. -Recruited participant numbers exceed 45 for the lot. In this case (some of) the allowance of GBP20,000 will be utilised to provide services to further participants, as per tendered rates per participant. -Where HIE determines (at our sole discretion) that demand for the programme under a lot is lower than expected, HIE reserves the right to re-allocate the budget for that Lot to the other Lot subject to the maximum total budget of GBP480,000 (i.e. the maximum total of the two lots). -If Special Category Personal Data and/or other sensitive personal information requires further/different procedures, the supplier will be required to comply with these.

  Repeated in 2 notices; the most recent statement is shown.Published 20 Oct 2025.Open supporting notice 066815-2025

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