Award of Skills Strategy for the Stirling & Clackmannanshire City Region Deal

Clackmannanshire Council, on behalf of the Delivery Partners wish to commission a suitably qualified and experienced organisation to progress the work by completing the development of the Skills Pathways Plan process.The Stirling & Clackmannanshire City Region Deal was signed in March 2020. This includes a Skills & Inclusion Programme of £1.9m which will be funded by the Scottish Government. The Outline Business Case (OBC) for the programme is included in the information pack for the tender.As set out in the OBC, the Programme consists of 2 distinct but interrelated projects: a Flexible Skills Project and an Inclusion Workers & Investment Fund Project. This request for tender relates to the Flexible Skills Project. The Partners have committed in this to the development and delivery of ‘Skills Pathways Plans’. These plans, which will be owned and led by individual Deal projects with support from the Flexible Skills Programme, will ensure that skills interventions are developed and delivered which maximise the skills opportunities of:1. infrastructure project delivery,2. the ongoing use of that infrastructure project,3. the wider opportunities the infrastructure project creates for the region, and4. a legacy to support the skills required for the wider inclusive economic growth stimulated by the Deal.Infrastructure projects across the deal vary in size, scope and level of funding and will, therefore, contribute differentially to skills development. The Skills Pathways Plans will ensure, however, that each project has carefully considered the opportunities and included them as a fundamental part of the project,