Public Contracts Scotland

Rural Growth Deal (RGD) Business Skills and Leadership Programme

Highlands and Islands Enterprise

Awarded
services
Scotland

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Key details

Contracting authority
Region
Lochaber, Skye and Lochalsh, Arran and Cumbrae
Contract value
£474,000ex VAT
Submissions closed
14 August 2026
Published
27 July 2026

Procurement

Contract period
20 April 2026 - 24 July 2029
~3 years (est.)
Procedure type
Open procedure
CPV classifications
  • 79410000 Business and management consultancy services
  • 80400000 Adult and other education services
  • 80500000 Training services
  • 80570000 Personal development training services
  • 80521000 Training programme services
  • 80522000 Training seminars
  • 80532000 Management training services
  • 72224000 Project management consultancy services
  • 79400000 Business and management consultancy and related services
  • 79411100 Business development consultancy services
  • 79411000 General management consultancy services
  • 80210000 Technical and vocational secondary education services

What happened

Highlands and Islands Enterprise awarded this contract to Skillfluence Limited worth £474,000 on 24 Jul 2026. The contract runs until 24 Jul 2029.

Description

THIS IS A CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE AND AS SUCH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS IS COMPLETE.

The supplier will deliver a Business Skills and Leadership Programme specifically for Argyll and Bute Council area. This programme is fully funded by the Argyll and Bute Rural Growth Deal (RGD) and will be available to participants within this geographic area.

The programme will consist of 3 strands. 1 Young and Emerging Leaders Programme; 2. Leadership for Growth/Strategic Leadership Programme and 3. Mentoring Programme. Strands 1 and 2 will be delivered to cohort of participants through a series of modules, delivered via workshops. Delivery will be a hybrid model i.e, a blend of on-line and face-to-face delivery. The mentoring programme will be mainly online apart from the first session that must be face-to-face.

The contract will be let from 27 July 2026 for 3 years unless terminated in accordance with the provisions of the Contract, with HIE having the option to extend for two periods of one year each (3+1+1) together not exceeding 5 years following the Initial Term.

Awarded supplier

Supplier
Skillfluence Limited
Award value
£474,000
Award date
24 July 2026

Contact

Address
An Lòchran, 10 Inverness Campus, Inverness, IV2 5NA
Contact name
Lynda Collin

Identifiers

Buyer reference
FTS044
Notice ID
rls-21-JUL561035
OCID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000810046

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External ID: pcs-ocds-r6ebe6-0000810046 • Added 15 May 2026