OPTIMUM SKILLS LIMITED: UK Public Sector Contracts Won & Awards
SME·Newton Aycliffe·North East England·Main market: Education and training services
Companies House08733481 ↗Websiteoptimumskills.co.uk ↗
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How many tenders this supplier has won.
Tenders with at least one award to it. Award records are shown too, because one framework can carry many call-offs.
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How many different public bodies have awarded to this supplier.
Buyers named on its awards, with duplicate names merged.
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How much this supplier has won, by published values.
Sum of award values where it was the only winner, VAT excluded, framework ceilings left out.
Not turnover. Not every award publishes a value.
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Awards to this supplier in the last 12 months.
Award records dated in the last 12 months, against the two years before.
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Published contracts with an end date in that window. No end date, not counted.
A likely retender, not a certain one.
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Where this supplier has delivered.
Delivery regions published on its awarded tenders. A tender with several regions counts in each.
Where the work was, not where the company is based.
Where they wini
What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
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What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
17 lot-level observations (15 awarded lots, 88%, plus 2 envelope awards without lot links; pending awards included) · top CPV classes
8000 Education and training services11 observations · 85% · 9 lots + 2 envelope8040 Adult and other education services2 observations · 15% · lotsi
How much this supplier has won, by published values.
Sum of award values where it was the only winner, VAT excluded, framework ceilings left out.
Not turnover. Not every award publishes a value.
Largest published awards iThe biggest published awards. Awards to a single supplier with a published value, largest first, so you can check the totals against the notice. A repeated framework total can appear here. Open the notice to check. | Authority | Awarded | Term | Published value |
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| Skills Bootcamp Wave 3 Alternative Provision - Optimum | Department for Education | — | — | £143,000 † |
Where they deliveri
Where this supplier has delivered.
Delivery regions published on its awarded tenders. A tender with several regions counts in each.
Where the work was, not where the company is based.
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Where this supplier has delivered.
Delivery regions published on its awarded tenders. A tender with several regions counts in each.
Where the work was, not where the company is based.
ITL1 delivery regions on the notice · 10 of 10 awarded procedures publish one · a procedure with several regions counts in each
Bidding recordi
Competitions this supplier is known to have bid in.
Procurement Act 2023 award notices that name it as a bidder, split into won and lost.
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Competitions this supplier is known to have bid in.
Procurement Act 2023 award notices that name it as a bidder, split into won and lost.
Procurement Act 2023 award notices name every bidder · 1 notices name this supplier since 16 Sept 2026 · observed bids, not an estimate
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Competitions this supplier is known to have bid in.
Procurement Act 2023 award notices that name it as a bidder, split into won and lost.
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Frameworks and DPS this supplier got onto.
Appointed out of applied. Kept apart from contract wins because almost every compliant bidder gets a place.
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How many public bodies this supplier has bid to.
Buyers on notices that name it as a bidder, win or lose.
| Notice | Authority | Outcome | Bidders | Published |
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| Integrated Settlement Skills Programme | North East Combined Authority | appointed | 93 | 16 Sept 2026 |
Source: bids.details[].tenderers on Procurement Act 2023 notices (from 2025). PCR 2015 notices name no bidders, so earlier contests are invisible here. Latest ten notices shown.
Who they sell toi
Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
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Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
Authorities named on this supplier’s published awards · ranked by distinct procedures · award records explode on framework and DPS panels
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What kinds of public bodies buy here.
Notices by the buyer’s type as published, otherwise by its name.
- Local authority 41% (7 awards)
- Central government 35% (6 awards)
- Education 18% (3 awards)
- Type not classified 6% (1 awards)
| Authority | Procedures | Share | Award records | Last activity |
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| Department for Education | 2 | 20% | 6 | 15 Apr 2024 |
| New College Durham | 2 | 20% | 2 | 9 Nov 2022 |
| Sunderland City Council | 1 | 10% | 3 | 11 Aug 2026 |
| North East Combined Authority | 1 | 10% | 2 | 5 Aug 2026 |
| North Tyneside Council | 1 | 10% | 1 | 8 Sept 2022 |
| Durham County Council | 1 | 10% | 1 | 27 Apr 2022 |
| Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation | 1 | 10% | 1 | 8 Sept 2026 |
| Tyne Coast College | 1 | 10% | 1 | 29 Jul 2022 |
Share = of the 10 procedures with an award naming this supplier. Last activity = award date, or notice publication when no award date was published.
Contracts endingi
Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Published contracts with an end date in that window. No end date, not counted.
A likely retender, not a certain one.
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Published contracts with an end date in that window. No end date, not counted.
A likely retender, not a certain one.
Published end dates only · 5 of 17 awards carry one · not a retender forecast
| Contract | Ends | Published value |
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| OPEN2026578 Adult Skills Programme - Skills Activation (Visitor Economy) | 1 Aug 2027 | £1,500,000 |
| OPEN2026577 Adult Skills Programme - Skills Activation (Sector Focussed) | 1 Aug 2027 | £6,000,000 |
Recent awards
Latest 17 of 17 award records naming this supplier
Data coverage & method
- Source: Find a Tender OCDS award and contract releases. An award record is one award × this supplier; a procedure can carry many (panels, call-offs).
- Market observations are awarded lots, or one envelope award when the notice publishes no lot links. Region = delivery ITL1 on the notice, not the supplier’s registered address.
- Authority type: official OCDS UK contracting-authority type when the notice publishes one; otherwise a Tenderline name/id class; otherwise “not classified”. Purchasing hubs with no published type stay unclassified.
- Published value attributable to this supplier alone: £143k across single-supplier awards, framework / DPS ceilings excluded. Coverage is partial and the figure is not turnover, so it is not shown as a headline.
- Contract end dates: published on 5 of 17 awards; 2 end within 18 months.
- Each figure’s own method and sample is behind its ; the long form is on Methodology.
- Never shown: contact details, reliability or payment scores, affiliations, predicted wins.
Identifiers consolidated into this page (9 historical Find a Tender publication identifiers)
Official notices referenced this supplier under these publication identifiers. Alias URLs are not separate pages.
Canonical page id: GB-COH:08733481