Think Employment Ltd: UK Public Sector Contracts Won & Awards

SMECompanies House: Private Limited CompanyGrimsbyEast MidlandsMain market: Adult and other education services

Official UK PPONPPQH-9252-CDQYCompanies House04109488 ↗ · Active

Where they win
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54 awards (48 for a named lot, 89%, 6 for a whole procedure with no lot named) · top CPV classes, shares of all 54 awards. An award may cover more than one class.

8040 Adult and other education services18 awards · 33% · 17 awards naming a lot + 1 whole-procedure awards
8050 Training services1 award · 2% · awards naming a lot
Attributable award value
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£4.8mOn 15 of 54 award records; the five largest make 76%; a further 1 published a VAT-inclusive amount only (£91k inc. VAT, kept apart). Largest rows below.
Typical attributable award
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£117k middle valuerobust · n=15
Award vs estimate
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Based on 2 wins across all categories. Small sample.

3.6% below estimateindicative · n=2compared within all comparable wins

Where their buyers are
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ITL1 region of the buyer office · known for 33 of 33 awarded procedures · each procedure counts once

East Midlands7 procedures · 21%
North West England5 procedures · 15%
Yorkshire and the Humber5 procedures · 15%
Greater London5 procedures · 15%
South West England4 procedures · 12%
North East England3 procedures · 9%
East of England2 procedures · 6%
South East England2 procedures · 6%

Bidding record
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Procurement Act 2023 award notices name every bidder · 4 notices name this supplier, covering 18 lots since 14 Apr 2026 · observed bids, not an estimate

Contract lots contested
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0 won · 0 lostFewer than three decided lots: no rate is claimed.
Framework / DPS places
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18 of 18Lots on 4 notices: a place is won per lot.
Authorities bid for
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NoticeAuthorityOutcomeBiddersPublished
Skills for Growth Light Touch Open Frameworkframework/DPSDevon County Councilappointedall 3 lots bid for872 Oct 2026
Integrated Settlement Skills Programmeframework/DPSNorth East Combined Authorityappointed9316 Sept 2026
Training Services for Adultsframework/DPSLancashire Combined County Authorityappointedall 11 lots bid for1812 Sept 2026
Adult Skills and Employment Programmesframework/DPSLincolnshire County Councilappointedall 3 lots bid for6514 Apr 2026

Bidder names come from Procurement Act 2023 award notices, which list every bidder (from 2025). Older notices name no bidders, so earlier contests do not appear here. Latest ten notices shown.

Who they sell to
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Authorities named on this supplier’s published awards · ranked by distinct procedures · a framework or DPS adds one award record per appointed supplier

Authority type · official UK type when published, else name/id class, else not classified · by award records (a single panel can dominate)
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  • Local authority50%(27 awards)
    27 of 54 awards are Local authority (50%).
  • Other public body26%(14 awards)
    14 of 54 awards are Other public body (26%).
  • Central government17%(9 awards)
    9 of 54 awards are Central government (17%).
  • Education7%(4 awards)
    4 of 54 awards are Education (7%).
AuthorityProceduresShareAward recordsLast activity
Department for Educationframework/DPS on 1515.2%101 Feb 2024
Devon County Councilframework/DPS on 2412.1%713 Oct 2026
Lincolnshire County Councilframework/DPS on 139.1%531 Jul 2026
Greater Manchester Combined Authority39.1%323 Jan 2025
OXFORDSHIRE LOCAL ENTERPRISE PARTNERSHIP LIMITED26.1%220 Apr 2026
East Riding of Yorkshire Council26.1%222 Sept 2025
Nottinghamshire County Council26.1%217 Jul 2026
Lancashire Combined County Authorityframework/DPS on 113%1125 Feb 2026

Share = of the 33 procedures with an award naming this supplier. Last activity = award date, or notice publication when no award date was published.

Contracts ending
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49 of 60 awards carry an end date, 4 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast

Recent awards

Latest 30 of 54 award records naming this supplier

Contracts Finder adds 6 more procedures won by this supplier, mostly below the Find a Tender threshold or from before 2025. Each is counted once beside any Find a Tender copy; they are in the totals, not in this list.

Award / procedureAuthorityAwardedPublished value
Norfolk and Suffolk Skills Bootcamps Wave 6 (2025/2026)Suffolk County Council8 Oct 2025£195,600
Lot 5 Free Courses for Jobs A)DevonDevon County Council28 Aug 2025£203,350
framework ceiling · 1 of 3 appointed suppliers
Lot 4. Cyber SecurityOXFORDSHIRE LOCAL ENTERPRISE PARTNERSHIP LIMITED7 Aug 2025£185,624
Lot 5. EducationDevon County Council30 Jul 2025£723,400
joint award · 2 suppliers
Adult Skills Fund & Free Courses for JobsDevon County Council28 Aug 2024£299,242
framework ceiling · 1 of 6 appointed suppliers
CALL-OFF: Adult Skills and Employment Programmes Lot 3Lincolnshire County CouncilNot published£95,050 †
from the contract notice
CALL-OFF: Lot 2 GLCCA Adult Skills and Employment ProgrammesGreater Lincolnshire Combined County AuthorityNot published£289,356 †
list or panel total · repeated on other suppliers, not counted as its value
CALL-OFF: Adult Skills and Employment Programmes Lot 1Lincolnshire County CouncilNot published£40,586 †
from the contract notice
Early Years / ChildcareGateshead CollegeNot published£1 †
framework ceiling · 1 of 3 appointed suppliers
Education, Learning and TrainingGateshead CollegeNot published£1 †
framework ceiling · 1 of 3 appointed suppliers
About this data
  • One profile per supplier. Built from award and contract notices that name this supplier; different spellings and registration numbers of the same company are merged into this profile.
  • Values are published values. The table mirrors what the notice published: framework ceilings and joint awards are labelled and never counted as this supplier's money, and † marks a value taken from the contract notice when the award published none. Only awards made to this supplier alone count towards its value, excluding VAT. It is not turnover.
  • Regions in the buyer chart describe the buyer office, not where the work is delivered or the supplier’s registered address.
  • Contract end dates. Published on 45 of 60 awards, estimated from the published duration on 4 more (marked “estimated”); those feed “Contracts ending”. Published values in that list come from either source; Contracts Finder figures are shown as published and stay out of this profile’s money totals.
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.