Official UK procurement notice
271 - Coleg Gwent skills partnership contract and quality framework - expressions of interest
Authority: Coleg Gwent (Public body)
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionWe would like to invite expressions of interest to form a framework of skills partnership providers. Please note there is no guarantee of work, due to the funding . We want to have 2 lots . Lot 1 is for NVQ's. Lot 2 is for Personal learning or upskill or reskill employed learners. The framework will be closed for 1 year, then re opened so suppliers can apply again, then closed again for another year. The bravo ITT number is ITT_125144
CPV: Education and training services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework · open framework scheme (admission reopens)
- Call-offs
- every call-off is a further competition among the appointed suppliers
- Places
- up to 25 suppliers
- Framework period
- 2 yrs from 1 Sept 2026
- Scheme runs until
- 31 Aug 2028
Published description of the framework
The framework is to be closed for a year, then re opened for suppliers to re apply , then will be closed for a further year.
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · all with a published value · same evaluation weights on every lotEvery one of these 2 lots carries the same published figure, £11,000,000: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.
Lot #1NVQceiling above
As per docs on bravo etendering portal
- Technical & professional ability
as per the docs on bravo etendering portal
Lot #2Personal Learning or upskill or reskill employed learnersceiling above
Personal Learning or upskill or reskill employed learners, as per docs on bravo etendering portal
- Technical & professional ability
as per docs on Bravo etendering portal
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality
- Price
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “271 - Coleg Gwent skills partnership contract and quality framework -…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 25 suppliers, not a single contract: each call-off is a further competition, so the pricing contest starts after appointment.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Open framework scheme
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 10 Jun 2026, 19:29 BST
- Last source update
- 26 Jun 2026, 09:10 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 3 Aug 2026
- Authority reference
271- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-057286- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06b253Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
30 days
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 27 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 20 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en, cy
Timeline
10 Jun 2026 → 1 Sept 2026 · 8 dates- Planning notice published134 days ago10 Jun 2026, 19:29 BST
- Tender notice published127 days ago17 Jun 2026, 16:06 BST
- Next notice expected126 days ago17 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published118 days ago26 Jun 2026, 09:10 BST
- Clarification questions by94 days ago20 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Admission / appointment period ends87 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown27 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by79 days ago3 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts51 days ago1 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Jun 2026- Planned procurement notice published10 Jun 2026, 19:29 BSTUK3
- Tender notice published17 Jun 2026, 16:06 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active17 Jun 2026, 16:06 BST
- Tender notice published26 Jun 2026, 09:10 BSTUK4
Published amendments (1)
Hi, Very sorry the contract total should have read total 2.2 million and 1.1 million per lot, not the 22million stated. This is a genuine error on my behalf.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender