Official UK procurement notice
Accounting or Finance Apprenticeship Suite for Milton Keynes City Council
Authority: Milton Keynes Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Council is seeking a suitably qualified and experienced Supplier to provide apprenticeship programmes for; Level 2 Accounts or Finance Assistant (ST0608), Level 3 Assistant Accountant (ST0002) and Level 4 Professional Accounting or Taxation Technician (ST0003) to train colleagues studying the apprenticeship programmes. The contract will be for a period of four years (48 months) to allow for maximum flexibility for apprentices to start at various points during the contract period.
CPV: Adult and other education services · Adult-education services at university level · Education and training services
The lotProcurement structure
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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).
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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).
Lot awarding rule: The award criteria can be found in the Invitation to Tender document.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 31 Jul 2025, 18:43 BST
- Last source update
- 12 Aug 2025, 08:09 BST
- Authority reference
2025-153A- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-044971- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-056abdFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 21 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 7 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
31 Jul 2025 → 8 Sept 2025 · 5 dates- Tender notice published31 Jul 2025, 18:43 BST
- Clarification questions by7 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published12 Aug 2025, 08:09 BST
- Submission deadline21 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts8 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 31 Jul 2025- Tender notice published31 Jul 2025, 18:43 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published31 Jul 2025, 18:48 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 14 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST31 Jul 2025, 18:48 BST+0 days · was 14 Aug 2025, 17:00 BST
- Tender notice published12 Aug 2025, 08:09 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 21 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST12 Aug 2025, 08:09 BST+7 days · was 14 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
Published amendments (2)
the time has been changed for the clarification deadline which is 7th August 2025 by 23:59 and the submission deadline at 12:00noon, on 14th August 2025
Update Tender Close date to 21st August 2025 12:00 Noon
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
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender