Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 12 Oct 2026, 14:25 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Adult Education – HGV and Bus Driver Training Skills Bootcamp Programme

Official notice

Authority: South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (Local council)

ServicesAbove thresholdLight touch regimeSME suitableVCSE suitable
Planned pipeline value£1,000,000pipeline notice — not a live tender
Tender notice expected 23 Oct 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 6 moends 1 Aug 2027 · up to 1 Aug 2028 with extensions · starts 1 Feb 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Pre Market Engagement event for Adult Education – HGV and Bus Driver Training Skills Bootcamp Programme

CPV: Education and training services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 6 moSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Feb 2027 — 1 Aug 2027 (up to 1 Aug 2028 with extensions) · up to 1 yr 6 mo with extensionsEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligibleDelivery: Yorkshire & Humber
Extensions
Extension options published
80000000 Education and training services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Light touch regime
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
12 Oct 2026, 14:25 BST
Last source update
12 Oct 2026, 14:25 BST
Authority reference
DN832061
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-096128
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Education and training services
Delivery area
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0785b5 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Planning notice published1 day ago
    12 Oct 2026, 14:25 BST
  2. Market engagementin 7 days
    20 Oct 2026, 00:59 BSTPre Market Engagement Webinar Event for Skills Bootcamps – HGV/Bus Driver Training Programme. The Authority will be conducting a Microsoft Teams Webinar Event on Tuesday 20th October at 2pm to discuss the upcoming tender requirement. This event is open to Learning Organisations that have the experience/expertise, capability, capacity, and infrastructure in place to deliver HGV and PSV Skills Bootcamps. Max of three attendees per Learning Organisation. To register for the event please log in/register to ProContract (https://procontract.due-north.com/) and Express and Interest in tender/project reference DN832061, you will then need to issue a message via this tender with your details including, Company name, the Skills Bootcamp that you can deliver, Attendee names and Attendee email addresses. Registration for the event must take place no later than 10.00am on Tuesday 20th October. You will be then be sent the Teams link one hour before the event begins. Strictly no attendees will be able to join the event after the event starts at 2pm on Tuesday 20th October.
  3. Tender notice expectedin 10 days
    23 Oct 2026, 00:59 BST
  4. Contract startsin 111 days
    1 Feb 2027

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Notice history

2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 12 Oct 2026
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    12 Oct 2026, 14:25 BSTUK2
  2. First planning notice published
    12 Oct 2026, 14:25 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PDBT-6675-QXPN 11 Broad Street West, Sheffield, Yorkshire & Humber, S1 2BQContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure