Official UK procurement notice
Adult Skills and Employment Programmes (an Open Framework)
Authority: Lincolnshire County Council (Local council)
Lincolnshire County Council is preparing to establish an Open Framework Agreement under the Light Touch Regime for the delivery of Adult Skills and Employment Programmes. This long-term commercial route to market will underpin the delivery of skills devolution from 2026/27 onwards.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionLincolnshire County Council is preparing to establish an Open Framework Agreement under the Light Touch Regime for the delivery of Adult Skills and Employment Programmes. This long-term commercial route to market will underpin the delivery of skills devolution from 2026/27 onwards. As part of this process, the Council will be hosting two online Pre-Market Engagement (PME) sessions via Microsoft Teams. These will take place on 4th November starting at 14:00 on 4th November and 6th November starting at 09:00. Interested providers are invited to attend either session (only one session). Please note that this is not a call for competition. Participation in the PME sessions is entirely optional and will not influence the outcome of any future procurement. The formal procurement process is anticipated to commence in November 2025
CPV: Education and training services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 4 yrs · up to 8 yrs from 23 Mar 2026
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
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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).
- “Adult Skills and Employment Programmes (an Open Framework)” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- 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
- 21 Oct 2025, 14:53 BST
- Last source update
- 21 Oct 2025, 14:53 BST
- Authority reference
DN 794015- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-067150- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
21 Oct 2025 → 23 Mar 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published376 days ago21 Oct 2025, 14:53 BST
- Market engagement361 days ago5 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
By attendance at Webinar
- Tender notice expected345 days ago21 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts224 days ago23 Mar 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published21 Oct 2025, 14:53 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender