Official UK procurement notice
Adult Skills and Employment Programmes
Authority: Lincolnshire County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionLincolnshire County Council is undertaking a refresh of its existing Adult Skills and Employment Programme (ASEP) Light Touch Framework.
The purpose of this refresh is to admit additional Providers to the Framework to support the future delivery of adult skills, employability, learner engagement and associated support services across Lincolnshire.
The Framework was originally established under the Light Touch Regime and this refresh is being undertaken in accordance with the principles, conditions and evaluation methodology upon which the Framework was established.
This refresh does not constitute the establishment of a new framework. Existing Framework Providers will retain their place on the Framework and are not required to reapply.
Applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced organisations seeking admission to one or more of the Framework Lots.
Providers may apply for admission to a single Lot, multiple Lots or all Lots.
Procurement Procedure
The Authority is undertaking a competitive Framework Refresh in accordance with the Framework's established governance and admission arrangements.
Applications will be assessed using the Conditions of Participation, selection methodology and quality requirements set out within the procurement documentation.
Only Providers meeting the required quality standards and minimum evaluation threshold will be admitted to the relevant Framework Lot(s).
Admission to the Framework does not guarantee the award of future contracts or any minimum volume of work.
Framework Lots
Lot 1 – Non-Accredited Provision
Lot 2 – Accredited Skills Provision
Lot 3 – Other Skills and Employment Related Activity
CPV: Adult and other education services · Training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedPipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Lincolnshire County Council buys Adult and other education services (CPV 8040), and who usually turns up
Lincolnshire County Council’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Adult and other education services (CPV 8040) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in the delivery region.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 37 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The buyer’s share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid17%
2–347%
4–614%
7+22%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate46%
Within ±2%40%
Above estimate14%
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Our matching links this notice to “Adult Skills and Employment Programmes” of this authority, but none of the 12 panel members sit in a category matching this notice.
Lot #1CPV 8040Published estimate£87m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 93 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid13%
2–326%
4–630%
7+31%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| HCF CATCH LIMITEDEarlier contract | Adult Skills and Employment Programmesstarted Mar 2026 | ASEP - Lot 3 Other Programmes | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
| MEDEX (GROUP) LTDEarlier contract | Adult Skills and Employment Programmesstarted Mar 2026 | ASEP - Lot 3 Other Programmes | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
| MAYA RAIL TECHNICAL TRAINING & CONSULTANCY LTDEarlier contract | Adult Skills and Employment Programmesstarted Mar 2026 | ASEP - Lot 3 Other Programmes | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
| THE SKILLS BLUEPRINT LTDEarlier contract | Adult Skills and Employment Programmesstarted Mar 2026 | ASEP - Lot 3 Other Programmes | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
| DN COLLEGES GROUP T/A North Lindsey CollegeEarlier contract | Adult Skills and Employment Programmesstarted Mar 2026 | ASEP - Lot 3 Other Programmes | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
What this replaces i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
100% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
100% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (100% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
Adult Skills and Employment Programmes, winner not published; the published contract ends 22 Mar 2030.
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
- 15 Oct 2026, 10:56 BST
- Last source update
- 15 Oct 2026, 10:56 BST
- Authority reference
PL24/111- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-097347- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078844Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
15 Oct 2026 → 31 Jul 2027 · 4 dates- Planning notice published5 days ago15 Oct 2026, 10:56 BST
- Today20 Oct 2026
- Market engagementin 18 days6 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
Conditions of Participation
The Conditions of Participation remain consistent with those applied when establishing the Framework.
Applicants will be required to demonstrate:
- Relevant technical and professional capability.
- Appropriate experience delivering comparable services.
- Organisational capacity and resources.
- Financial standing.
- Quality assurance arrangements.
- Safeguarding and learner protection arrangements.
- Compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements.
- Capacity to operate in accordance with the Framework requirements.
Full details are contained within the procurement documentation.
Evaluation Methodology
Applications will be evaluated in accordance with the Framework Refresh documentation.
The evaluation will focus upon:
- Organisational capability.
- Relevant experience.
- Quality assurance.
- Delivery methodology.
- Safeguarding arrangements.
- Capacity and resources.
- Compliance with Framework requirements.
Only Providers achieving the stated minimum quality threshold will be admitted to the relevant Lot(s).
Framework Operation
Successful Providers admitted through this refresh will:
- Become Providers on the relevant Framework Lot(s).
- Be eligible to participate in future call-off opportunities.
- Be subject to the Framework Agreement and all associated terms and conditions.
- Be required to comply with all performance, monitoring and reporting requirements.
Existing Framework Providers will retain their Framework status and rights.
Submission of Applications
Applications must be submitted electronically through PANACEA.
Clarification questions must be submitted via PANACEA no later than the date specified in the procurement timetable.
The Authority reserves the right to reject submissions received after the stated deadline.
Additional Information
The Authority reserves the right to clarify, verify and seek confirmation of any information submitted by applicants.
The refresh is intended solely to facilitate the admission of additional Providers to the existing Framework. Existing Providers are unaffected by this refresh and are not required to submit a further application.
The Framework shall continue to operate in accordance with the Framework Agreement, Specification and associated procurement documentation.
Preliminary Market Engagement Presentations:
Tuesday 3rd November 2026 10.30 – 11.30am - events.teams.microsoft.com/event/54a21758-ea84-… ↗
Friday 6th November 2026 9.30 – 10.30am - events.teams.microsoft.com/event/db6ce559-0426-… ↗
- Tender notice expectedin 21 days9 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 284 days31 Jul 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published15 Oct 2026, 10:56 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