Official UK procurement notice
Adult Skills Fund Course Delivery
Authority: East Durham College (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionEast Durham College is looking to secure a
maximum of 1 organisation to deliver adult
education courses to people aged 19 years and
over who live in postcodes within the North East
Combined Authority area.
The contract value will be based on an 80/20 split.
The full contract value will be £125,000 - Tenderers
are invited to bid for the contract value stated that
they can effectively deliver within the specified
contract requirements. This may be split as
incremental awards throughout the academic year
dependent on achievement of deliverables.
Adults must live in an address with a North East
Combined Authority postcode, it is not the delivery
location. Provision is expected to be part-time and
must be linked to the North East Combined
Authority Strategic Aims for each area. East
Durham College is only seeking provision in subject
sector areas 4 (Engineering) and 5 (Construction),
which moves adults either directly into jobs or
closer to the employment market. We will not
accept large volumes of employability provision or
distance learning. We would expect all the funded
provision to be ASF funded and not Free Courses
for Jobs.
CPV: Adult and other education services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£125,000
- Condition of participation
We will only look to contract with providers who have a history of delivering in the North East and they must have a permanent base in County Durham, Sunderland or Gateshead.
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
- Social Value
- Condition of participation
We will only look to contract with providers who have a history of delivering in the North East and they must have a permanent base in County Durham, Sunderland or Gateshead.
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
- Awarded
- 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
- 16 Dec 2025, 15:19 GMT
- Last source update
- 25 Sept 2026, 11:47 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-083469- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f6f3Find a Tender
- Reserved participation area
- K02000001
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 13 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 12 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Electronic submission
- Not allowed
Please submit tenders to [email protected] [email protected] as per the tender documents instructions
**PLEASE NOTE THERE WILL BE NO RESPONSE TO QUERIES BETWEEN 20TH DECEMBER 2025 - 4TH JANUARY 2026**
Timeline
16 Dec 2025 → 25 Sept 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published311 days ago16 Dec 2025, 15:19 GMT
- Clarification questions by284 days ago12 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Submission deadline283 days ago13 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Contract starts271 days ago26 Jan 2026
- Latest notice published28 days ago25 Sept 2026, 11:47 BST
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Dec 2025- Tender notice published16 Dec 2025, 15:19 GMTUK4
- Tender notice published16 Dec 2025, 15:30 GMTUK4
- Contract details notice published25 Sept 2026, 11:47 BSTUK7
- Status changed to complete25 Sept 2026, 11:47 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| NC Group LTDSME | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Adult Skills Fund Course Delivery · NC Group LTDSME
- Signed
- 28 Jan 2026
- Value
- —
- Period
- 10 Feb 2026 – 31 Jul 2026
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- NC GROUP LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender