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# Adult Skills Fund Course Delivery

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/adult-skills-fund-course-delivery-ocds-h6vhtk-05f6f3). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** East Durham College: "Adult Skills Fund Course Delivery". Published status: complete. Published Value: £125,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 13 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [East Durham College](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/east-durham-college-urn-131859)
- **Published Value:** £125,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 13 January 2026 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - open competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Adult and other education services
- **Delivery Location:** UKC
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 4 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/adult-skills-fund-course-delivery-ocds-h6vhtk-05f6f3#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05f6f3`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/adult-skills-fund-course-delivery-ocds-h6vhtk-05f6f3#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission method:** Please submit tenders to joanne.wilson@eastdurham.ac.uk procurement@eastdurham.ac.uk as per the tender documents instructions
**PLEASE NOTE THERE WILL BE NO RESPONSE TO QUERIES BETWEEN 20TH DECEMBER 2025 - 4TH JANUARY 2026**

## Description
East 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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80400000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £125,000

- **Contract Period:** 26/01/2026 to 31/07/2026

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **NC GROUP LTD**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-59173`

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Adult Skills Fund Course Delivery (active)
  - Signed Value: £0
  - Signed Date: 28/01/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F083469-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-09-25T10:47:54.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T22:39:16.015Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05f6f3