Official UK procurement notice
Alternative Provision and Specialist Tuition Framework
Authority: Newcastle City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Council commissions Alternative Provision and Specialist Tuition services to support children and young people who are unable to access, or would benefit from support in addition to, mainstream education. The future framework will seek to ensure the continued availability of high-quality, safe and effective provision that meets the diverse needs of children and young people across the city.
The forthcoming procurement exercise will provide an opportunity for the Council to review the design and operation of the framework to ensure it remains fit for purpose and reflects current and anticipated service requirements. Areas under consideration include:
The scope and specification of Alternative Provision and Specialist Tuition services.
Framework structure and lotting arrangements.
Provider governance, safeguarding and operational oversight requirements.
Quality assurance, performance management and contract monitoring arrangements.
Expectations regarding reintegration planning and the achievement of positive outcomes for children and young people.
Market capacity, capability and future demand.
The Council intends to engage with the market as part of the pre-procurement process to gather feedback and insights that will help inform the development of the future procurement strategy and service model.
Please find advance notice of an upcoming Alternative Provision & Specialist Tuition Provider Engagement Event on one the following sessions (final date TBC):
- Tuesday 15 September, 1:00pm to 3:00pm Newcastle Civic Centre
- Thursday 17 September, 1:00pm to 3:00pm via TEAMS
Please use this link to register interest: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/GyWVyB7NQj ↗
CPV: Education and training services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 3 yrs from 1 Apr 2027
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedWhat 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).
- “Alternative Provision and Specialist Tuition Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Newcastle City Council buys Education and training services (CPV 80), and who usually turns up
Newcastle City Council’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Education and training services (CPV 80) →
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.
Here, local means registered in North East England.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in North East England.
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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 71 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.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
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 bid13% / 6%
2–332% / 22%
4–626% / 18%
7+29% / 54%
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.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.
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
Lot #1Published estimate£6.0m
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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 50 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid6%
2–322%
4–618%
7+54%
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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.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
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.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- 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
- 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
- 30 Jul 2026, 11:09 BST
- Last source update
- 12 Aug 2026, 11:50 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-076667- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d752Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
30 Jul 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 5 dates- Planning notice published84 days ago30 Jul 2026, 11:09 BST
- Latest notice published71 days ago12 Aug 2026, 11:50 BST
- Market engagement21 days ago30 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
Alternative Provision & Specialist Tuition Provider Engagement Event session (final date TBC):
- Tuesday 15 September, 1:00pm to 3:00pm Newcastle Civic Centre
- Thursday 17 September, 1:00pm to 3:00pm via TEAMS
Venue: Civic Centre, Newcastle City Council
Please register interest at the link below:
- Tender notice expected20 days ago1 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 161 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
4 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 30 Jul 2026- Pipeline notice published30 Jul 2026, 11:09 BSTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published30 Jul 2026, 11:20 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published12 Aug 2026, 11:49 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published12 Aug 2026, 11:50 BSTUK2
Published amendments (1)
Please note dates confirmed for events
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2026-07: 1 release · 30 Jul 2026
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 (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender