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Published 29 Sept 2026, 15:56 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Alternative Provision — UK public procurement notice

Official notice Competition analysis

Authority: Hull City Council (Local council)

Framework agreement7 lotsServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdLight touch regimeSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Education & Training (80)Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: UKYorkshire & Humber (UKE11)
Framework ceiling (notional)£4,840,108initial estimate £17,787,032 · framework ceiling, not attributable revenue · 1 value update
Admission open until 13 Nov 202612:00 GMT · period end, not a bid countdown
Clarification cut-off 5 Nov 202623:55 GMT · questions to the authority
Framework period 2 yrsup to 4 yrs with extensions · starts 1 Sept 2027
Bids per lot · this authority 2division 80 · n=29 · competition analysis ↓

What is being bought7 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

Hull City Council (The Authority) is seeking tenders from interested organisations to provide Alternative Provision services. The tender is a on stage open procedure made of up 7 lots. The contract is anticipated to commence 01 September 2027 ending by 31 August 2029 with an option to extend for 2 periods of 12 months. The Authority has estimated the value of the Services) to be £4,840,108 per annum split across the 7 lots as detailed in tender documents. The estimated value is given in good faith to assist tenderers in making their submissions, it should not be interpreted as an undertaking to purchase any goods, services or works to any particular value by the Authority and does not form part of the Contract. Further information is contained within the tender documentation. Please ensure all tender submission documents are completed as detailed. Incomplete bids will be eliminated from further process.

  • The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 Sept 2030, 23:59 BST.

CPV: Education and training services · Health and social work services · Primary education services · Secondary education services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Framework period
2 yrs · up to 4 yrs from 1 Sept 2027

Lots and requirements (7)Procurement structure

7 lots · all with a published value · same evaluation weights on every lot

Every one of these 2 lots carries the same published figure, £755,696: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.

Lot #1Lot 1: Step Out Provision KS3 & KS4Renewal UK, Yorkshire & Humber 2 yrsSMEVCSEPublished value£283,380
Lot 1 -Hull City Council (The Authority) is seeking tenders from interested organisations to provide Alternative Provision services. The tender is a one stage open procedure made of up 7 lots. The contract is anticipated to commence 01 September 2027 ending by 31 August 2029 with an option to extend for 2 periods of 12 months. The Authority has estimated the value of the Services) to be £4,840,108 per annum split across the 7 lots as detailed in tender documents. The estimated value is given in good faith to assist tenderers in making their submissions, it should not be interpreted as an under…
Contract period: 1 Sept 2027 — 31 Aug 2029 (2 yrs) · up to 4 yrs with extensionsEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligibleDelivery: UK, Yorkshire & Humber
Value
£283,380 exc. VAT · £340,056 inc. VAT
Extensions
2 extensions available of 1 year
80000000 Education and training services80100000 Primary education services80200000 Secondary education services85000000 Health and social work services

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Lot #2Lot 2: Day 6 Provision KS3 & KS4Renewal Yorkshire & Humber 2 yrsPublished value£721,234
Lot 2 -Hull City Council (The Authority) is seeking tenders from interested organisations to provide Alternative Provision services. The tender is a one stage open procedure made of up 7 lots. The contract is anticipated to commence 01 September 2027 ending by 31 August 2029 with an option to extend for 2 periods of 12 months. The Authority has estimated the value of the Services) to be £4,840,108 per annum split across the 7 lots as detailed in tender documents. The estimated value is given in good faith to assist tenderers in making their submissions, it should not be interpreted as an under…
Contract period: 1 Sept 2027 — 31 Aug 2029 (2 yrs) · up to 4 yrs with extensionsDelivery: Yorkshire & Humber
Value
£721,234 exc. VAT · £865,481 inc. VAT
Extensions
2 extensions of 1 year
80000000 Education and training services80100000 Primary education services80200000 Secondary education services85000000 Health and social work services

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Lot #3Lot 3: Primary Step Out and Day 6 Provision (1)Renewal Yorkshire & Humber 2 yrsPublished value£974,558
Lot 3- Hull City Council (The Authority) is seeking tenders from interested organisations to provide Alternative Provision services. The tender is a one stage open procedure made of up 7 lots. The contract is anticipated to commence 01 September 2027 ending by 31 August 2029 with an option to extend for 2 periods of 12 months. The Authority has estimated the value of the Services) to be £4,840,108 per annum split across the 7 lots as detailed in tender documents. The estimated value is given in good faith to assist tenderers in making their submissions, it should not be interpreted as an under…
Contract period: 1 Sept 2027 — 31 Aug 2029 (2 yrs) · up to 4 yrs with extensionsDelivery: Yorkshire & Humber
Value
£974,558 exc. VAT · £1,169,470 inc. VAT
Extensions
2 extensions of 1 year
80000000 Education and training services80100000 Primary education services80200000 Secondary education services85000000 Health and social work services

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Lot #4Lot 4: Enhanced Risk Management ProvisionRenewal Yorkshire & Humber 2 yrsPublished value£216,000
Lot 4- Hull City Council (The Authority) is seeking tenders from interested organisations to provide Alternative Provision services. The tender is a one stage open procedure made of up 7 lots. The contract is anticipated to commence 01 September 2027 ending by 31 August 2029 with an option to extend for 2 periods of 12 months. The Authority has estimated the value of the Services) to be £4,840,108 per annum split across the 7 lots as detailed in tender documents. The estimated value is given in good faith to assist tenderers in making their submissions, it should not be interpreted as an under…
Contract period: 1 Sept 2027 — 31 Aug 2029 (2 yrs) · up to 4 yrs with extensionsDelivery: Yorkshire & Humber
Value
£216,000 exc. VAT · £259,200 inc. VAT
Extensions
2 extensions of 1 year
80000000 Education and training services80100000 Primary education services80200000 Secondary education services85000000 Health and social work services

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Lot #5Lot 5: Long Term KS3 Alternative ProvisionRenewal Yorkshire & Humber 2 yrsceiling above
Lot 5- Hull City Council (The Authority) is seeking tenders from interested organisations to provide Alternative Provision services. The tender is a one stage open procedure made of up 7 lots. The contract is anticipated to commence 01 September 2027 ending by 31 August 2029 with an option to extend for 2 periods of 12 months. The Authority has estimated the value of the Services) to be £4,840,108 per annum split across the 7 lots as detailed in tender documents. The estimated value is given in good faith to assist tenderers in making their submissions, it should not be interpreted as an under…
Contract period: 1 Sept 2027 — 31 Aug 2029 (2 yrs) · up to 4 yrs with extensionsDelivery: Yorkshire & Humber
Extensions
2 extensions of 1 year
80000000 Education and training services80100000 Primary education services80200000 Secondary education services85000000 Health and social work services

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Lot #6Lot 6: Long Term KS 4 Alternative ProvisionRenewal Yorkshire & Humber 2 yrsPublished value£1,133,544
Lot 6- Hull City Council (The Authority) is seeking tenders from interested organisations to provide Alternative Provision services. The tender is a one stage open procedure made of up 7 lots. The contract is anticipated to commence 01 September 2027 ending by 31 August 2029 with an option to extend for 2 periods of 12 months. The Authority has estimated the value of the Services) to be £4,840,108 per annum split across the 7 lots as detailed in tender documents. The estimated value is given in good faith to assist tenderers in making their submissions, it should not be interpreted as an under…
Contract period: 1 Sept 2027 — 31 Aug 2029 (2 yrs) · up to 4 yrs with extensionsDelivery: Yorkshire & Humber
Value
£1,133,544 exc. VAT · £1,360,253 inc. VAT
Extensions
2 extensions of 1 year
80000000 Education and training services80100000 Primary education services80200000 Secondary education services85000000 Health and social work services

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Lot #7Lot 7: Medical Step Down and High Anxiety ProvisionRenewal Yorkshire & Humber 2 yrsceiling above
Lot 7- Hull City Council (The Authority) is seeking tenders from interested organisations to provide Alternative Provision services. The tender is a one stage open procedure made of up 7 lots. The contract is anticipated to commence 01 September 2027 ending by 31 August 2029 with an option to extend for 2 periods of 12 months. The Authority has estimated the value of the Services) to be £4,840,108 per annum split across the 7 lots as detailed in tender documents. The estimated value is given in good faith to assist tenderers in making their submissions, it should not be interpreted as an under…
Contract period: 1 Sept 2027 — 31 Aug 2029 (2 yrs) · up to 4 yrs with extensionsDelivery: Yorkshire & Humber
Extensions
2 extensions of 1 year
80000000 Education and training services80100000 Primary education services80200000 Secondary education services85000000 Health and social work services

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win
i

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 more
How bids are scored · same split on all 7 lots
Quality: 95%Social value: 5%
Published sub-criteria (8)
  • Safeguarding — 15%
  • Delivery Model — 20%
  • Staffing — 10%
  • Children and Young Person Engagement — 10%
  • Transitions — 15%
  • Monitoring & Reporting — 10%
  • Scenarios — 15%
  • Social Value — 5%

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

How Hull City Council buys Primary education services (CPV 8010) — and who usually turns up

Hull City Council’s own published record, next to the Yorkshire and the Humber market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Primary education services (CPV 8010) →

1

How the contest usually goes

Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested frameworks and DPS only — direct awards (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.

This authority

Hull City Council

framework/DPS notices in 36 months: 2 in CPV 8010 · 4 in division 80 · 77 in all categories (21 route not published)

Bids per lot
i

How many companies usually bid for work like this.

Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 80), last 36 months: 29 lots. All 29 lots are from older notices, which count bids received.

Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.

2division 80 · 36m · n=29 lots
Single-bid lots
i

How often only one company bid.

Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 80), last 36 months: 29 lots.

High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.

31%division 80 · 36m · n=29 lots
Award vs estimate
i

Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.

Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 60 pairs.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

at estimateall categories · 24m · n=60 pairs
Deadline → award date
i

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.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 5 notices.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

101dall categories · 36m · n=5 notices
Notice updates
i

How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.

Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 320 notices.

Last 24 months.

0all categories · 24m · n=320 notices
Awarded without competition
i

How often this buyer awards without a competition.

Direct or limited awards as a share of its notices that say which procedure was used. These routes are legal in defined cases. This is just the record.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 80), last 36 months: 4 notices.

Last 36 months.

0%division 80 · 36m · n=4 notices
Bids per lot · history, not this notice’s lots robust · n=29
i

How the number of bidders is spread across lots.

Each lot with a published bid count is put in a band: one bid, two to three, four to six, seven or more. Real competitions only.

Based on 29 lots on 1 contested notices · division 80, last 36 months.

  • 1 bid 31%
  • 2–3 38%
  • 4–6 31%
  • 7+ 0%

Middle value 2 · 29 lots on 1 contested notices · division 80.

How procedures are run moderate · n=4
i

Which procedures buyers here use.

Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.

Based on 4 notices · division 80, last 36 months.

  • Open 50%
  • Selective 50%
  • Limited 0%
  • Direct 0%

4 notices · division 80. Open and selective are competed (they feed the bid and price figures above); limited and direct are not; notices publishing no route are outside all four.

The market · delivery region

Yorkshire and the Humber · Primary education services (CPV 8010)

framework/DPS notices delivered in Yorkshire and the Humber in 36 months: 7 in CPV 8010 (5 competed, 2 route not published) · 75 in division 80 (59 competed, 12 route not published)

Bids per lot
i

How many companies usually bid for work like this.

Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 8010), last 36 months: 6 lots. All 6 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices, which count bids assessed.

Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.

16CPV 8010 · 36m · n=6 lots
Single-bid lots
i

How often only one company bid.

Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 8010), last 36 months: 6 lots.

High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.

0%CPV 8010 · 36m · n=6 lots
Award vs estimate
i

Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.

Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Nothing published for this region in this sector: not measured on frameworks — a panel award is a ceiling, not a price.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

—not measured on frameworks — a panel award is a ceiling, not a price
Deadline → award date
i

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.

Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 80), last 36 months: 7 notices.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

63ddivision 80 · 36m · n=7 notices
SME bidders
i

How much of this market goes to small and medium firms.

SME bidders where buyers published the split, otherwise SME winners.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 8010), last 36 months: 6 lots.

Last 36 months.

100%CPV 8010 · 36m · n=6 lots
Winners based in the region
i

How much work like this goes to companies based in the delivery region.

Awards in this category delivered here where the winner’s registered address is in the region.

Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 80), last 36 months: 307 awards.

Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.

Last 36 months.

74%division 80 · 36m · n=307 awards
Bids per lot · history, not this notice’s lots robust · n=6
i

How the number of bidders is spread across lots.

Each lot with a published bid count is put in a band: one bid, two to three, four to six, seven or more. Real competitions only.

Based on 6 lots on 1 contested notices · CPV 8010, last 36 months.

  • 1 bid 0%
  • 2–3 0%
  • 4–6 0%
  • 7+ 100%

Middle value 16 · 6 lots on 1 contested notices · CPV 8010.

How procedures are run robust · n=5
i

Which procedures buyers here use.

Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.

Based on 7 notices · CPV 8010, last 36 months.

  • Open 100%
  • Selective 0%
  • Limited 0%
  • Direct 0%

7 notices · CPV 8010. Open and selective are competed (they feed the bid and price figures above); limited and direct are not; notices publishing no route are outside all four.

robust · n=60
i

Where this tender’s estimate would land if the usual pattern repeats.

We apply the buyer’s usual movement between estimate and award (or the region’s) to the estimate on this notice.

This notice gives one total for several lots, so we show the percentage but do not turn it into pounds.

A benchmark, not a price to bid.

The middle award in Hull City Council (all categories, n=60 pairs) lands at estimate. Applied to each lot’s own published value in the lot table below — the notice total (£4,840,108) is an envelope for 7 lots and is not converted.
2

Who you are likely to meet
i

Who you may be up against.

Suppliers on this buyer’s earlier similar contracts, and suppliers whose record fits this tender.

A guess from the record. Buyers do not publish who is bidding.

Suppliers on this authority’s earlier similar contracts, then suppliers with a matching track record — from published award history, not a bid list

By lot · 7 lots
i

Likely bidders for each lot.

For each lot: the previous winner, suppliers with history on this lot, and suppliers strong in this category.

A guess from the record, not a bidder list.

LotAwarded / admittedLikely suppliers
All 7 lotsCPV market ranking when lot-specific history is thin.—

Ranked by CPV market fit, scale and buyer history — historical public-sector wins, not the published bidder list or a predicted field. Lots with the same shortlist are grouped.

Suppliers with a similar track record — and how they price
i

Suppliers with a similar track record, and how they price.

Suppliers matched on wins in this category, history with this buyer, location and size. Their award vs estimate is from their own past wins.

A guess from the record, not a bidder list.

SupplierEvidenceLast awardTheir award vs estimateRelevance
Barnardo's Large3 class winsthis monthat estimate n=247%
STEM Learning Ltd Large2 class wins3 months ago11% below n=144%
Tribal Education Limited Large1 class winsthis month5% below n=238%
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Large1 class winsthis monthno comparable pairs33%
THE ROWAN SCHOOL LTD Large1 class wins6 months agono comparable pairs31%

Matched by the nightly worker on class wins, buyer history, delivery geography, scale and notice text; relevance is a 0–100% heuristic score, not a probability of bidding. “Their award vs estimate” is that supplier’s middle value on its own comparable single-supplier wins, CPV 8010 first. Nobody here is known to be bidding.

Coverage and what to read with care
  • Each tile explains itself. The on a figure says what it is, how it is counted and which scope this notice’s own record came from (class, division, all categories, or the authority’s 24-month row). The two columns are never blended and nothing is filled from a UK-wide figure; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
  • Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). About 30 % of award-vs-estimate pairs are exact matches — the buyer published the award at the estimate. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden.
  • “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.

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
Open admission
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Light touch regime
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Yes · next expected 1 Sept 2030
First published
29 Sept 2026, 15:56 BST
Last source update
29 Sept 2026, 15:56 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end — 1 Feb 2027, 23:59 GMT
Authority reference
CW/2026
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Education and training servicesHealth and social work servicesPrimary education servicesSecondary education services
Delivery area
UKYorkshire & Humber (UKE11)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06b9da Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Apply via EU-Supply (CTM)
Submission portal named on this notice: EU-Supply (CTM) · Who buys & how to bid on EU-Supply
Public notice page · account needed to bidElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · 5–10 minutes
Expression of interest (EOI)
—
Appointment period ends
13 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
5 Nov 2026, 23:55 GMT
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_… ↗

Timeline

8 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Planning notice published102 days ago
    22 Jun 2026, 11:02 BST
  2. Market engagement79 days ago
    14 Jul 2026, 23:59 BSTuk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_… ↗
  3. Next notice expected24 days ago
    7 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
  4. Tender notice published2 days ago
    29 Sept 2026, 15:56 BST
  5. Clarification questions byin 35 days
    5 Nov 2026, 23:55 GMT
  6. Admission / appointment period endsin 42 days · period end, not a bid countdown
    13 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
  7. Award decision expected byin 123 days
    1 Feb 2027, 23:59 GMT
  8. Contract startsin 334 days
    1 Sept 2027, 01:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Nothing awarded yet
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Notice history

6 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 Jun 2026
  1. Tender notice published
    29 Sept 2026, 15:56 BSTUK4
  2. Published value updated to £4,840,108
    29 Sept 2026, 15:56 BSTwas £17,787,032
  3. Status changed to active
    29 Sept 2026, 15:56 BST
  4. Procurement method changed
    29 Sept 2026, 15:56 BST
  5. Deadline published: 13 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
    29 Sept 2026, 15:56 BST
  6. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    22 Jun 2026, 11:02 BSTUK2

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Hull City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PRNP-1874-YZZR The Guildhall, Alfred Gelder Street, Hull, Yorkshire & Humber, HU1 2AA +44 1482616052

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Conflict of interest declarationtenderConflict of interest declarationNot published

Notices published for this procedure