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title: "Alternative Provision Work Experience Specialist Support"
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# Alternative Provision Work Experience Specialist Support

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/alternative-provision-work-experience-specialist-support-ocds-h6vhtk-066674). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** The Careers and Enterprise Company: "Alternative Provision Work Experience Specialist Support". Published status: active. Framework Ceiling: £360,000. 3 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 7 Apr 2026, 14:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.delta-esourcing.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [The Careers and Enterprise Company](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-careers-and-enterprise-company-coh-09432724)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £360,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 7 April 2026 at 14:00 BST
- **Lots:** 3
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Education and training services
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/alternative-provision-work-experience-specialist-support-ocds-h6vhtk-066674#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-066674`

## 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/alternative-provision-work-experience-specialist-support-ocds-h6vhtk-066674#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [delta-esourcing.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.delta-esourcing.com%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/alternative-provision-work-experience-specialist-support-ocds-h6vhtk-066674#participate

## Description
CEC is delivering a programme to engage the Alternative Provision sector to increase the number of high-quality work experience opportunities offered to young people in Alternative Provision settings across England. Our aim is to commission a framework for up to 10 suppliers with the appropriate expertise to support the programme's aims and objectives including delivery of:
- Senior Leadership Engagement with AP System Leadership to deliver system readiness
- Curriculum design, to ensure work experience is embedded within wider Alternative Provision curriculum and pathways
- Employer partnerships, to build employer confidence, capability and appetite to offer high quality work experience opportunities to learners in Alternative Provision
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: 
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Education-and-training-services./44MC595W6C
To respond to this opportunity, please click here: 
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/44MC595W6C

## Lots (3)
### Lot 1: Senior Leadership Engagement
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 80000000

- **Estimated Value:** £120,000
- **Description:** To engage with senior leadership to ensure commitment and system readiness within AP institutions and Careers Hubs to enable careers to be seen as a lever for whole institution improvement.
- **Contract Period:** 26/04/2026 to 31/08/2027
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 2: Curriculum Design
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 80000000

- **Estimated Value:** £120,000
- **Description:** Working to ensure Work Experience is embedded within wider AP curriculum and pathways, not delivered as a stand-alone activity but as a lever for skills development and career readiness resulting in positive transitions.
- **Contract Period:** 25/04/2026 to 31/08/2027
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 3: Employer Partnerships for AP appropriate Work Experience
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 80000000

- **Estimated Value:** £120,000
- **Description:** To build employer confidence, capability and appetite to offer high-quality WEX activity to AP learners, resulting in an increase in appropriate and relevant opportunities.
- **Contract Period:** 25/04/2026 to 31/08/2027
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F021382-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-03-10T14:40:07.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T06:54:14.039Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-066674