Find a TenderCancelledProcurement termination notice
Published 8 May 2025, 11:12 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Apprenticeship Systems Enhancement Project

Official notice

Authority: Oxford Brookes University (Education)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£41,666£50,000 inc. VAT · 1 value update
Submissions closed 29 May 2025
Contract term 7 mostarts 17 Jun 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The purpose of this tender is to find a supplier who can identify and implement solutions that will reduce administrative workload, enhance data quality, improve the learner and employer experience, and drive sustainable apprenticeship growth within the University's apprenticeship operations. The awarded supplier must: At a minimum have delivered at least two similar projects within the higher education or apprenticeship sector in the past 5 years. Showcase key personnel that will be working on this contract who can demonstrate relevant expertise in business process improvement, reporting, and system optimisation

CPV: General management consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Lot 1Cancelled 7 moSMEVCSEPublished value£41,666
Contract period: 17 Jun 2025 — 31 Dec 2025 (7 mo)Eligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Value
£41,666 exc. VAT · £50,000 inc. VAT
79411000 General management consultancy services

What it takes to win
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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 were scored

60% Quality 40% Price

Conditions of participation1
  • Condition of participation
    The awarded supplier must: At a minimum have delivered at least two similar projects within the higher education or apprenticeship sector in the past 5 years. Showcase key personnel that will be working on this contract who can demonstrate relevant expertise in business process improvement, reporting, and system optimisation

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
Cancelled
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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
8 May 2025, 11:12 BST
Last source update
8 May 2025, 11:12 BST
Authority reference
2025
Latest notice
Procurement termination notice (UK12)
Classification (CPV)
General management consultancy services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050c35 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: EU-Supply (CTM) · Who buys & how to bid on EU-Supply
Public notice page · account needed to bidElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free · 5–10 minutes
Submission deadline
29 May 2025, 15:00 BST
Clarification deadline
21 May 2025, 23:55 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

5 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Tender notice published
    2 May 2025, 12:41 BST
  2. Latest notice published
    8 May 2025, 11:12 BST
  3. Clarification questions by
    21 May 2025, 23:55 BST
  4. Submission deadline
    29 May 2025, 15:00 BST
  5. Contract starts
    17 Jun 2025, 01:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded toValueDateStatus
supplier not published7 May 2025CancelledIssued with Oxfordshire as a participation rule which was incorrect and other counties are also encouraged to bid - new procurement put out with this change.

Notice history

7 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 May 2025
  1. Procurement termination notice published
    8 May 2025, 11:12 BSTUK12
  2. Published value updated
    8 May 2025, 11:12 BSTwas £41,666
  3. Status changed to cancelled
    8 May 2025, 11:12 BST
  4. Procurement method changed
    8 May 2025, 11:12 BST
  5. Deadline withdrawn
    8 May 2025, 11:12 BST
  6. Buyer details updated
    8 May 2025, 11:12 BST
  7. Tender notice published
    2 May 2025, 12:41 BSTUK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Oxford Brookes University

Contracting authorityPublic undertaking GB-PPON: PPGL-1164-DJLT Gipsy Lane, Headington,, Oxford, South East, OX3 0BP +441 865483905

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Procurement termination notice tenderProcurement termination noticeUK12Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender