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Published 19 Nov 2024, 17:35 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Apprenticeship Training and Assessment Framework 2025

Official notice

Authority: Westmorland and Furness Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

Framework agreementServicesOpen procedure
Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: North West (UKD1)
Framework ceiling (notional)£15,000,000framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 19 Dec 2024awarded 21 Mar 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Council has established a framework of high quality Apprenticeship Training Providers in order to deliver a range of apprenticeships for its workforce, utilising the apprenticeship levy.

CPV: Education and training services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Bids received
48 bids received · 13 suppliers appointed

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£15,000,000
Delivery: North West
Extensions: Westmorland and Furness Council proposes an Invitation to Tender for a new Apprenticeships Framework for the period 1st April 2025 - 31st March 2029 (initial 4-year term plus 2 x optional extensions of up to 12 Months each).Variant bids: not allowed
80000000 Education and training 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
Quality: 90%Price: 10%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality: 90%
  • Financials: 10%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 90
  • Financials: 10
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 10 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1 point. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
  • “Apprenticeship Training and Assessment Framework 2025” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
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
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
19 Nov 2024, 17:35 GMT
Last source update
1 Aug 2025, 12:08 BST
Award evaluation window
19 Dec 2024 – …
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-045179
Classification (CPV)
Education and training services
Delivery area
North West (UKD1)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04bd0e Find a Tender

Publisher note: The Council are allowing other contracting authorities and schools and other permissible users to access this Framework, with our prior permission/consent (Please see below additional information). All schools in W&F See Link – https://www.westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk/schools-and-education/find-school-near-you?page=1 CUMBRIA COMMISSIONER FIRE & RESCUE AUTHORITY, Carleton Hall, Penrith, Cumbria, CA10 2AU Cumbria Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner, Carleton Hall, Penrith, Cumbria CA10 2AU Cumbria Constabulary, Carleton Hall, Penrith, Cumbria CA10 2AU Cumberland Council, Cumbria House, 117 Botchergate, Carlisle, Cumbria CA1 1RD Lancashire County Council, County Hall, Preston PR1 8XJ Northumberland County Council, County Hall, Morpeth NE61 2EF North Yorkshire Council, County Hall, Northallerton DL7 8AD Lake District National Park Authority, Murley Moss, Oxenholme Road, Kendal LA9 7RL Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board* Chorley House Lancashire Enterprise Business Park Lancashire Road, Leyland PR26 6TT University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust* Westmorland General Hospital, Burton Road, Kendal, Cumbria LA9 7RG North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust* Ncic Trust Hq Pillars Building Cumberland Infirmary, Infirmary Street, Belle Vue CA2 7HY Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust* Sceptre Point, Sceptre Way, Walton Summit, Preston PR5 6AW Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust* St Nicholas Hospital, Jubilee Road, Gosforth, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE3 3XT North West Ambulance Service, Ladybridge Hall HQ, Chorley New Road, Bolton BL1 5DD North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board, Pemberton House, Colima Avenue, Sunderland Enterprise Park, Sunderland SR 5 3XB

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Appointment period ends
19 Dec 2024, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
19 Dec 2024, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index ↗

Timeline

19 Dec 2024 → 1 Aug 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    19 Dec 2024, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    19 Dec 2024, 12:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    1 Aug 2025, 12:08 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 Aug 2025
  1. Status changed to complete
    1 Aug 2025, 12:08 BST
  2. Buyer details updated
    1 Aug 2025, 12:08 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 13admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 48
Contracts signed 1latest 21 Mar 2025

1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

  • Apprenticeship Training and Assessment Framework 2025

    Signed
    21 Mar 2025
    Value
    £15,000,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
48bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Westmorland and Furness Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services GB-COH: PYYD-1758-YNVR South Lakeland House, Kendal, North West, LA94DQContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High Court of EnglandReview body London
  • The High Court of EnglandReview body London

Framework contractors & participating bidders

13 commercial parties on the notice
Show 3 more suppliers

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.