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title: "BSP-23-011 MARKET ASSESSMENT FOR EA YOUTH COURSES ACCREDIATION"
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# BSP-23-011 MARKET ASSESSMENT FOR EA YOUTH COURSES ACCREDIATION

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/bsp-23-011-market-assessment-for-ea-youth-courses-accrediation-ocds-h6vhtk-040775). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** the Education Authority: "BSP-23-011 MARKET ASSESSMENT FOR EA YOUTH COURSES ACCREDIATION". Published status: complete. Published Value: £123,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 24 Oct 2023, 15:00 BST. Published submission portal: etendersni.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [the Education Authority](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-education-authority-GB-PPON-PPHJ-6982-JPXY)
- **Published Value:** £123,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 24 October 2023 at 15:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Education and training services, Secondary education services, Technical and vocational secondary education services, Technical secondary education services, Vocational secondary education services
- **Delivery Location:** UKN
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £123,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-040775`

## 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/bsp-23-011-market-assessment-for-ea-youth-courses-accrediation-ocds-h6vhtk-040775#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [etendersni.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fetendersni.gov.uk%2Fepps)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/bsp-23-011-market-assessment-for-ea-youth-courses-accrediation-ocds-h6vhtk-040775#participate

## Description
EA Youth Service has a statutory obligation to provide quality youth work programmes across the statutory sector NI wide. EA Youth Service currently deliver a suite of accredited courses to support EA Children and Young People Service (CYPS) address educational underachievement towards closing the attainment gap and addressing barriers to learning. The courses and qualifications we deliver meet the requirements of the Youth Service Curriculum focusing on the Personal and Social Development of young people, enabling them to access alternative accreditation. Youth Service supports the most vulnerable young people in society, young people who often fail to achieve academically within a formal school setting. EA intends to establish a contract for the accreditation of courses to support Children and Young People. This Market Assessment exercise, in line with PPN 02/21, will assist EA to understand market capabilities and capacity. In line with section 5.4 of PPN 02/21, EA reserves the right to establish a contract directly following conclusion of this Market Assessment exercise (and without a subsequent competition) where it is content that all requirements of the PPN have been met or to carry out a further competition if necessary.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 80200000, 80210000, 80211000, 80212000
- **Delivery regions:** UKN

- **Estimated Value:** £123,000
- **Description:** EA Youth Service has a statutory obligation to provide quality youth work programmes across the statutory sector NI wide. EA Youth Service currently deliver a suite of accredited courses to support EA Children and Young People Service (CYPS) address ...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Contract (active)
  - Award id: `006617-2024-1-1`
  - Supplier(s): **OPEN COLLEGE NETWORK NORTHERN IRELAND**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-106593`
  - Value: £123,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Contract (active)
  - Signed Value: £123,000
  - Signed Date: 26/02/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F006617-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-03-01T09:37:40.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T16:22:30.656Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-040775