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Published 24 Mar 2026, 18:07 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Careers Guidance Service · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: East of England (UKH1)
Published estimate£440,000≈ £528k / year · £528,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 23 Apr 2026awarded 22 May 2026
Awarded to Reed in Partnership Ltd
Contract term 10 moends 24 Mar 2027 · up to 24 Mar 2028 with extensions · starts 26 May 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Authority is seeking to award a Contract to a single supplier for the following requirements:

Careers Guidance Service

The Careers Guidance Service will provide targeted, youth centred careers guidance and employability support for young people aged 18–21, or up to 25 with an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP), who are not in education, employment or training, or who require support to sustain a new destination.

CPV: Adult and other education services · Education and training services · Technical and vocational secondary education services · Technical secondary education services · Vocational secondary education services · Youth education services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 10 moPublished value£440,000
Contract period: 26 May 2026 – 24 Mar 2027 (10 mo) · up to 24 Mar 2028 with extensionsValue: £440,000 exc. VAT · £528,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: East of England
Extensions: Optional 1 year
80000000 Education and training services80210000 Technical and vocational secondary education services80211000 Technical secondary education services80212000 Vocational secondary education services80310000 Youth education services80400000 Adult and other education 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: 70%Price: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality
  • Price
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

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

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
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
24 Mar 2026, 18:07 GMT
Last source update
27 Aug 2026, 15:17 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 11 May 2026
Authority reference
CPCA/00014
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-027068
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV)
Adult and other education servicesEducation and training servicesTechnical and vocational secondary education servicesTechnical secondary education servicesVocational secondary education servicesYouth education services
Delivery area
East of England (UKH1)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-067351 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
23 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
17 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

in-tendhost.co.uk/cambridgeshirepeterb… ↗

Timeline

24 Mar 2026 → 27 Aug 2026 · 8 dates
  1. Tender notice published214 days ago
    24 Mar 2026, 18:07 GMT
  2. Clarification questions by191 days ago
    17 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline185 days ago
    23 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
  4. Award decision expected by166 days ago
    11 May 2026, 23:59 BST
  5. Assessment summaries sent156 days ago
    22 May 2026, 00:00 BST
  6. Contract starts152 days ago
    26 May 2026, 00:00 BST
  7. Standstill ends138 days ago
    8 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
  8. Latest notice published59 days ago
    27 Aug 2026, 15:17 BST

Notice history

5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 24 Mar 2026
  1. Tender notice published
    24 Mar 2026, 18:07 GMT
    UK4
  2. Contract award notice published
    28 May 2026, 15:58 BST
    UK6
  3. Status changed to complete
    28 May 2026, 15:58 BST
  4. Contract signature expected
    10 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
    scheduled
  5. Contract details notice published
    27 Aug 2026, 15:17 BST
    UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £440,0001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 31 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 26 Aug 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Reed in Partnership Ltd10 Jun 2026 – 9 Apr 2027 · up to 8 Apr 2028Extensions: Optional£440,00022 May 2026Awarded

Contracts

  • Careers Guidance Service · Reed in Partnership Ltd

    Signed
    26 Aug 2026
    Value
    £440,000
    Period
    26 Aug 2026 – 28 Apr 2027 · up to 28 Apr 2028 with extensions
    Status
    active
    Extensions
    Optional

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3final-stage tenders · 4 at stage one11—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PBXV-5726-VWGJ 2nd Floor, Pathfinder House, St Mary's Street, Huntingdon, East of England, PE29 3TNContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Reed in PartnershipAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PRBL-7293-HRJP Academy Court, 94 Chancery Lane, London, London, WC2A 1DTContact email

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender