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# Careers Guidance Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/careers-guidance-service-ocds-h6vhtk-067351). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority: "Careers Guidance Service". Published status: complete. Published Value: £440,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 23 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/cambridgeshire-and-peterborough-combined-authority-ons-e47000008)
- **Published Value:** £440,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 23 April 2026 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Adult and other education services, Education and training services, Technical and vocational secondary education services, Technical secondary education services, Vocational secondary education services (+1 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UKH1, UKH12
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £440,000 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 5 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/careers-guidance-service-ocds-h6vhtk-067351#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-067351`

## 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/careers-guidance-service-ocds-h6vhtk-067351#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fcambridgeshirepeterborough-ca)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/careers-guidance-service-ocds-h6vhtk-067351#participate

## 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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000, 80210000, 80211000, 80212000, 80310000, 80400000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £440,000

- **Contract Period:** 25/05/2026 to 24/03/2027
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Careers Guidance Service (active)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **Reed in Partnership**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-148811`
  - Value: £440,000 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 21/05/2026

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Careers Guidance Service (active)
  - Signed Value: £440,000
  - Signed Date: 25/08/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F027068-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-08-27T14:17:33.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T03:13:15.201Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-067351