Official UK procurement notice
Community-Based Training and Skills Sharing Offer Service
Authority: Oxfordshire County Council (Local council)
Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73)Education & Training (80) Delivery: South East (UKJ14)
Awarded value£25,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 26 Aug 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Healthwatch Oxfordshire
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionOxfordshire County Council have awarded a contract to co-design and develop the network's broad research training and development program, including a specific training program on Community Participatory Action Research (CPAR) and or facilitating/organising research related training for network members.
The contract is worth £25,000 excluding VAT and commenced on 26 August 2025, for a period of 6 months, with an option for the Council to extend the contract period by a further 4 weeks.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 10 Sept 2025, 16:55 BST
- Last source update
- 10 Sept 2025, 16:55 BST
- Authority reference
C10763- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-055574- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059805Find a Tender
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Contract details notice published10 Sept 2025, 16:55 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £25,0001 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 26 Aug 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Healthwatch Oxfordshire | £25,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Healthwatch Oxfordshire
- Signed
- 26 Aug 2025
- Value
- £25,000
- Period
- 26 Aug 2025 – 25 Feb 2026 · up to 25 Mar 2026 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- The Council has a unilateral option to extend the contract period by a further 4 weeks, on giving the service provider 2 weeks' notice.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Healthwatch OxfordshireAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender