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Delivery of Occupational Studies within EOTAS Centres

Buyer: The Education Authority →

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BuyerThe Education Authority
StatusClosed
Deadline11 Aug 2025
Value£551,000
Published28 Jul 2025

What is being bought

Education Authority Northern Ireland (EANI) wishes to establish a Contract for the delivery of Occupational Studies within EOTAS centres across Northern Ireland for the period 1st September 2025 to 31 August 2027 with the option to extend for any additional period(s) of up to and including 24 months.

Delivery location

UKN, GB

Categories

Education and training services 80000000Vocational training services 80530000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£551,000
Contract periodFrom 1 Sept 2025 to 31 Aug 2027
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
AC1 - Service Delivery Plan — Tenderers must demonstrate how they plan to deliver an efficient and effective service within the requirements of the contract with specific reference to the detailed requirements outlined within the 02 Specification of Requirements. The response should include, but not limited to the following points: • How key personnel meet the minimum level of qualifications required as outlined in document 02 Specification Schedule. • Outline how your personnel are qualified and trained to meet the needs of SBEW needs pupils. • Outline how the relevant qualifications being offered can support and enhance a pupil’s experience alongside mainstream subjects. • How key personnel have accredited and non-accredited training to meet the needs of pupils who may have SBEW needs/as outlined in 02 Specification Schedule. • Outline a timetable as to how your organisation plans to deliver the course content before the end of each academic year. • How key personnel devise and follow risk assessments and subsequent plans appropriate to the needs of pupils within your setting. E.g. behaviour, manual handling, medical needs etc. • Any additional training key personnel in your setting have accessed. E.g. Food hygiene, First Aid, Fire Safety, GDPR. Suppliers’ response to this criterion must not exceed 4 pages (portrait); font size no smaller than Calibri size 12. (50%)
AC2 - Social Value (Alternative Approach) — With reference to the Social Value Delivery Plan (Annex 1 of document 02 Specification Schedule), describe HOW you will support and ensure the delivery of: Theme 1 – SECURE EMPLOYMENT AND SKILLS Theme 4 – PROMOTING WELLBEING Suppliers’ response to this criterion must not exceed 4 pages (portrait); font size no smaller than Calibri size 12. (10%)
AC3 - Price — Suppliers must download and fully complete the document 03 Pricing Schedule. The document must then be uploaded into the financial envelope on eTendersNI. (40%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Education and training services, Vocational training servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 80. The category anchor is Education and training services (80000000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 802,4283 median · 39.9 average (766 of 2,428 with a bid count)3.7 average (840 of 2,428 with named award suppliers)1 comparable price pairs
Same buyer2Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKN473 median · 20.1 average (23 of 47 with a bid count)3.4 average (27 of 47 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)2023 median · 4.9 average (7 of 202 with a bid count)1.4 average (7 of 202 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimelightTouch
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-056781
Latest release ID043638-2025
Latest release timestampMon Jul 28 2025 16:12:57 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/043638-2025
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - open competition
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2025-08-11T15:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2025-08-04T15:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsTender submissions must be submitted electronically via the eTendersNI platform - https://www.etendersni.gov.uk Tenderers should review the '01 Specific Tender Instructions and Assessment Methodology' document in conjunction with the '02 Specification Schedule' document. Tenderers should also review the '05 General Instructions and the Tender Competition Rules' document.
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£551,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source1
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
28 Jul 2025tender043638-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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