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EDC_5249_Employability Programme

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BuyerEbbsfleet Development Corporation
StatusClosed
Deadline25 Aug 2026
Value£66,666
Published12 Aug 2026

What is being bought

EDC wishes to appoint a supplier for the provision of a new targeted intervention employability programme to assist local residents into work: Aspire - The Skills Accelerator Programme.

Delivery location

UKJ4, GB

Categories

Higher education services 80300000Adult and other education services 80400000Training services 80500000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£66,666
Contract periodFrom 11 Sept 2026 to 10 Sept 2028
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Higher education services, Adult and other education services, Training servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 80. The category anchor is Higher education services (80300000); 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 806,6562 median · 47.9 average (3,113 of 6,656 with a bid count)3.2 average (3,415 of 6,656 with named award suppliers)1 comparable price pairs
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKJ4469 median · 28.9 average (17 of 46 with a bid count)4.8 average (21 of 46 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)241Not publishedNot publishedNot 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 regimeNot published
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-06e2d4
Latest release ID076873-2026
Latest release timestampWed Aug 12 2026 14:07:36 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/076873-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - open competition
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-08-25T15:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailshttps://in-tendhost.co.uk/ebbsfleetdc/aspx/Home
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£66,666
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source5
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
12 Aug 2026tender076873-2026

All source data

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

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
12 Aug 2026 · 076873-2026 · tender
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