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Official UK procurement notice

English Language and Employment Support for Ukrainian and Hong Kong BN(O)s

Official notice

Authority: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)+6 more
Published estimate£12,480,000≈ £12m / year · £14,976,000 inc. VAT · 1 value update
Submissions closed 20 Jun 2025awarded 18 Jul 2025
Awarded to CENTRAL BRITISH FUND FOR WORLD JEWISH RELIEF(THE), THE CENTRAL BRITISH FUND FOR WORLD JEWISH RELIEF
Contract term 1 yrup to 3 yrs with extensions · starts 1 Sept 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Scope/ Key Deliverables

The programme is a priority for the Ministry. The Supplier will need to deliver at pace the following three objectives:

Objective 1: To assess learners' initial English Language skills and identify barriers to entering the employment market, or into higher paid roles, and develop tailored support plans.

Measure of Success 1: For 90% of all students to have a tailored support plan which identifies barriers to employment with agreed steps to reducing these barriers. For 85% of all students that have completed the course to report that employment support sessions were helpful, at the point of their completion of the course (to be determined by exit survey).

Objective 2: To provide English Language tuition to up to 4,000 individuals comprising of 50% Ukrainians and 50% HK BN(O)s, of which two thirds are unemployed and one third are in low-paid employment.

Measure of Success 2: For all eligible learners to have improved by at least half a level of Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) qualification compared to their baseline at the start of the programme.

Objective 3: To provide high-quality, individualised employability support to up to 4,000 Ukrainians and HK BN(O)s in parallel to providing English Language classes.

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For English Language Provision:

Provide virtual intensive English language lessons of up to 20 hours a week as a minimum, delivered flexibly to suit the cohort's needs and a less intensive option of 3 days a week. This will include (but is not limited to):

1. Assessing students English learning needs.

2. Helping students improve reading, writing, speaking and listening in English aimed to enable them to access the employment market.

3. Providing specific language skills for those seeking employment in specific professional employment e.g., healthcare and education professions.

4. One to one support including regular check-ins to motivate and monitor progress.

5. Regular checks on attendance levels and learning of the English language.

6. End of course assessment leading to English certificate.

For Employability Support

Employment support should be delivered 1-2 hours per week after week three, increasing in intensity from week seven or fifteen if offering the less intense option. Depending on individual's needs, these sessions may be one-to-one support or provided in group settings. This will include (but is not limited to):

1. Assessing student's employment support needs.

2. Support with seeking recognition of existing professional qualifications where the qualification is relevant to the employment sought. The Supplier will not be expected to fund these but instead support beneficiaries through the application process.

3. Signposting to job boards and/or job opportunities.

4. Support with CV writing and job applications.

5. Undertaking interview practice including providing actionable feedback and role-playing cultural norms around interviewing as needed;

6. Support in preparing for self-employment, including but not limited to, signposting to local entrepreneurship services, and training to understand business, the UK tax system and how to access financial support and start-up capital.

7. Ensure that paid-for vocational and/or technical training is provided to a recognised standard (for example, in-line with qualification levels in England).

8. The supplier should be mindful of other employability schemes

  • No preliminary market engagement: The preliminary market engagement was conducted in December 2024 prior to the implementation of the PA23 and regulations.

CPV: Training services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Lot 1AwardedRenewal 1 yrSMEVCSEPublished value£12,480,000
Contract period: 1 Sept 2025 — 31 Aug 2026 (1 yr) · up to 3 yrs with extensionsEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligibleDelivery: North East, North West, Yorkshire & Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West
Value
£12,480,000 exc. VAT · £14,976,000 inc. VAT
Extensions
The contract will be for an initial period of 12 months only. There will be the option to extend this contract in yearly increments (+1+1) representing up to two additional years. Any extension to this contract will be subject to requirement, funding, ministerial approval, approval from HMT and the suppliers performance in the initial contract period.
80500000 Training 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: 100%
Published sub-criteria (1)
  • Technical Response — 100%
Published award criteria (1)
  • Technical Response — he award criteria will be based on the most advantageous tender (MAT) using a Price per Quality Point (PQP) model, which assesses the quantitative relationship between the Supplier's quality score and price.

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
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
16 Jun 2026, 11:47 BST
Last source update
16 Jun 2026, 11:47 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end — 1 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
Authority reference
CPD4128072
Latest notice
Contract performance notice (UK9)
Classification (CPV)
Training services
Delivery area
North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)+1 more
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05227e Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Atamis (Health Family) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account PER buying organisation portal · password resets come "from Salesforce.com" (check spam)
Submission deadline
20 Jun 2025, 17:00 BST
Clarification deadline
4 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
All submissions will be managed and received via the eSourcing Portal detailed in the Documents section of this notice. atamis-5407.my.site.com/login ↗

Timeline

8 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Tender notice published
    23 May 2025, 13:23 BST
  2. Clarification questions by
    4 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
  3. Submission deadline
    20 Jun 2025, 17:00 BST
  4. Assessment summaries sent
    18 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST
  5. Standstill ends
    31 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
  6. Award decision expected by
    1 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
  7. Contract starts389 days ago
    1 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
  8. Latest notice published101 days ago
    16 Jun 2026, 11:47 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £12,480,0001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 86 from SMEs
Named bidders 8published on the award notice
Contracts signed 1latest 29 Sept 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
CENTRAL BRITISH FUND FOR WORLD JEWISH RELIEF(THE)VCSE, THE CENTRAL BRITISH FUND FOR WORLD JEWISH RELIEFSMEVCSEjoint award1 Sept 2025 — 31 Aug 2026 · up to 31 Aug 2028
Extensions: The contract will be for an initial period of 12 months only. There will be the option to extend this contract in yearly increments (+1+1) representing up to two additional years. Any more…extension to this contract will be subject to requirement, funding, ministerial approval, approval from HMT and the suppliers performance in the initial contract period.
£12,480,00018 Jul 2025Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 1 · CENTRAL BRITISH FUND FOR WORLD JEWISH RELIEF(THE)VCSE, THE CENTRAL BRITISH FUND FOR WORLD JEWISH RELIEFSMEVCSE

    Signed
    29 Sept 2025
    Value
    £12,480,000
    Period
    29 Sept 2025 — 9 Oct 2026 · up to 9 Oct 2028 with extensions
    Status
    active
    Extensions
    Two optional extension years are written into the contract (1+1). Any extension periods will be subject to funding, approval, requirements and supplier performance
    4 agreed KPIs: Student Support for Language Tuition and employment · Student Qualification · Reducing barriers to employment …
    • Student Support for Language Tuition and employment — Number of Students supported with language tuition and employment support by the end of the programme.
    • Student Qualification — Number of students (excluding dropouts) that moved at least half a level of Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) qualification compared to their baseline at the start of the programme.
    • Reducing barriers to employment — % of all students (excluding dropouts) to have a tailored support plan which identifies barriers to employment with agreed steps to reducing these barriers.
    • Social Value Commitments — Number of engagement activities with the community, community representatives and/or anchor institutions that support community integration (aligns to Policy Outcome 3 - Resilient, innovative and flexible supply chains.)
    • Good - performance is meeting or exceeding the KPI Student Support for Language Tuition and employment · to 31 Mar 2026
    • Approaching target - performance is close to meeting the KPI Student Qualification · to 31 Mar 2026
    • Good - performance is meeting or exceeding the KPI Reducing barriers to employment · to 31 Mar 2026
    • Good - performance is meeting or exceeding the KPI Social Value Commitments · to 31 Mar 2026
    • Requires improvement - performance is below the KPI Student Support for Language Tuition and employment · to 31 Dec 2025
    • Requires improvement - performance is below the KPI Student Qualification · to 31 Dec 2025
    • Good - performance is meeting or exceeding the KPI Reducing barriers to employment · to 31 Dec 2025
    • Approaching target - performance is close to meeting the KPI Social Value Commitments · to 31 Dec 2025

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
8final-stage tenders62—

Who bid

Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.

Notice history

12 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 May 2025
  1. Contract performance notice published
    16 Jun 2026, 11:47 BSTUK9
  2. Contract performance notice published
    8 Apr 2026, 10:39 BSTUK9
  3. Status changed
    8 Apr 2026, 10:39 BST
  4. Procurement method changed
    8 Apr 2026, 10:39 BST
  5. Buyer details updated
    8 Apr 2026, 10:39 BST
  6. Contract details notice published
    14 Oct 2025, 15:08 BSTUK7
  7. Contract signature expected
    20 Aug 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
  8. Contract award notice published
    22 Jul 2025, 09:10 BSTUK6
  9. Published value updated
    22 Jul 2025, 09:10 BSTwas £12,480,000
  10. Status changed to complete
    22 Jul 2025, 09:10 BST
  11. Deadline withdrawn
    22 Jul 2025, 09:10 BST
  12. Tender notice published
    23 May 2025, 13:23 BSTUK4
Routine re-releases (5)
  • 2025-07: 1 release · 22 Jul 2025
  • 2025-05: 1 release · 23 May 2025

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PWCX-8281-CLPR 2 Marsham Street, London United Kingdom, London, SW1P 4DF [email protected]

Bidders & participating suppliers

9 commercial parties on the notice · 2 awarded

Official documents & specifications (11)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Signed contract contractSigned contractDOCX
  • Signed contract contractSigned contractPDF
  • Bidding documents and specifications tenderBidding documents and specificationsThe key documents supporting this procurement can be found and accessed in the Log on to the MHCLG Atamis e-procurement supplier website. The Authority will be administering the Procurement Process electronically via this eSourcing Portal. All communications with the Authority mu…
  • Bidding documents and specifications tenderBidding documents and specificationsPDF
  • Conflict of interest declarationtenderConflict of interest declarationNot published
  • Signed contract contractSigned contractPDF

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract performance notice contractContract performance noticeUK9Contract performance notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract performance notice contractContract performance noticeUK9Contract performance notice on Find a Tender
  • 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