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title: "GMCA1894: Building Futures - Mentoring Delivery Organisations"
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# GMCA1894: Building Futures - Mentoring Delivery Organisations

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/gmca1894-building-futures-mentoring-delivery-organisations-ocds-h6vhtk-06701b). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Greater Manchester Combined Authority: "GMCA1894: Building Futures - Mentoring Delivery Organisations". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Greater Manchester Combined Authority](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/greater-manchester-combined-authority-ons-e47000001)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Education and training services, Other community, social and personal services
- **Delivery Location:** UKD3
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/gmca1894-building-futures-mentoring-delivery-organisations-ocds-h6vhtk-06701b#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06701b`

## Before you bid
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- **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/gmca1894-building-futures-mentoring-delivery-organisations-ocds-h6vhtk-06701b#tl-md)

## Description
Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) is undertaking preliminary market engagement to inform the potential future commissioning of a mentoring offer as part of the Building Futures programme.
The proposed mentoring offer is intended to support 1125 young people in Years 8-10 (mainstream secondary schools) who are at risk of disengagement from education or becoming Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET). 
The programme is expected to operate GM wide, with delivery potentially structured on a locality basis depending on need, provider capacity and delivery model.
Delivery is planned for term-time from September 2026 to April 2028, pending funding, governance and approvals. Paid mentors will offer weekly mentoring sessions on school premises, support is expected to be delivered over an indicative period of approximately 26 weeks per participant, subject to final programme design.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 80000000, 98000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 31/08/2026 to 30/04/2028

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F025656-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-03-20T11:24:11.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T02:56:34.909Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06701b