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# Greater Manchester Skills Bootcamps Specification W4: Residential Childcare

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/greater-manchester-skills-bootcamps-specification-w4-residential-childcare-ocds-h6vhtk-0417b1). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) looked to procure Skills Bootcamps delivery for October 2023 - End of March 2025 in the Residential Childcare sector. This opportunity was commissioned as a further competition/call off from the education, work and skills flexible procurement system.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Greater Manchester Combined Authority](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/greater-manchester-combined-authority-ons-e47000001)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Education and training services
- **Delivery Location:** UKD3
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £999,940 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0417b1`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **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/greater-manchester-skills-bootcamps-specification-w4-residential-childcare-ocds-h6vhtk-0417b1#tl-md)

## Description
Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) looked to procure Skills Bootcamps delivery for October 2023 - End of March 2025 in the Residential Childcare sector.
The key objectives of Skills Bootcamps in GM are to:
- Address the needs of employers to fill skills shortage vacancies requiring specialist/technical skills and improve business productivity.
- Address the needs of adults to retrain and upskill whatever their starting point. Providing clear line of sight to a new role / opportunity / contract.
- Diversifying the talent pipeline by targeting groups facing disadvantage in the labour market and underrepresented in key sectors.
This opportunity was commissioned as a further competition/call off from the education, work and skills flexible procurement system.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 033425-2023-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **ACORN TRAINING LTD**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-151491`
  - Value: £999,940 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 033425-2023-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £999,940
  - Signed Date: 30/10/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F033425-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-11-13T11:57:45.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-08T19:18:34.130Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0417b1