Official UK procurement notice
Investment Zone Skills Programme
Authority: South East Wales Corporate Joint Committee (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe successful provider will act as the central hub within a hub-and-spoke delivery model, providing a single employer-facing front door and coordinating a network of further education, higher education, private training providers and industry partners. The Lead Managing Agent will be responsible for employer engagement, workforce demand analysis and the development of an annual skills delivery plan, commissioning and managing delivery partners, programme coordination, performance management, data reporting, and evidence generation. Delivery will support three core programme objectives:
Workforce Growth and Productivity
New and Inclusive Talent Pipelines
Educator Capacity and System Enablement
CPV: General management consultancy services · Project-management services other than for construction work · Research consultancy services · Training services
The lotProcurement structure
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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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality: 70%
- Cost: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Cost
- Quality
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 27 Aug 2026, 14:45 BST
- Last source update
- 15 Oct 2026, 11:10 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 21 Oct 2026
- Authority reference
126733- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-081823- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06edb7Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 28 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 18 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk ↗ ITT reference 126733
Timeline
27 Aug 2026 → 2 Nov 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published54 days ago27 Aug 2026, 14:45 BST
- Clarification questions by32 days ago18 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline22 days ago28 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent6 days ago15 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published5 days ago15 Oct 2026, 11:10 BST
- Today20 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 1 day21 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Standstill endsin 6 days26 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 12 days2 Nov 2026
Notice history
5 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 Aug 2026- Tender notice published27 Aug 2026, 14:45 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published7 Sept 2026, 14:55 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published15 Oct 2026, 11:10 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete15 Oct 2026, 11:10 BST
- Contract signature expected28 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Published amendments (1)
Procurement Description amended for the removal of " acting on behalf of the South East Wales Corporate Joint Committee”
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff & Vale College2 Nov 2026 – 31 Mar 2028 · up to 31 Mar 2029Extensions: 1 year extension | £4,120,000 | 15 Oct 2026standstill to 26 Oct 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders | 0 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Cardiff and Vale CollegeAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender