Official UK procurement notice
ITT Learner Recruitment ‘lead find services’
Authority: New College Swindon (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNew College Swindon seeks an experienced supplier to deliver learner recruitment and referral services for its Adult Skills Fund (ASF) provision. The requirement is to recruit approximately 800 eligible adult learners annually for Level 2 online distance learning programmes, including learner attraction, screening, enrolment support, compliance monitoring and reporting. The contract will commence in September 2026 with extension options available.
CPV: Adult and other education services · Customer services · Education and training services · Specialist training services · Training programme services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedWhat it takes to wini
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 (Social Value 10%): 60%
- Price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Price
- Quality (Social Value 10%)
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 8 Jul 2026, 13:45 BST
- Last source update
- 3 Sept 2026, 09:33 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 Sept 2026
- Authority reference
CA18201- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-064223- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06c668Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 6 Aug 2026, 10:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 29 Jul 2026, 10:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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Timeline
8 Jul 2026 → 3 Sept 2026 · 6 dates- Tender notice published104 days ago8 Jul 2026, 13:45 BST
- Clarification questions by83 days ago29 Jul 2026, 10:00 BST
- Submission deadline75 days ago6 Aug 2026, 10:00 BST
- Contract starts49 days ago1 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
- Award decision expected by48 days ago1 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published47 days ago3 Sept 2026, 09:33 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 8 Jul 2026- Tender notice published8 Jul 2026, 13:45 BSTUK4
- Contract details notice published3 Sept 2026, 09:33 BSTUK7
- Status changed to complete3 Sept 2026, 09:33 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starch UK Ltd | £80,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
ITT Learner Recruitment ‘lead find services’ · Starch UK Ltd
- Signed
- 1 Sept 2026
- Value
- £80,000
- Period
- 2 Sept 2026 – 31 May 2027 · up to 31 May 2029 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- Extensions allowed: Yes (2 x 12 months)
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Starch UK LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Appendix C Tender Clarification Tracker.xlsx
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender