Official UK procurement notice
Lakes College Higher Education
Authority: Sellafield Limited (Public body)
Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£1,365,123published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 8 Oct 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Lakes College2 awards
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSellafield Ltd are putting a direct award in place with Lakes College for a period of Five years to ensure continuity of provision for learners who are already enrolled on Higher Education and Further Education programmes.
There are a number of learners currently on programme. As these programmes span numerous years, it is important that learners are able to complete their qualifications without unnecessary disruption or changes to their learning environment.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 8 Oct 2026, 13:53 BST
- Last source update
- 8 Oct 2026, 14:00 BST
- Authority reference
N/A- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-095231- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0783caFind a Tender
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 8 Oct 2026- Transparency notice published8 Oct 2026, 13:53 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published8 Oct 2026, 14:00 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected22 Oct 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 2
Awarded value £1,365,1231 award exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakes CollegeSME22 Oct 2026 – 29 Aug 2030 | £1,365,123 | 8 Oct 2026 | Awarded |
| Lakes CollegeSME22 Oct 2026 – 31 Aug 2030 | £1,365,123same award published again · counted once | — | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Lakes CollegeAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender