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Published 6 Oct 2026, 15:43 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Lancashire Teaching Agency (LTA) - provision of supply services to schools - re-tender

Authority: Lancashire County Council (Local council)·On behalf of: SOCIAL VALUE PORTAL LTD

Services
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Tender notice expected 1 Dec 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 4 yrsup to 8 yrs with extensions · starts 1 Sept 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The provision of full and part time supply teachers, teaching assistants and all support staff roles to schools within the Lancashire boarder to fulfil permanent, long- and short term vacancy needs. The LTA will offer a specialist recruitment service to best match the needs of the school to the skills of the supply staff, providing training and rigorous safeguarding practices to ensure all staff are compliant with current requirements.

CPV: Supply services of personnel including temporary staff

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Lot 1PlannedRenewal 4 yrs
Contract period: 1 Sept 2027 — 31 Aug 2031 (4 yrs) · up to 8 yrs with extensionsDelivery: North West
Extensions
Extension options published
79620000 Supply services of personnel including temporary staff

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
6 Oct 2026, 15:43 BST
Last source update
6 Oct 2026, 15:43 BST
Latest notice
Pipeline notice (UK1)
Classification (CPV)
Supply services of personnel including temporary staff
Delivery area
North West (UKD4)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0781ec

How it was run

Submission deadline
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Timeline

3 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Planning notice publishedearlier today
    6 Oct 2026, 15:43 BST
  2. Tender notice expectedin 56 days
    1 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
  3. Contract startsin 329 days
    1 Sept 2027, 01:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Pipeline notice published
    6 Oct 2026, 15:43 BSTUK1

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Lancashire County Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PBBJ-2179-TNXM PO Box 100, County Hall, Preston, North West, PR1 0LD [email protected]

Other public bodies

  • SOCIAL VALUE PORTAL LTDProcuring entityEvaluation and ongoing contract management support for the social value deliverables under the future contract.GB-COH: 09197997GB-PPON: PQHH-4489-TLZM London, London [email protected]

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender