This notice announces an administrative change to an existing contract or market (a contract change notice). No new tender or admission is opened here; see the linked notices below for the original opportunity.
Official UK procurement notice
Made Smarter East Midlands Digital Internship Coordinator
Authority: Lincolnshire County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe overall purpose of the Digital Internships Co-ordinator role is to work with SME Manufacturers, (to be known as “the Beneficiaries”) Universities and Students to deliver 37 Digital Internships as part of the Made Smarter East Midlands Programme. The Beneficiaries will be the manufacturer of a product, have headcounts between 1 and 249, and be located in Greater Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire.
CPV: General management consultancy services · Training programme services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£193,000
What 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: 80%
- cost: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality
- cost
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 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
- Administrative change
- 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, CPTPP)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 18 Mar 2026, 16:09 GMT
- Last source update
- 2 Sept 2026, 13:16 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 8 May 2026
- Authority reference
PL25_155- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-024794- Latest notice
- Contract change notice (UK10)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-066e0fFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 13 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 25 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
18 Mar 2026 → 2 Sept 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published220 days ago18 Mar 2026, 16:09 GMT
- Clarification questions by213 days ago25 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline194 days ago13 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent170 days ago7 May 2026
- Award decision expected by168 days ago8 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts166 days ago11 May 2026
- Standstill ends158 days ago18 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published52 days ago2 Sept 2026, 13:16 BST
Notice history
6 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 18 Mar 2026- Tender notice published18 Mar 2026, 16:09 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published7 May 2026, 13:43 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete7 May 2026, 13:43 BST
- Contract signature expected25 May 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published28 May 2026, 09:41 BSTUK7
- Contract change notice published2 Sept 2026, 13:16 BSTUK10
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2026-03: 1 release · 18 Mar 2026
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Step Recruitment Ltd1 Jun 2026 – 31 May 2027 · up to 30 May 2029Extensions: 2 x 12 month extensions are available | £61,000 | 7 May 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Step Recruitment Ltd
- Signed
- 22 May 2026
- Value
- £200,725
- Period
- 1 Oct 2026 – 31 May 2027 · up to 31 May 2029 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- there is an option to extend by a period of two (2) years in yearly increments
- Change 28 Aug 2026 Non-substantial change under section 74(b)(1) of the Procurement Act 2023
No agreed KPIs: Completion of the internship is required and monitored
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3final-stage tenders | 3 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- Step Recruitment Limited Awarded supplier
- Step Recruitment LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract change notice Contract change notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender