Official UK procurement notice
Mentoring in Education · UK public procurement notice
Authority: The Police and Crime Commissioner for Nottinghamshire (Police & fire)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionfor the delivery of Mentoring in Education within Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire County.
The programme is an initiative aimed at providing tailored support to children within schools and extended to the local community. It is a preventative programme to engage children who are showing first signs of disengagement from education, through to those considered at risk of exclusion and those children have been exposed to serious violence predominantly as a witness or victim.
The service will be based across 8 primary school settings that have been identified as having a high level of need, as well as working with children across community spaces as necessary. This project seeks to address the diverse needs of these students through a 1-2-1, trauma-aware, complex needs approach package. Mentors will equip children with the tools and resources necessary to develop positive behaviours, effective communication skills, resilience and improve educational outcomes and objectives.
This is a programme designed to work directly within the school setting extending to the community as required, mentors will be expected to work closely alongside the safeguarding and pastoral teams within each of the identified education establishments. The Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Violence Reduction Partnership (NNVRP) will provide support identifying schools and the initial engagement stages. There may also be a need to work beyond the remit of the school if appropriate, providing wider support to families.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 Apr 2028, 23:59 BST.
- How the procedure runs: The assessment process includes 2 stages comprising: Stage 1 - Stage 1- Conditions of Participation Stage Procurement Selection Questionnaire PSQ, Bidding Model Reponses (Quality Questions) & price evaluation Stage 2 - Presentations Contract Award - Contract Award
CPV: Social work and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£300,667
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 (3)
- Quality Questions: 40%
- Presentations: 40%
- Pricing Schedule: 20%
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality Questions
- Pricing Schedule
- Presentations
- 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
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 1 Apr 2028
- First published
- 23 Jul 2026, 17:01 BST
- Last source update
- 6 Oct 2026, 17:47 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 25 Sept 2026
- Authority reference
NOTTS-000509- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-069950- Accelerated
- Light touch contract
- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d285Find a Tender
- How it runs
The assessment process includes 2 stages comprising:
Stage 1 - Stage 1- Conditions of Participation Stage Procurement Selection Questionnaire PSQ, Bidding Model Reponses (Quality Questions) & price evaluation
Stage 2 - Presentations
Contract Award - Contract Award
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 17 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 6 Aug 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
All responses must be submitted through Atamis (link below) For the avoidance of doubt, submissions made by any other method will not be accepted.
Timeline
23 Jul 2026 → 1 Nov 2026 · 7 dates- Tender notice published91 days ago23 Jul 2026, 17:01 BST
- Clarification questions by77 days ago6 Aug 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline66 days ago17 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by26 days ago25 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent16 days ago6 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published16 days ago6 Oct 2026, 17:47 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 10 days1 Nov 2026
Notice history
7 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 Jul 2026- Tender notice published23 Jul 2026, 17:01 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published24 Jul 2026, 08:23 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £300,66724 Jul 2026, 08:23 BSTwas £212,667
- Contract award notice published6 Oct 2026, 17:47 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete6 Oct 2026, 17:47 BST
- Procurement method changed6 Oct 2026, 17:47 BST
- Contract signature expected9 Oct 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Published amendments (1)
Update to estimated contract value.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWITCH UP C.I.C.VCSE1 Nov 2026 – 31 Mar 2028 · up to 31 Mar 2030Extensions: 2 x 12 month optional extensions. | £211,232 | 6 Oct 2026 | Awarded |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5final-stage tenders · 13 at stage one | 5 | 5 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- SWITCH UP C.I.C.Awarded 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