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Provision of Distance Learning Services & Materials

Buyer: North East Scotland College →

BuyerNorth East Scotland College
StatusAwarded
Deadline1 May 2026
Value£741,000
Published11 Aug 2026

What is being bought

Award of contract for of the provision of distance learning services and materials to North East Scotland College - please refer to the attached documents for more information

Delivery location

UKM50

Categories

Software package and information systems 48000000Training software package 48931000Training software development services 72212931Training services 80500000Specialist training services 80510000Training programme services 80521000Vocational training services 80530000Industrial and technical training services 80531000E-learning services 80420000

Lot details

Lot 1

Award of contract for of the provision of distance learning services and materials to North East Scotland College - please refer to the attached documents for more information

Statuscancelled

Award criteria
Quality — 60
price — 40

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Industrial and technical training services, Software package and information systems, Specialist training services, Training programme services, Training services, Training software development services, Training software package, Vocational training servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 48. The category anchor is Software package and information systems (48000000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 485,2691 median · 8.9 average (1,908 of 5,269 with a bid count)1.7 average (2,192 of 5,269 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKM50173 median · 3.4 average (11 of 17 with a bid count)1 average (11 of 17 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)355Not publishedNot publishedNot published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byGPA
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

Contracts

076358-2026-NESCOL-DLSM-2026-1

Statusactive
Value£370,500

Documents & submission route

No documents are published in the current source record.

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-067b01
Latest release ID076358-2026
Latest release timestampTue Aug 11 2026 14:40:04 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis32014L0024
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release1
Parties in latest release3

Notice history

DateEventReference
11 Aug 2026award, contract076358-2026
1 Apr 2026tender030489-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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        "streetAddress": "Castle Street"
      },
      "identifier": {
        "legalName": "Aberdeen Civil Justice Centre & Commercial Courts"
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      "contactPoint": {
        "email": "aberdeen@scotcourts.gov.uk",
        "telephone": "+44 1224657200"
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    }
  ],
  "language": "en",
  "description": "NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=828349.\nThe buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx.\nSuppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.\n(SC Ref:828349)\nDownload the ESPD document here: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ESPD/ESPD_Download.aspx?id=828349",
  "initiationType": "tender"
}