Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Study Programme collaborative delivery contract for 26/27
Authority: Capital City College (Education)·On behalf of: AGM Procurement Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCCC requested tenders from providers who are interested in working in partnership on a Full-Time Study Programme collaborative delivery contract for 26/27 for approximately £2.4m gross income - where 70% is retained by the subcontractor and 30% by CCC as the main provider. Spend details are indicative only and award of funding is subject to criteria detailed within the published Guidance at tender.
The intended outcome of the process was to determine the most advantageous tender(s) (MAT) and select contractors to deliver a contract for subcontract delivery (“Service”) for the period of 1 academic year from 01 August 2026 to 31 July 2027.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 Apr 2027, 23:59 BST.
CPV: Adult and other education services · Education and training services · Higher education services · Industrial and technical training services · Special education services · Specialist training services · Vocational training services · Youth education services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedWhat 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 (1)
- Qualitative assessment: 100%
Published award criteria (1)
- Qualitative assessment: Range of criteria including defining and engaging the target group, learner support, resourcing, contract management and safeguarding and social value. Please see the Tender Guidance in the tender pack available for free of charge access from https://www.in-tendhost.co.uk/educationportal/aspx/Home
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
- 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
- Yes (GPA, CPTPP)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 1 Apr 2027
- First published
- 23 Apr 2026, 19:29 BST
- Last source update
- 30 Sept 2026, 14:22 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 6 Jul 2026
- Authority reference
STYP_0426- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-037321- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-068a27Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
30 day payment terms - Please see the proposed terms in the tender pack available for free of charge access from www.in-tendhost.co.uk/educationportal/aspx… ↗
- Risks
CCC reserve the right to make changes (increase or decrease) funding allocations based on CCC strategy, subcontractor performance and available funding.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 19 May 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 8 May 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Full instruction for the process to be followed, correspondence and submission are contained within the Tender Guidance in the tender pack available for free of charge access from www.in-tendhost.co.uk/educationportal/aspx… ↗. Any issues accessing the documents should be flagged to [email protected], otherwise all communications should be via the In-tend portal please.
Timeline
23 Apr 2026 → 30 Sept 2026 · 7 dates- Tender notice published182 days ago23 Apr 2026, 19:29 BST
- Clarification questions by168 days ago8 May 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline157 days ago19 May 2026, 12:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent115 days ago30 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
- Award decision expected by108 days ago6 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts83 days ago1 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published23 days ago30 Sept 2026, 14:22 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 Apr 2026- Tender notice published23 Apr 2026, 19:29 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published30 Jun 2026, 17:22 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete30 Jun 2026, 17:22 BST
- Contract signature expected31 Jul 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published30 Sept 2026, 14:22 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creative Media Skills Group Ltd, Get Set GirlsVCSE, KBM Training and Recruitment LimitedSME, Virtual Alliance Ltd trading as Virtual Learning UK (VLUK)joint awardProvision of Study Programme collaborative delivery contract 26/271 Aug 2026 – 31 Jul 2027Options: CCC reserve the right to make changes (increase or decrease) funding allocation based on CCC strategy, subcontractor performance and available funding. | £2,400,000 inc. VAT | 30 Jun 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Provision of Study Programme collaborative delivery contract 26/27 · Creative Media Skills Group Ltd, Get Set GirlsVCSE, KBM Training and Recruitment LimitedSME, Virtual Alliance Ltd trading as Virtual Learning UK (VLUK)
- Signed
- 26 Aug 2026
- Value
- £1,640,000 inc. VAT
- Period
- 27 Aug 2026 – 31 Jul 2027
- Status
- active
- Options
- CCC reserve the right to make changes (increase or decrease) funding allocation based on CCC strategy, subcontractor performance and available funding.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4final-stage tenders · 7 at stage one | 3 | 1 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- AGM Procurement LimitedProcess contact pointProcuring entityManaging the process
Bidders & participating suppliers
4 commercial parties on the notice- Creative Media Skills Group LtdAwarded supplier
- Get Set GirlsAwarded supplier
- KBM Training & RecruitmentAwarded supplier
- Virtual Alliance Ltd trading as Virtual Learning UK (VLUK)Awarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- 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