Official UK procurement notice
Services to encourage, enable and assist young people to participate in education and training
Authority: Halton Borough Council (Local council)
Sectors: Education & Training (80)Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: North West (UKD71)
Awarded value£480,000published contract · inc. VAT
Awarded 16 Mar 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Career Connect
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionServices to encourage, enable and assist young people to participate in education and training. Providing careers information, advice and guidance.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 30 Mar 2026, 15:44 BST
- Last source update
- 30 Mar 2026, 15:44 BST
- Authority reference
122W25- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-029231- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06781dFind a Tender
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Contract details notice published30 Mar 2026, 15:44 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £480,0001 contract inc. VAT; no net value published
Contracts signed 1latest 16 Mar 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Career ConnectVCSE | £480,000 inc. VAT † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Career ConnectVCSE
- Signed
- 16 Mar 2026
- Value
- £480,000 inc. VAT
- Period
- 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2030
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- CAREER CONNECTAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender