Official UK procurement notice
Skills Bootcamps · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Cornwall Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSkills Bootcamps provide bespoke training to bridge existing skills gaps within high demand industry sectors, to support rapid training into higher-paid and sustainable job roles for sectors with evidenced vacancies
From April 2025, Cornwall Council will act as the accountable body for the delivery of Skills Bootcamps under a grant agreement funded by the Department for Education as part of the National Skills Fund.
This notice relates to the direct award of a four-month contract (April to July 2025) for the continued delivery of Skills Bootcamps by existing training providers who were previously contracted under a Devon County Council-led programme (in which Cornwall Council was a collaborator). These providers have since been re-contracted by Devon County Council and will now deliver under Cornwall Council's contract.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- 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
- 21 May 2025, 11:07 BST
- Last source update
- 17 Jun 2025, 12:38 BST
- Authority reference
DN774468- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-032924- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051a1dFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Urgency
- Published justification
Direct awards justified pursuant to Schedule 5 paragraph 13 on the basis that the services to be supplied are necessary for reasons of unavoidable urgency as confirmation of the Skills Bootcamps grant award was only received by the Cornwall Council on 20th February 2025 which meant that the contracts to commence in April 2025 could not be awarded on the basis of a competitive tendering procedure.
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 May 2025- Transparency notice published21 May 2025, 11:07 BSTUK5
- Contract signature expected27 May 2025, 00:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract award notice published2 Jun 2025, 15:40 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected3 Jun 2025, 00:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published17 Jun 2025, 12:38 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Screen IT LtdSME, Cornwall College, Digital Peninsula Network LtdSME, I & F LimitedSME, Plymouth City Council, Shoots Training +2 morejoint award3 Jun 2025 – 2 Aug 2025 | £1,070,254 | 21 May 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Skills Bootcamps · Blue Screen IT LtdSME, Cornwall College, Digital Peninsula Network LtdSME, I & F LimitedSME, Plymouth City Council, Shoots Training +2 more
- Signed
- 3 Jun 2025
- Value
- £1,070,254
- Period
- 4 Jun 2025 – 1 Aug 2025
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
8 commercial parties on the notice- Blue Screen IT LtdAwarded supplier
- Cornwall CollegeAwarded supplier
- Digital Peninsula Network LimitedAwarded supplier
- I&F Limited trading as Skills4Awarded supplier
- Plymouth City CouncilAwarded supplier
- Shoots TrainingAwarded supplier
- Truro & Penwith CollegeAwarded supplier
- YTKO LIMITEDAwarded 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
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender