Official UK procurement notice
Somerset Community Learning Subcontracting Services
Authority: University Centre Somerset College Group (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Authority is seeking a contract for a supplier to deliver high quality, accredited and Department for Education (DfE) Level 2 and Level 3 Adult Skills Funded (ASF) qualifications with a focus on Free Courses for Jobs (FCFJ).
The following are identified as the key objectives which the Contractor (Service Operator) will be expected to address:
? To provide learners with high quality, specifically designed, flexible and innovate learning
? To ensure effective Safeguarding policies and procedures to protect learners
? To provide excellence through all its operations
? To provide Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance through to enrolment and beyond
? To ensure compliance and audit throughout the contract
Please note this tender is for provision of in person, classroom-based learning within the Somerset area
The retained funding fee, retained by the College Group, will be 20%.
CPV: Education and training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£400,000
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: 60%
- Specification - Quality Questions: 39%
- Fee & Funding Agreements: 1%
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality Questions
- Fee & Funding Agreements
- Specification - Quality Questions
- Price carries 1 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 0.1 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
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 14 Jul 2026, 10:27 BST
- Last source update
- 17 Sept 2026, 10:03 BST
- Authority reference
CA18227- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-066002- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ca77Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 8 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 3 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
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Timeline
14 Jul 2026 → 1 Oct 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published101 days ago14 Jul 2026, 10:27 BST
- Clarification questions by81 days ago3 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline76 days ago8 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Latest notice published36 days ago17 Sept 2026, 10:03 BST
- Contract starts22 days ago1 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 14 Jul 2026- Tender notice published14 Jul 2026, 10:27 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published17 Sept 2026, 10:03 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete17 Sept 2026, 10:03 BST
- Contract signature expected29 Sept 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somerset Skills & Learning CICSME1 Oct 2026 – 31 Jul 2027 · up to 31 Jul 2030Extensions: Extensions allowed: Yes (3 x 12 months) | £271,000 | 11 Sept 2026 | Awarded |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders · 2 at stage one | 0 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Somerset Skills & LearningAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
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