Official UK procurement notice
Somerset Council Apprenticeship Services Provision
Authority: Somerset Council (Local council)
The purpose of this procurement is to contract with multiple providers to deliver an Apprenticeship Service to eligible people. The Authority requires a service provider, or providers, to manage the delivery of its Apprenticeship programme. Applicants must be able to access Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) levy funding for apprentices and listed on the Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers throughout this contract. Published lot titles: Business and administration; Health and Social Care and Protective Services; Construction and the built environment; Creative, Design and Digital; Education and early years; Engineering and manufacturing; Legal, finance and accounting; Sales, marketing and procurement.
What is being bought8 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe purpose of this procurement is to contract with multiple providers to deliver an Apprenticeship Service to eligible people.
The Authority requires a service provider, or providers, to manage the delivery of its Apprenticeship programme. The Apprenticeships to be provided via this procurement exercise are funded via the Authority's Apprenticeship Levy.
Applicants must be able to access Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) levy funding for apprentices and listed on the Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers throughout this contract.
CPV: Education and training services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework · open framework scheme (admission reopens)
- Call-offs
- every call-off is a further competition among the appointed suppliers
- Framework period
- 3 yrs from 1 Jul 2026
- Scheme runs until
- 30 Jun 2029
Published description of the framework
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Lots and requirements (8)Procurement structure
8 lots · all with a published value · same evaluation weights on every lotEvery one of these 8 lots carries the same published figure, £4,000,000: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.
Lot #1Business and administrationceiling above
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Lot #2Health and Social Care and Protective Servicesceiling above
Health and Social Care and Protective Services
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Lot #3Construction and the built environmentceiling above
Construction and the built environment
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Lot #4Creative, Design and Digitalceiling above
Creative, Design and Digital
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Lot #5Education and early yearsceiling above
Education and early years
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Lot #6Engineering and manufacturingceiling above
Engineering and manufacturing
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Lot #7Legal, finance and accountingceiling above
Legal, finance and accounting
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Lot #8Sales, marketing and procurementceiling above
Sales, marketing and procurement
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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 (1)
- Quality criterion: 100%
Published award criteria (1)
- Quality criterion: Price criterion - Compliance with funding (Pass/Fail) / Weighting: 0
- “Somerset Council Apprenticeship Services Provision” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract: each call-off is a further competition, so the pricing contest starts after appointment.
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
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Open framework scheme
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 27 Jan 2026, 15:57 GMT
- Last source update
- 27 Jan 2026, 15:57 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 21 Apr 2026
- Authority reference
EPRO1000390- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-007239- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-061007Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 27 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 23 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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Timeline
27 Jan 2026 → 1 Jul 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published287 days ago27 Jan 2026, 15:57 GMT
- Clarification questions by260 days ago23 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Admission / appointment period ends257 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown27 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by203 days ago21 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts133 days ago1 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published27 Jan 2026, 15:57 GMTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender