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title: "Somerset County Council Workforce Skills"
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# Somerset County Council Workforce Skills

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/somerset-county-council-workforce-skills-ocds-h6vhtk-02cc61). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Somerset Council: "Somerset County Council Workforce Skills". Published status: complete. Published Value: £300,135. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 6 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Somerset Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/somerset-council-ons-e06000066)
- **Published Value:** £300,135 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 6 September 2021 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Adult and other education services, Education and training services, Higher education services, Secondary education services
- **Delivery Location:** UKK23
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £246,950 (exc. VAT, 5 contracts)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02cc61`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/somerset-county-council-workforce-skills-ocds-h6vhtk-02cc61#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FAdvert%2FIndex%3FadvertId%3Dc54c3fea-f0ed-eb11-810d-005056b64545)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/somerset-county-council-workforce-skills-ocds-h6vhtk-02cc61#participate

## Description
Contract Award - Following a successful application to the European Social Fund, Somerset County Council has secured £2,078,053 of European Social Fund (ESF) investment to deliver the Somerset Skills for Growth Project. The Council went out to procure and appoint suitably qualified suppliers to deliver the outputs and results specified within the Somerset Skills for Growth Grant Funding Agreement. The accredited qualifications were pre-determined and were stated in section 2.5 in their required volumes.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80200000, 80300000, 80400000
- **Delivery regions:** UKK

- **Description:** The Authority is conducting this procurement process in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. This tender opportunity falls within Schedule 3 of the Regulations (Social and Other Specific Services) and below the Light Touch Regime th...
- **Contract Period:**  to 30/06/2023

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (5)
- **Award:** 030116-2021-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **2B Trained Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-36688`
  - Value: £49,500 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 030116-2021-2 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Mediation +**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-36689`
  - Value: £12,383 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 030116-2021-3 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Onelife Training UK Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-36690`
  - Value: £20,500 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 030116-2021-4 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Somerset Skills & Learning CIC**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-89435`
  - Value: £102,372 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 030116-2021-5 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **South West Councils**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-87952`
  - Value: £62,195 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (5)
- **Contract:** 030116-2021-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £49,500
  - Signed Date: 29/11/2021

- **Contract:** 030116-2021-2 (active)
  - Signed Value: £12,383
  - Signed Date: 29/11/2021

- **Contract:** 030116-2021-3 (active)
  - Signed Value: £20,500
  - Signed Date: 29/11/2021

- **Contract:** 030116-2021-4 (active)
  - Signed Value: £102,372
  - Signed Date: 29/11/2021

- **Contract:** 030116-2021-5 (active)
  - Signed Value: £62,195
  - Signed Date: 29/11/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F030116-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-12-03T15:17:20.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T01:17:51.284Z
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