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Published 11 Sept 2026, 14:47 BST

Official UK procurement notice

South Wales Shared Apprenticeships Scheme

Authority: Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) (Central government)

ServicesAbove threshold
Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: UK
Published estimate £1,100,000≈ £471k / year · £1,100,000 inc. VAT · 1 value update
Tender notice expected 20 Nov 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 2 yrs 4 moup to 5 yrs 4 mo with extensions · starts 1 Dec 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

CITB are inviting bids to deliver a continuation of the existing Shared Apprenticeship Scheme covering South West and South East Wales. CITB wish to fund a single provider to deliver the Scheme from the planned point of project commencement on 1st December 2026 through to 31st March 2029. As well as new Apprentices recruited during this period, Apprentices who started their programmes before the point of project commencement must continue to be supported through to completion of their qualifications, via the funding awarded to the successful provider.

CPV: Education and training services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Lot 1PlannedRenewal 2 yrs 4 mo
Contract period: 1 Dec 2026 — 31 Mar 2029 (2 yrs 4 mo) · up to 5 yrs 4 mo with extensionsDelivery: UK
Extensions
Extension options published
80000000 Education and training services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
11 Sept 2026, 14:47 BST
Last source update
11 Sept 2026, 14:47 BST
Authority reference
TD80
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Education and training services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f48c

How it was run

Submission deadline
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Timeline

5 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Planning notice published12 days ago
    8 Sept 2026, 13:48 BST
  2. Latest notice published9 days ago
    11 Sept 2026, 14:47 BST
  3. Market engagementin 30 days
    20 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
    A launch webinar with Q&A facilities will be held on Wednesday 16th September 2026. The link for joining this webinar can be found below: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ZGFhMWU4MzktZDhkNi00OTRiLWJiNDAtYTRmY2M2ZDY4NzI5%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22e32fcdb1-bebe-44eb more…-be1c-ef4700387163%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22ae3416f1-9d4e-413c-a32e-a8218a113a62%22%7d Alternatively, please visit CITB's Current Opportunities page for more information on this opportunity and a link to the webinar: https://www.citb.co.uk/funding-support/funding/funded-projects#south-wales-shared
  4. Tender notice expectedin 61 days
    20 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
  5. Contract startsin 71 days
    1 Dec 2026, 00:00 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 8 Sept 2026
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    11 Sept 2026, 14:47 BSTUK2
  2. Published value updated
    11 Sept 2026, 14:47 BST
  3. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    8 Sept 2026, 14:00 BSTUK2
  4. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    8 Sept 2026, 13:48 BSTUK2

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Construction Industry Training Board

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PGZW-2274-ZBTV 4 Cyrus Way, Cygnet Park, Hampton, Peterborough, East of England, PE7 8HP
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Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure