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# Specialist Academic Support for Railway Operations Apprenticeships

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/specialist-academic-support-for-railway-operations-apprenticeships-ocds-h6vhtk-048a1d). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** University of Keele: "Specialist Academic Support for Railway Operations Apprenticeships". Published status: active. Published Value: £500,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 13 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [University of Keele](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-keele-urn-133883)
- **Published Value:** £500,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 13 September 2024 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Higher education services, Vocational training services
- **Delivery Location:** UKG24
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/specialist-academic-support-for-railway-operations-apprenticeships-ocds-h6vhtk-048a1d#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-048a1d`

## 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/specialist-academic-support-for-railway-operations-apprenticeships-ocds-h6vhtk-048a1d#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Funiversityofkeele%2Faspx%2FHome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/specialist-academic-support-for-railway-operations-apprenticeships-ocds-h6vhtk-048a1d#participate

## Description
Tenders are invited for the provision of Specialist Academic Support for Railway Operations Apprenticeships.
Since 2019, Keele University has been delivering a Senior Leader Apprenticeship and seeks to extend its provision to provide a specialist award for rail sector leaders, hereafter the SLA (Railway Ops). 
The University wishes to offer two specialist rail operators start points on the apprenticeship in February and September, for a maximum of 50 learners (25 per start point) per academic year.
The Service Provider will be required to provide a comprehensive set of support services to the SLA (Railway Ops) in accordance with the Tender Specification in Section 2 of the Invitation to Tender (ITT) document.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 80530000
- **Delivery regions:** UKG

- **Estimated Value:** £500,000
- **Description:** The contract will run for a period of three years with options to extend for two further periods of one year. The decision of whether to take up the extension options will be down to the absolute discretion of the University.
The estimated total valu...
- **Contract Period:** 15/10/2024 to 15/10/2027
- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F025509-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-08-12T17:06:23.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T04:48:20.230Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-048a1d