Official UK procurement notice
Training and Education Delivery Partner
Authority: Gateshead College (Education)
Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: North East (UKC2)
Published estimate£10,500,000≈ £11m / year · £10,500,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 4 Jun 2025awarded 2 Jul 2025
Awarded to SORA SERVICES LIMITED
Contract term 1 yrends 1 Aug 2026 · up to 1 Aug 2030 with extensions · starts 1 Aug 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionGateshead College is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced organisation, capable of delivering Advanced Manufacturing training and education in North East England in partnership with the college, on a sub-contract basis.
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CPV: Education and training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£10,500,000
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).
How bids were scored
Published award criteria (1)
- Quality: Long criteria description
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
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA, CPTPP)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 9 May 2025, 14:05 BST
- Last source update
- 4 Aug 2025, 16:05 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 4 Jul 2025
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-020092- Accelerated
- Light touch contract
- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050fc9Find a Tender
How it was run
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Access & registration note: Free Select account; no DUNS asked at signup
- Submission deadline
- 4 Jun 2025, 13:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 28 May 2025, 00:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
9 May 2025 → 4 Aug 2025 · 7 dates- Tender notice published9 May 2025, 14:05 BST
- Clarification questions by28 May 2025, 00:59 BST
- Submission deadline4 Jun 2025, 13:00 BST
- Award decision expected by4 Jul 2025, 00:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent8 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST
- Contract starts1 Aug 2025
- Latest notice published4 Aug 2025, 16:05 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 9 May 2025- Tender notice published9 May 2025, 14:05 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published8 Jul 2025, 15:45 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete8 Jul 2025, 15:45 BST
- Contract signature expected21 Jul 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published4 Aug 2025, 16:05 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £10,500,0001 award inc. VAT; no net value published
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Named bidders 1published on the award notice
Contracts signed 1latest 23 Jul 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SORA SERVICES LIMITEDSME1 Aug 2025 – 31 Jul 2026 · up to 31 Jul 2030Extensions: The Contract will be for a 12 month period, with an option to extend for a further four periods of 12 months each. Any extensions offered will be subject to satisfactory contract performance and the College still having adequate funding and requirement for the Contract. | £10,500,000 inc. VAT | 2 Jul 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · SORA SERVICES LIMITEDSME
- Signed
- 23 Jul 2025
- Value
- £10,500,000 inc. VAT
- Period
- 1 Aug 2025 – 31 Jul 2026 · up to 31 Jul 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- The Contract will be for a 12 month period, with an option to extend for a further four periods of 12 months each. Any extensions offered will be subject to satisfactory contract performance and the College still having adequate funding and requirement for the Contract.
1 agreed KPI: Quality
- Quality
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders | 1 | 0 | — |
Who bid
- wonSora Services LimitedSME · North East England
Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Sora Services LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender