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Published 9 Apr 2026, 14:35 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Vocational Progressions Project · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove threshold

Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: East of England (UKH12)

Published estimate£330,000≈ £396k / year · £396,000 inc. VAT

Submissions closed 5 May 2026awarded 22 May 2026

Awarded to Education Development Trust

Contract term 10 moends 2 Apr 2027 · up to 2 Apr 2028 with extensions · starts 2 Jun 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Authority, acting as the Lead Authority and Accountable Body, seeks to award a single contract to an experienced Supplier to design, manage, and deliver the Vocational Progressions Project, supporting improved apprenticeship outcomes and reducing the number of young people who become NEET. The contract will cover delivery across 15 schools, focusing on targeted support for students in Years 12–14, and will run in alignment with the wider Youth Guarantee timelines.

The successful Supplier will be responsible for:

Designing and delivering a structured programme of vocational progression support in each school, including group sessions, guidance interviews and mock assessment centres, as set out in the Specification.

CPV: Education and training services · Higher education services · Secondary education services · Technical and vocational secondary education services · Technical secondary education services · Vocational secondary education services · Youth education services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

Lot #1AwardedRenewal 10 moPublished value£330,000

Contract period: 2 Jun 2026 – 2 Apr 2027 (10 mo) · up to 2 Apr 2028 with extensionsValue: £330,000 exc. VAT · £396,000 inc. VAT

Delivery: East of England

Extensions: Optional 1 year

80000000 Education and training services 80200000 Secondary education services 80210000 Technical and vocational secondary education services 80211000 Technical secondary education services 80212000 Vocational secondary education services 80300000 Higher education services

What it takes to win
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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 more

How bids were scored

Quality: 70%Price: 30%

Published award criteria (2)

Quality
Price

What this means for your bid

Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

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: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 9 Apr 2026, 14:35 BST
Last source update: 9 Jul 2026, 10:40 BST
Award evaluation window: Submission end – 18 May 2026
Authority reference: CPCA/ 00018
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-032467
Latest notice: Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV): Education and training servicesHigher education servicesSecondary education servicesTechnical and vocational secondary education servicesTechnical secondary education servicesVocational secondary education servicesYouth education services
Delivery area: East of England (UKH12)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-067f26 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice

Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend

Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN

Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup

Submission deadline: 5 May 2026, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline: 28 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
Submission channel: Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission: Allowed
Accepted languages: en

Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

in-tendhost.co.uk/cambridgeshirepeterb… ↗

Timeline

9 Apr 2026 → 9 Jul 2026 · 8 dates

Tender notice published196 days ago
9 Apr 2026, 14:35 BST
Clarification questions by176 days ago
28 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
Submission deadline170 days ago
5 May 2026, 12:00 BST
Award decision expected by156 days ago
18 May 2026, 23:59 BST
Assessment summaries sent147 days ago
28 May 2026, 00:00 BST
Contract starts142 days ago
2 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
Standstill ends135 days ago
8 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
Latest notice published105 days ago
9 Jul 2026, 10:40 BST

Notice history

5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 9 Apr 2026

Tender notice published
9 Apr 2026, 14:35 BST
UK4
Contract award notice published
28 May 2026, 18:11 BST
UK6
Status changed to complete
28 May 2026, 18:11 BST
Contract signature expected
9 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
scheduled
Contract details notice published
9 Jul 2026, 10:40 BST
UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £330,0001 award exc. VAT

Bids received 3

Contracts signed 1latest 18 Jun 2026

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Education Development TrustVCSE9 Jun 2026 – 8 Apr 2027 · up to 7 Apr 2028Extensions: Optional	£330,000	22 May 2026	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 1 · Education Development TrustVCSE
Signed
18 Jun 2026
Value
£396,000 inc. VAT
Period
18 Jun 2026 – 31 Mar 2027 · up to 31 Mar 2028 with extensions
Status
active
Extensions
Optional

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
3final-stage tenders · 4 at stage one	0	3	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PBXV-5726-VWGJ 2nd Floor, Pathfinder House, St Mary's Street, Huntingdon, East of England, PE29 3TNContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Education Development TrustAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PGLH-1935-LTPG 16-18 Duke Street, Reading, South East, RG1 4RUContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender9 Jul 2026, 10:40 BST
Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender28 May 2026, 18:11 BST
Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender9 Apr 2026, 14:35 BST