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WP4160 Apprenticeship Training Framework

Buyer: Walsall Council →

BuyerWalsall Council
Statusplanned
DeadlineNot published
Value£8,000,000
Published29 Jul 2025

What is being bought

The Council wishes to procure a number of suppliers to ensure the continued delivery of Walsall's Apprenticeship Programme. As part of the Framework, suppliers will be expected to support both the Council and its maintained schools with all apprenticeship requirements.

Delivery location

UKG38, GB

Categories

Staff training services 80511000Industrial and technical training services 80531000Management training services 80532000Computer training services 80533100

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanned
Contract periodFrom 23 Feb 2026 to 22 Feb 2030
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Staff training services, Industrial and technical training services, Management training services, Computer training servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 80. The category anchor is Staff training services (80511000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 804,4182 median · 31.9 average (1,983 of 4,418 with a bid count)3.1 average (2,150 of 4,418 with named award suppliers)1 comparable price pairs
Same buyer1Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKG3888 median · 15.2 average (5 of 8 with a bid count)9.8 average (5 of 8 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)1934 median · 9.7 average (3 of 193 with a bid count)8 average (3 of 193 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementYes
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimelightTouch
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-056849
Latest release ID043950-2025
Latest release timestampTue Jul 29 2025 14:30:17 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanned
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£8,000,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
29 Jul 2025planning043950-2025

All source data

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