Official UK procurement notice
WP4160 Apprenticeship Training Framework
Authority: Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council (Local council)
Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: West Midlands (UKG38)
Planned pipeline value£8,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Oct 2025from the planned procurement notice
Framework period 4 yrsends 22 Feb 2030 · up to 22 Feb 2034 with extensions · starts 23 Feb 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe 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.
CPV: Computer training services · Industrial and technical training services · Management training services · Staff training services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 4 yrs · up to 8 yrs from 23 Feb 2026
The lotProcurement structure
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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 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).
What this means for your bid
- “WP4160 Apprenticeship Training Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
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
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 29 Jul 2025, 15:30 BST
- Last source update
- 29 Jul 2025, 15:30 BST
- Authority reference
WP4160- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-043950- Latest notice
- Pipeline notice (UK1)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-056849Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
29 Jul 2025 → 23 Feb 2026 · 3 dates- Planning notice published29 Jul 2025, 15:30 BST
- Tender notice expected390 days ago1 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts246 days ago23 Feb 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Pipeline notice published29 Jul 2025, 15:30 BSTUK1
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender