Official UK procurement notice
16-19 Study Programme Offer: Berkshire (Football)
Authority: Activate Learning (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWe are seeking partners to support in the delivery of a community-based football programme in the Reading City area. Partners must be able to provide sporting facilities for approximately 70 16-18-year-old learners including: a gym, 3G football pitch, and changing rooms. Partners will also require teaching facilities (classrooms), associated IT infrastructure, and a breakout room.
Partners will be expected to employ teaching staff to deliver academic qualifications including:
BTEC L1 Introductory Diploma in Sport
Level 3 NCFE Sports and Physical Activity
All programmes will be co-delivered with our faculty teams.
Partners will seek to attract learners from underrepresented demographics and create opportunities through community outreach work including the provision of work experience for our learners.
All applicants will demonstrate robust quality assurance practices, health and safety, child protection and safeguarding policies.
The successful partner will need to work with us within the limitations of the 16-19 funding lagged funding formula whereby successful delivery in 26/27 will lead to lagged funding being received by all parties in 27/28.
Please note that this opportunity is currently being delivered with an existing partner in the 25/26 academic year and this is part of an annual re-tendering process.
CPV: Education and training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£190,000
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).
Lot awarding rule: We are seeking subcontracting partners in relation to the following opportunities. If you are interested, please contact Richard.Durston@activatelearning.ac.uk with the title of the opportunity you are enquiring about. You will then be signposted to the relevant faculty team that is managing the contract for initial discovery conversations. Should you wish to proceed, we will then ask you to complete the due diligence Pre-Qualification Questionnaire Process. On successful completion you will be asked to explain more about how you will undertake delivery by completing our Invitation to Tender documentation. Both the PQQ and ITT will be scored to select the most appropriate partner.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 19 Jan 2026, 14:32 GMT
- Last source update
- 19 Jan 2026, 14:32 GMT
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-004397- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0608d8Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 2 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Electronic submission
- Not allowed
Timeline
19 Jan 2026 → 1 Aug 2026 · 3 dates- Tender notice published280 days ago19 Jan 2026, 14:32 GMT
- Submission deadline238 days ago2 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts87 days ago1 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published19 Jan 2026, 14:32 GMTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender