Official UK procurement notice
Lancashire Teaching Agency - Provision of Supply Services to Schools
Authority: Lancashire County Council (Local council)·On behalf of: SOCIAL VALUE PORTAL LTD
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe provision of full and part time supply teachers, teaching assistants and all support staff roles to schools within the Lancashire border to fulfil permanent, long- and short-term vacancy needs.
The LTA will offer a specialist recruitment service to best match the needs of the school to the skills of the supply staff, providing training and rigorous safeguarding practices to ensure all staff are compliant with current requirements.
CPV: Supply services of personnel including temporary staff
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£80,000,000
- Economic & financial standing
Please see the tender documents for further information
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).
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality
- Price
- Social Value: The total Social Value score will be derived from the following calculation: Total Social Value score = (quantitative score (5%) + qualitative score (5%))
- Economic & financial standing
Please see the tender documents for further information
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 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
- Cancelled
- 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
- 23 May 2025, 09:38 BST
- Last source update
- 15 Jun 2026, 11:53 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 14 Apr 2026
- Authority reference
LCC46997- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-011065- Latest notice
- Procurement termination notice (UK12)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-052014Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 5 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 26 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
The tender documents are available on the Lancashire County Council electronic tendering site.
www.lancashire.gov.uk/fusion-supplier-portal/ ↗
Use of this portal does not require the purchase of high specification IT equipment or connections, nor high level personal IT skills/capabilities. Access to the portal and advice/training is free of charge. Registration is necessary in order to view the tender details and obtain tender documentation. Tenderers are advised to allow plenty of time for registration and to do this as early as possible during the tender period.
Please see www.lancashire.gov.uk/business/tenders-and… ↗ for further information.
Timeline
23 May 2025 → 1 Sept 2026 · 9 dates- Planning notice published23 May 2025, 09:38 BST
- Market engagement334 days ago28 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
Lancashire County Council is conducting preliminary market engagement relating to the provision of Lancashire Teaching Agency Provision of Supply Services to Schools.
Prior to publication of a full invitation to tender (anticipated January 2026), interested organisations are invited to engage with this preliminary market engagement exercise.
Interested organisations should:
- Visit: www.lancashire.gov.uk/business/tenders-and… ↗
- Navigate to the market engagement project by clicking on the link for Lancashire Teaching Agency - Provision of Supply Services to Schools
- Review the Preliminary Market Engagement document(s) contained on this project page. This document provides more information regarding this preliminary market engagement exercise.
- Submit your expression of interest (EOI) via email to contractscorporate@lancashire.gov.uk by no later than 28th November 2025 at 12 noon.
- Next notice expected296 days ago5 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Tender notice published264 days ago6 Feb 2026, 15:22 GMT
- Clarification questions by244 days ago26 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline237 days ago5 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by197 days ago14 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published135 days ago15 Jun 2026, 11:53 BST
- Contract starts58 days ago1 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
9 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 May 2025- Pipeline notice published23 May 2025, 09:38 BSTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published31 Oct 2025, 16:22 GMTUK2
- Tender notice published6 Feb 2026, 15:22 GMTUK4
- Published value published: £80,000,0006 Feb 2026, 15:22 GMT
- Status changed to active6 Feb 2026, 15:22 GMT
- Procurement method changed6 Feb 2026, 15:22 GMT
- Deadline published: 5 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT6 Feb 2026, 15:22 GMT
- Procurement termination notice published15 Jun 2026, 11:53 BSTUK12
- Status changed to complete15 Jun 2026, 11:53 BST
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-05: 1 release · 23 May 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| supplier not published | — | 11 Jun 2026 | Cancelled |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- SOCIAL VALUE PORTAL LTDProcuring entityEvaluation and ongoing contract management support for the social value deliverables under the future contract
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Procurement termination notice Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender