Official UK procurement notice
Merton Adult Learning - Main Delivery Service
Authority: London Borough of Merton (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe service will deliver a comprehensive set of Adult Learning programmes based in Merton prioritising the residents of Merton.
Funded under the Adult Skills Funds from the GLA and ESFA the fund is made up of two Funding Streams namely the Adult Skills Core and the Tailored Learning.
The Adult Skills Core programmes are skills-based funding and are for accredited and qualification courses.
The Tailored Learning courses caters for learners on non-accredited learning and provides for learners making their first steps, including confidence and wellbeing courses.
The curriculum is broad and includes cross cutting skills like green skills, sustainability courses, digital, Health and Social Care, Essential Skills including English, Maths and ESOL, Art Courses, Drawing Painting, Pottery, Performing Arts, Singing, Sewing and clothes making, Italics, Guitar Making, Child Care, CV writing, Confidence Building and Wellbeing courses and Level 3 Courses in Accounts under the Adult Skills Free Courses for Jobs.
CPV: Adult and other education services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Planned
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
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 23 May 2025, 17:50 BST
- Last source update
- 13 Aug 2025, 12:03 BST
- Authority reference
DN504038- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-048365- Latest notice
- Pipeline notice (UK1)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05250bFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
23 May 2025 → 1 Aug 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published23 May 2025, 17:50 BST
- Latest notice published13 Aug 2025, 12:03 BST
- Tender notice expected331 days ago30 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts89 days ago1 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 May 2025- Pipeline notice published23 May 2025, 17:50 BSTUK1
- Pipeline notice published13 Aug 2025, 12:03 BSTUK1
Published amendments (1)
Updated expected date for tender to be published
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 (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender