Official UK procurement notice
Non medical support · UK public procurement notice
Authority: UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD(THE) (Education)
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£144,000published award · exc. VAT · operator revenue, not the authority's budget
Awarded 21 Aug 2025
Awarded to Optimum Student Support Ltd
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNon medical helper (NMH) support for Degree Apprentice (DA) students to provide support required as advised in the Learning Needs
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - limited competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Concession
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 21 Aug 2025, 13:59 BST
- Last source update
- 21 Aug 2025, 13:59 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-050542- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058c29Find a Tender
Notice history
2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 21 Aug 2025- Contract award notice published21 Aug 2025, 13:59 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected21 Aug 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £144,0001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Optimum Student Support LtdSME22 Aug 2025 – 31 Jul 2026 | £144,000 | 21 Aug 2025 | Awarded |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders | 1 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Optimum Student Support LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender