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Published 7 Jul 2026, 14:06 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Procurement of partners to work with Oak to further develop and enhance full curriculum packages

Official notice Competition analysis

Authority: OAK NATIONAL ACADEMY LIMITED (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove threshold
Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 19 Oct 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 1 yr 7 moends 31 Aug 2028 · up to 31 Aug 2029 with extensions · starts 1 Feb 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Oak National Academy intend to procure a number of suppliers to deliver enhancement to existing full curriculum packages across a range of subject for KS1, 2 and 3. Full curriculum packages include curriculum sequences and supporting teaching resources. These will need to be aligned to relevant statutory frameworks including upcoming changes to the national curriculum programmes of study to be published by the DfE.

Suppliers will also be responsible for ensuring quality assurance and working collaboratively with Oak to refine and deliver the final outputs.

The structure of the procurement has not yet been finalised, although we anticipate this could be structured under a lot format with up to 12 lots, to be confirmed, across a range of subjects, again to be confirmed

CPV: Primary education services · Secondary education services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 1 yr 7 mo
Contract period: 1 Feb 2027 – 31 Aug 2028 (1 yr 7 mo) · up to 31 Aug 2029 with extensions
Extensions: Two extensions available. Breakdown: 1 + 1 (one extension period with the possibility of another extension period to 2030). Subject to performance and continued business need.
80100000 Primary education services80200000 Secondary education services

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How OAK NATIONAL ACADEMY LIMITED buys Primary education services (CPV 8010), and who usually turns up

OAK NATIONAL ACADEMY LIMITED’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Primary education services (CPV 8010) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerOAK NATIONAL ACADEMY LIMITED · division 80
The marketPrimary education services (CPV 8010)
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

How often small and medium firms win.

Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 5 of 9 known-size awards · market: CPV 8010 · UK-wide, n=18
56%44%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

How often local firms win similar work.

Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in North West England (authority’s region).

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no winner locations published · market: CPV 8010 · North West England (authority’s region), n=5
—40%

No winner locations published for this authority. Local means a registered address in the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no decision dates published · market: CPV 8010 · UK-wide, n=5
—34 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 34 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: at least 8 of 11 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 8010 · North West England (authority’s region), n=5
73%80%

Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.

How many bids did past lots attract?

i

How many bids past lots received.

Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.

Past bids do not predict this tender.

Last 36 months.

This buyerToo few to chart: 1 lot with bid counts, 5 needed · broad CPV 80
The market7 lots with bid counts · CPV 8010 · UK-wide
29% had one bid
Market · select a colour for counts
1 bid29%
Market: 2 of 7 lots with published bid counts.
2–343%
Market: 3 of 7 lots with published bid counts.
4–629%
Market: 2 of 7 lots with published bid counts.
7+0%
Market: 0 of 7 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

i

Where winning prices landed against estimates.

Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.

Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

This buyerToo few to chart: 1 lot with estimate and award, 5 needed · broad CPV 80
The market5 lots with estimate and award · CPV 8010 · UK-wide
60% below estimate
Market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate60%
Market: 3 of 5 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%40%
Market: 2 of 5 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate0%
Market: 0 of 5 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
i

What past awards tell you about each lot.

See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.

No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 8019 monthsEstimate not published

This lot lists more than one class in CPV 80. The comparison uses that group.

Expected competition
i

How many bids this lot may attract.

The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 99 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet15% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 99 similar lots
1 bid15%
15 of 99 similar past lots received 1 bid (15%).
2–325%
25 of 99 similar past lots received 2–3 (25%).
4–636%
36 of 99 similar past lots received 4–6 (36%).
7+23%
23 of 99 similar past lots received 7+ (23%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 4 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

Where the award price may land.

The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.

—Estimate not published
The buyer published no estimate for this lot, so there is nothing to forecast against. A price prediction here would be a number about a number we do not have.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

Who has done similar work for this buyer.

Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.

A past supplier may not bid again.

SupplierThis buyer’s earlier contractLotAward valueWhy listed
Study MindEarlier contractProcurement of Full Curriculum Packages for Reception Year of Early Years Foundation Stagestarted Sept 2026Reception Year of EYFS£384kMatched as the earlier contract

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Who could compete for this lot?

Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.

None is confirmed as a bidder.

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
  • Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
  • Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
  • Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

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
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
7 Jul 2026, 14:06 BST
Last source update
7 Jul 2026, 14:19 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 11 Jan 2027
Authority reference
FCP4
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-063680
Latest notice
Planned procurement notice (UK3)
Classification (CPV)
Primary education servicesSecondary education services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06c542 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
16 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en

Timeline

7 Jul 2026 → 1 Feb 2027 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published113 days ago
    7 Jul 2026, 14:06 BST
  2. Tender notice expected9 days ago
    19 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
  3. Today
    29 Oct 2026
  4. Submission deadlinein 18 days
    16 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
  5. Award decision expected byin 74 days
    11 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
  6. Contract startsin 94 days
    1 Feb 2027

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 7 Jul 2026
  1. Planned procurement notice published
    7 Jul 2026, 14:06 BST
    UK3
  2. Planned procurement notice published
    7 Jul 2026, 14:19 BST
    UK3
  3. Deadline moved to 16 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
    7 Jul 2026, 14:19 BST
    +0 days · was 16 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT

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

OAK NATIONAL ACADEMY LIMITED

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-COH: 14174888 · GB-PPON: PWYQ-7722-NDVX 1 Scott Place, Manchester, North West, M3 3AAContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure