Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Trust Careers Guidance
Authority: NORTH EAST LEARNING TRUST (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement description2.1. As a multi-academy trust we currently have two companies providing impartial, one-to-one careers guidance to our students (in line with the stipulation of Gatsby Benchmark 8). These companies also support our whole school CEIAG provision within our secondary schools. We are looking to streamline provision further by acquiring one Trust provider.
2.2. We are looking to continue to support in the delivery of impartial careers guidance to all students within KS3-5 enabling students to make appropriate and informed decisions about their futures. To provide operational and strategic support for the delivery of the careers.
2.3. We are looking for a programme within schools for Career Leads to assist in the acquisition of the Quality in Careers Standard for all secondary schools. The successful bidder would have to have scope to demonstrate their ability to meet the geographical spread of all NELT schools.
CPV: Career guidance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£500,000
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).
Published sub-criteria (4)
- Quality, Customer Requirements, Methodology and Approach: 50%
- Additional Extras: 5%
- Company History: 10%
- Commercial: 35%
Published award criteria (4)
- Quality, Customer Requirements, Methodology and Approach
- Additional Extras
- Commercial
- Company History
- Price carries 35 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3.5 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 23 May 2025, 12:24 BST
- Last source update
- 12 Aug 2025, 18:18 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 27 Jun 2025
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-026198- Latest notice
- Procurement termination notice (UK12)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05221aFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 17 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 4 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Please request and submit all packs directly to the email address above
Timeline
23 May 2025 → 1 Sept 2025 · 6 dates- Tender notice published23 May 2025, 12:24 BST
- Clarification questions by4 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline17 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by27 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published12 Aug 2025, 18:18 BST
- Contract starts1 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 May 2025- Tender notice published23 May 2025, 12:24 BSTUK4
- Procurement termination notice published12 Aug 2025, 18:18 BSTUK12
- Status changed to complete12 Aug 2025, 18:18 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| supplier not published | — | 12 Aug 2025 | CancelledProcurement abandoned due to budget and timescales, |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Procurement termination notice Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender