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Published 4 Dec 2023, 16:26 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Railtrack Maintenance · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Sheffield City Council (Local council)·Consortium: 3 public authorities

Dynamic marketServicesRestricted procedureSME suitable

Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: UKYorkshire & Humber (UKE)

Dynamic market estimate£25,000,000market-wide estimate, not attributable revenue

Submissions closed 28 Feb 2025awarded 28 May 2025

Market period 9 moends 31 Mar 2025 · starts 1 Feb 2024

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Opportunity Sheffield is seeking a Provider to deliver a 3-week training course with focus on enhancing employability and preparing participants to secure work in the Rail Logistics sector. The training programme must be suitable for unemployed and economically inactive residents in Sheffield. Each course will accommodate a minimum of 10 participants and a maximum of 12 participants. The 3-week programme should include practical work-based experience within the sector (to be arranged in liaison with Opportunity Sheffield Project staff).

CPV: Education and training services · Training services

How this dynamic market works

From the published notice

Type: Dynamic market
Bids received: 4 bids received · 10 suppliers appointed
Market period: 9 mo from 1 Feb 2024

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

Lot #1Delivery of a 3-week training course with focus on enhancing employability and…Awarded 9 moPublished value£25,000,000

Delivery of a 3-week training course with focus on enhancing employability and preparing participants to secure work in the Rail Logistics sector. The training programme must be suitable for unemployed and economically inactive residents in Sheffield. Each course will accommodate a minimum of 10 participants and a maximum of 12 participants. The 3-week programme should include practical work-based experience within the sector (to be arranged in liaison with Opportunity Sheffield Project staff).

Contract period: 1 Feb 2024 – 31 Mar 2025 (9 mo)

Delivery: UK, Yorkshire & Humber

80000000 Education and training services 80500000 Training services

What it takes to win
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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 more

How bids were scored

Quality: 70%Price: 30%

Published award criteria (2)

Quality: 70%
Price: 30%

Awarded using Most Economically Advantageous Tender (MEAT) to a Provider on the Skills, Training, Employability and Learning Provision DPS.

Shortlisting: Completion and submission of the Standard Selection Questionnaire. All suppliers who meet the benchmark will be awarded a place on the DPS.

What this means for your bid

Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
“Railtrack Maintenance” is a dynamic market: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Restricted procedure
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Dynamic market
Who may use this agreement: Any qualifying supplier may apply while the market is open
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 4 Dec 2023, 16:26 GMT
Last source update: 18 Dec 2025, 15:15 GMT
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-084513
Classification (CPV): Education and training servicesTraining services
Delivery area: UKYorkshire & Humber (UKE)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04218f Find a Tender

Contract terms

Electronic trading: e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment

How it was run

Official notice

Run through: EU-Supply (CTM) · Who buys & how to bid on EU-Supply

Public notice page · account needed to bidLanguage: EN

Access & registration note: Free · 5–10 minutes

Admission period ends: 28 Feb 2025
Submission channel: {"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages: en

Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_… ↗

Timeline

1 Feb 2024 → 18 Dec 2025 · 3 dates

Contract starts
1 Feb 2024
Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
28 Feb 2025
Notice published312 days ago
18 Dec 2025, 15:15 GMT

Notice history

8 events · 15 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 Mar 2024

Status changed to complete
13 Mar 2024, 12:18 GMT
Procurement method changed
13 Mar 2024, 12:18 GMT
Buyer details updated
13 Mar 2024, 12:18 GMT
Procurement method changed
24 May 2024, 16:34 BST
Procurement method changed
24 Sept 2024, 17:04 BST
Buyer details updated
1 May 2025, 13:13 BST
Buyer details updated
8 May 2025, 17:47 BST
Buyer details updated
18 Dec 2025, 15:15 GMT

Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)

When	What	Before	After	Shift
—	Contract periodEnd date · II.2.7	31 Mar 2025	31 Mar 2026	+365 d

1 amendment published without a description.

Routine re-releases (15)

2025-05: 1 release · 1 May 2025
2024-12: 1 release · 6 Dec 2024
2024-11: 1 release · 22 Nov 2024
2024-09: 1 release · 24 Sept 2024
2024-06: 1 release · 5 Jun 2024
2024-05: 1 release · 24 May 2024
2024-04: 4 releases · 11 Apr 2024, 12 Apr 2024
2024-03: 1 release · 13 Mar 2024
2023-12: 1 release · 4 Dec 2023

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Suppliers appointed 10admitted to the panel · see the list ↓

Bids received 43 from SMEs

Contracts signed 13latest 28 May 2025

13 suppliers are admitted to this dynamic market without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

Railtrack Maintenance
Signed
28 May 2025
Value
—
Period
… – 31 Mar 2025
Status
active
Contract 084513-2025-1-1
Signed
28 May 2025
Value
£134,500
Period
… – 31 Mar 2025
Status
active
- Change Delivery of one additional training cohort, Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire: Systems and marketing already in place to refer participants. Change of contractor would result in significant time and resource for mobilisation for just one additional cohort within the next few months.
Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) Health, Safety and Environment Tests and Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) Cards
Signed
16 Apr 2025
Value
£27,279
Period
… – 31 Mar 2025
Status
active
Multidisciplinary Machine Operator in Rail and Construction
Signed
4 Dec 2024
Value
£89,972
Period
… – 31 Mar 2025
Status
active
Advance Human Resources - this project is part-funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund
Signed
6 Nov 2024
Value
£15,000
Period
… – 31 Mar 2025
Status
active
Business Administration Sector Routeway - this project is part funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund
Signed
14 Jun 2024
Value
£60,000
Period
… – 31 Mar 2025
Status
active
Hospitality Sector Routeways - this project is part-funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund
Signed
31 May 2024
Value
—
Period
… – 31 Mar 2025
Status
active
Adult Social Care Sector Routeways - this project is part-funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
Signed
24 May 2024
Value
—
Period
… – 31 Mar 2025
Status
active
Accredited Level 3 Certificate - Forest School Leaders part funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund
Signed
11 Apr 2024
Value
£3,415
Period
… – 31 Mar 2025
Status
active
UKSPF Mental Health First Aid Training
Signed
11 Apr 2024
Value
£40,000
Period
… – 31 Mar 2025
Status
active
Accredited Level 3 Certificate - Forest School Leaders part funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund
Signed
8 Apr 2024
Value
—
Period
… – 31 Mar 2025
Status
active
IOSH Managing and Working Safely - part funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund
Signed
29 Mar 2024
Value
£19,200
Period
… – 31 Mar 2025
Status
active
Railtrack Maintenance
Signed
7 Mar 2024
Value
£132,126
Period
… – 31 Mar 2025
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Lot	Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
Delivery of a 3-week training course with focus on enhancing employability and…	4bids · 4 electronic	3	—	£59,808 – £112,000
Whole notice	—	—	—	£54,000 – £54,000

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Sheffield City Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityEducationRegional or local agency/officeGeneral public services (GB) 173 5488 38 The Town Hall, Pinstone St, Sheffield, Yorkshire & Humber, S12HHContact email, phone

Consortium members and other public bodies

European UnionFunder

Suppliers admitted to the dynamic market

10 commercial parties on the notice

Bhayani HR & Employment LawAdmitted to the market199881232 59 Shoreham Street, Sheffield, UK, S1 4SBContact email
Cavendish Cancer CareAdmitted to the marketCavendish Cancer Care 34 Wilkinson Street, Sheffield, UK, S10 2GBContact email
Manor and Castle Development TrustAdmitted to the market865542207 Norfolk House. Stafford Lane., Sheffield, Yorkshire & Humber, S2 5HRContact email, phone
Skills-UK, Education & Training LimitedAdmitted to the market14832353 18 Beauchamp Road, Rotherham, Yorkshire & Humber, S61 3SPContact email, phone
TEC PartnershipAdmitted to the market298390940 TEC Partnership, Nuns Corner, Laceby Road, Grimsby, UK, DN34 5BQContact email
The Nature Box Admitted to the marketCharlotte Middleton Wood Lane, Countryside Centre, Sheffield , UK, S6 5HE
The Nature Box Forest School Admitted to the marketN/A Wood Lane Countryside Centre, Sheffield , UK, S6 5HEContact email
The Springboard CharityAdmitted to the market1045411 13 Devonshire Square, London, UK, EC2M 4THContact email, phone
Yorkshire Fitness and LeisureAdmitted to the marketGB-COH: 08021541 Sheffield, Yorkshire & Humber
Yorkshire Fitness and LeisureAdmitted to the market216497492 20 Tinsley Park Road, Sheffield, Yorkshire & Humber, S9 5DLContact email

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.