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Published 12 May 2026, 12:26 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Sourcing of Additional Clerking Capacity for School Governors

Official notice

Authority: Peterborough City Council (Local council)

ServicesBelow threshold - without competitionBelow thresholdLight touch regimeSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Administration, defence and social security services (75) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£37,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 28 Aug 2026no call for competition
Awarded to REVIVE EDUCATION RECRUITMENT LIMITED
Contract term 2 yrsends 31 Aug 2028 · starts 1 Sept 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Peterborough City Council's Governor Services provides clerking and governance support to school governing bodies. The service supports governing boards to operate effectively, meet statutory and procedural requirements, and maintain timely governance administration, including agenda preparation, attendance at meetings, minute taking, advice on governance process and follow-up actions. Demand for clerking support for the 2026/27 academic year has created an immediate capacity pressure within the existing service, particularly from 1 September 2026 when schools require clerks to be in place for the new cycle of governing body and committee meetings. The Council has considered internal options, including use of existing employed clerks, but available capacity is insufficient to meet the level of demand without creating delivery risk.

The Council ran a Preliminary Market Engagement Event and received five responses, however due to insufficient time, a direct award was considered the most suitable option.

CPV: Administration services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded 2 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Sept 2026 – 31 Aug 2028 (2 yrs)
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
75100000 Administration services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - without competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
Regulatory regime
Light touch regime
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
12 May 2026, 12:26 BST
Last source update
14 Sept 2026, 09:27 BST
Authority reference
DN810327
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-086695
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV)
Administration services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-069687 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

12 May 2026 → 14 Sept 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published167 days ago
    12 May 2026, 12:26 BST
  2. Market engagement139 days ago
    9 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST

    THIS IS NOT A CALL TO COMPETITION.

    This is a Preliminary Market Engagement event in relation to outsourcing the existing clerking service. This preliminary market engagement event does not form any part of any invitation to tender. Peterborough City Council is issuing this request for information only. Any supplier invited to present to the Authority is doing so to support market research only and to help make any potential procurement process more focused and efficient. No supplier selection or supplier preference is implied.

    The preliminary market engagement event can be accessed via ProContract at this link: procontract.due-north.com/Supplier/Advert/View ↗

    If you do not already have an account with ProContract you can register and create an account for free. Once you have accessed the advert, please click on the green "Register interest in this opportunity". Doing this will allow you to access the Preliminary Market Engagement event and associated document. Once the questions within the document have been completed, please upload your response via ProContract. The event will remain open until 12:00 Noon on 9th June 2026.

    If you have any questions whilst this event is live and you have already registered your interest, please use the ProContract messaging facility.

  3. Contract starts56 days ago
    1 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
  4. Latest notice published43 days ago
    14 Sept 2026, 09:27 BST

Notice history

4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 12 May 2026
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    12 May 2026, 12:26 BST
    UK2
  2. Contract details notice published
    14 Sept 2026, 09:27 BST
    UK7
  3. Status changed to complete
    14 Sept 2026, 09:27 BST
  4. Procurement method changed
    14 Sept 2026, 09:27 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £37,0001 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 28 Aug 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
REVIVE EDUCATION RECRUITMENT LIMITED£37,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Peterborough City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PLXM-3229-WVQH Sand Martin House Peterborough, Bittern Way, Peterborough, East of England, PE2 8TYContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • REVIVE EDUCATION RECRUITMENT LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 16077508GB-PPON: PJDN-8132-MHDV 16a Market Avenue, Huddersfield, Yorkshire & Humber, HD1 2BBContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure