Official UK procurement notice
Subcontract delivery of Free Courses for Jobs 2025/26
Authority: Capital City College (Education)·On behalf of: AGM Procurement
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCCC are requesting tenders from providers who are interested in working in partnership on a Free Courses for Jobs delivery contract for learners aged 19plus for the 202526 academic year for up to £1m gross funding. This is for end-to-end delivery where the provider delivers 100percent of programme. Please refer to the Guidance in the Tender pack for further details.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 2 Apr 2026, 00:59 BST.
CPV: Adult and other education services · Adult-education services at university level · Computer training services · Computer-user familiarisation and training services · Education and training services · Higher education services · Industrial and technical training services · Industrial training services · Management training services · Specialist training services · Technical training services · Training programme services · +1 more
The lotProcurement structure
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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 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).
- Simple description: 100% related to quality of provision and sit with CCC delivery objectives as funding allocations are called and detailed within the Guidance document and draft terms and conditions.
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
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 2 Apr 2026
- First published
- 21 May 2025, 17:27 BST
- Last source update
- 19 Sept 2025, 09:38 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 18 Jul 2025
- Authority reference
FCFJ_0525- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-024325- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051c19Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
30 days in accordance with published draft terms and conditions in the tender pack
- Risks
Please refer to the Guidance in the tender pack for all mandatory performance and qualification requirements.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 16 Jun 2025, 13:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 10 Jun 2025, 13:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Tenders must be submitted electronically via www.in-tendhost.co.uk/educationportal/aspx… ↗. A CDP share code will be required and instructions for this are included within the Guidance in the tender pack.
Timeline
21 May 2025 → 19 Sept 2025 · 8 dates- Tender notice published21 May 2025, 17:27 BST
- Clarification questions by10 Jun 2025, 13:00 BST
- Submission deadline16 Jun 2025, 13:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent9 Jul 2025
- Award decision expected by18 Jul 2025, 00:59 BST
- Standstill ends29 Jul 2025, 00:59 BST
- Contract starts1 Aug 2025
- Latest notice published19 Sept 2025, 09:38 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 May 2025- Tender notice published21 May 2025, 17:27 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published15 Jul 2025, 19:03 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete15 Jul 2025, 19:03 BST
- Contract signature expected30 Jul 2025, 00:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published19 Sept 2025, 09:38 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Just IT Training LimitedSME, KBM Training and Recruitment LimitedSME, Kiwi & Yuzu LimitedSME, The Construction Skills People LtdSMEjoint award1 Aug 2025 – 1 Aug 2026 | £1,000,000 | 9 Jul 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Subcontract delivery of Free Courses for Jobs 2025/26 · Just IT Training LimitedSME, KBM Training and Recruitment LimitedSME, Kiwi & Yuzu LimitedSME, The Construction Skills People LtdSME
- Signed
- 31 Jul 2025
- Value
- £1,000,000
- Period
- 1 Aug 2025 – 31 Jul 2026
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4final-stage tenders · 22 at stage one | 0 | 0 | — |
Who bid
- wonThe Construction Skills People LtdSME · East Midlands
- wonKiwi & Yuzu Ltd SME · South East England
- wonKBM Training & RecruitmentSME · Greater London
- wonJust IT Training LimitedSME · North West England
Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- AGM ProcurementProcess contact pointProcuring entityManaging the tender process
Bidders & participating suppliers
4 commercial parties on the notice- Just IT Training LtdAwarded supplier
- KBM Training & Recruitment LtdAwarded supplier
- Kiwi and Yuzu LimitedAwarded supplier
- The Construction Skills People LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications All tender documents are available for download free of charge from https://www.in-tendhost.co.uk/educationportal/aspx/Home. Please read the Guidance before applying to ensure that you are able to meet all minimum requirements.
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender