Find a TenderAwardedContract details notice

Published 20 May 2025, 14:28 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Tools for Tomorrow - Increasing career pathways into Construction & Trades

Official notice

Authority: West Oxfordshire District Council (Local council)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable

Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: UKSouth West (UKK)

Published estimate£12,500≈ £17k / year · £15,000 inc. VAT

Submissions closed 18 Jun 2025awarded 14 Jul 2025

Awarded to Oxford Energy Academy

Contract term 9 moends 1 Apr 2026 · starts 7 Jul 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

To procure a local educational college or accredited training provider to design, deliver, and administer a targeted project that promotes entry into the construction industry.

CPV: Education and training services · Specialist training services · Training programme services · Training services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

Lot #1Awarded 9 moSMEVCSEPublished value£12,500

Contract period: 7 Jul 2025 – 1 Apr 2026 (9 mo)Value: £12,500 exc. VAT · £15,000 inc. VAT

Delivery: South WestEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible

80000000 Education and training services 80500000 Training services 80510000 Specialist training services 80521000 Training programme 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

Lot awarding rule: Price: 20% Quality: 80%

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded
Procurement threshold: Below threshold
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: 20 May 2025, 14:28 BST
Last source update: 1 Sept 2025, 14:37 BST
Authority reference: WODC0593P
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-023304
Latest notice: Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV): Education and training servicesSpecialist training servicesTraining programme servicesTraining services
Delivery area: UKSouth West (UKK)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0518f0 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice

Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend

Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowed

Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup

Submission deadline: 18 Jun 2025, 18:00 BST
Clarification deadline: 28 May 2025, 18:00 BST
Submission channel: Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission: Allowed

Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Tenders to be submitted by the e-tendering portal in-tendhost.co.uk/publicagroup/aspx/Home ↗

Timeline

20 May 2025 → 1 Sept 2025 · 5 dates

Tender notice published
20 May 2025, 14:28 BST
Clarification questions by
28 May 2025, 18:00 BST
Submission deadline
18 Jun 2025, 18:00 BST
Contract starts
7 Jul 2025
Latest notice published
1 Sept 2025, 14:37 BST

Notice history

6 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 May 2025

Tender notice published
20 May 2025, 14:28 BST
UK4
Contract award notice published
14 Jul 2025, 09:22 BST
UK6
Status changed to complete
14 Jul 2025, 09:22 BST
Contract signature expected
22 Jul 2025, 00:59 BST
scheduled
Contract award notice published
23 Jul 2025, 08:34 BST
UK6
Contract details notice published
1 Sept 2025, 14:37 BST
UK7

Routine re-releases (4)

2025-05: 1 release · 20 May 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £71,1921 award exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Named bidders 1published on the award notice

Contracts signed 1latest 18 Aug 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Oxford Energy AcademySME1 Aug 2025 – 29 Aug 2026	£71,192	14 Jul 2025	Awarded

Contracts

Tools for Tomorrow - Increasing career pathways into Construction & Trades · Oxford Energy AcademySME
Signed
18 Aug 2025
Value
£71,192
Period
1 Sept 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1final-stage tenders · 3 at stage one	0	0	—

Who bid

wonOxford Energy AcademySME · South East 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

West Oxfordshire District Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PZVW-3997-TQJG Council Offices, Witney, South East, OX28 1NBContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice

Oxford Energy AcademyAwarded supplierGB-COH: 07767653 Ground Floor, 2 Compton Way, Witney, England, OX28 3AB, Witney, South East, OX28 3ABContact email, phone
Oxford Energy AcademyAwarded supplier Avenue One, Station Lane, Witney, South East, OX28 4XZContact email

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender1 Sept 2025, 14:37 BST
Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender23 Jul 2025, 08:34 BST
Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender14 Jul 2025, 09:22 BST
Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender20 May 2025, 14:28 BST