Official UK procurement notice
Young Persons Support and Guidance
Authority: Rochdale Borough Council (Local council)·On behalf of: Star Procurement
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionA support service that will enable Rochdale Local Authority to carry out its statutory duties with regard to the participation of young people, between the ages of 16 and 17 (and 19-25 where young people have an Education Health and Care Plan or are from a care background).
This will be achieved by supporting and influencing young people to raise aspirations, supporting their ability to participate in education, training or employment with training.
Rochdale Borough Council's objective is to commission a Support and Outreach service for Rochdale's priority groups of young people that tracks, identifies and intervenes early and offers ongoing appropriate specialist support and guidance, which will enable them to make informed, realistic decisions for effective transition into Education, Employment and/or Training (EET) and reduce Rochdale Borough's NEET numbers.
The service will be innovative and highly flexible, responding quickly to changes in legislation and local priorities.
CPV: Education and training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,920,000
- Economic & financial standing
Provided inside tendering documents
- Technical & professional ability
Provided inside tendering documents
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 award criteria (2)
- Quality: Quality questions and Social value question
- Price
- Economic & financial standing
Provided inside tendering documents
- Technical & professional ability
Provided inside tendering documents
- Price carries 25 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.5 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
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 10 Dec 2025, 13:15 GMT
- Last source update
- 20 Feb 2026, 14:10 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 Apr 2026
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-081492- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f2bcFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 21 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 14 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
All tenders must be submitted via The Chest. www.the-chest.org.uk ↗
Timeline
10 Dec 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published323 days ago10 Dec 2025, 13:15 GMT
- Clarification questions by288 days ago14 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline281 days ago21 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent251 days ago20 Feb 2026
- Latest notice published251 days ago20 Feb 2026, 14:10 GMT
- Standstill ends239 days ago3 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts211 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Award decision expected by210 days ago1 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Dec 2025- Tender notice published10 Dec 2025, 13:15 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published20 Feb 2026, 14:10 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete20 Feb 2026, 14:10 GMT
- Contract signature expected14 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| POSITIVE STEPS OLDHAMVCSE1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2029 · up to 31 Mar 2030Extensions: +1 | £1,867,907 | 20 Feb 2026standstill to 3 Mar 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5final-stage tenders · 7 at stage one | 0 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- Star ProcurementProcess contact pointProcuring entityShared Service that provides Procurement support
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- POSITIVE STEPS OLDHAMAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender