Notice Information
Notice Title
AEB & FCFJ - ITP 24/25
Notice Description
The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (the CPCA) covers the Local Authority areas of Cambridgeshire County Council, Cambridge City Council, Peterborough City Council, Fenland District Council, Huntingdonshire District Council, East Cambridgeshire District Council and South Cambridgeshire District Council. Adult Education Budget and Free Courses For Jobs funding: Extension of contract duration and increase of contract value in respect of contracts with Independent Training Providers for the period of 2024/25 academic year. This enables providers to deliver AEB and FCFJ training for the full academic year and avoids delayed delivery/ resulting underspends. Awarding 9 ITP training providers contracts for Adult Education and FCFJ extending contract duration and values via an ODN process as original contract procured does not allow for further extensions of value.
Lot Information
Lot 0
The CPCA intends to procure high quality adult education and training. CPCA are seeking to build effective contractual relationships and continue to implement local flexibilities through our devolution agreement. Successful training providers will deliver contracts for services that meet our quality standards and delivery expectations aligned to the skills needs of the CPCA region. Under the Light Touch Regime, the Authority has will be using an amended version of the Restricted Procedure with an SSQ and the inclusion of a negotiation meeting, after selection of the preferred Tenders, at which they can agree their preferred courses and learner numbers before completing the process and signing a contract.
Renewal: The initial Contract will be for a period of 12 months and will include an option for the Contract to be extended by four additional 12 months periods making a total, maximum duration of 60 months
Lot 1Adult Education Budget and Free Courses For Jobs funding: Extension of contract duration and increase of contract value in respect of contracts with Independent Training Providers for the period of 2024/25 academic year
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0325ae
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/002361-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Competitive procedure with negotiation
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large, SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
80 - Education and training services
-
- CPV Codes
80000000 - Education and training services
80400000 - Adult and other education services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £6,510,785 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 23 Jan 20251 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 20 Apr 2022Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 29 Aug 20223 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Active, Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- CAMBRIDGESHIRE & PETERBOROUGH COMBINED AUTHORITY
- Contact Name
- Miss Chantel Allott, Mr Sam Garland
- Contact Email
- chantel.allott@cambridgeshirepeterborough-ca.gov.uk, sam.garland@cambridgeshirepeterborough-ca.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1480277180
Buyer Location
- Locality
- ELY
- Postcode
- CB7 4LS
- Post Town
- Cambridge
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLH East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLH4 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLH42 Cambridgeshire CC
- Delivery Location
- TLH1 East Anglia, TLH11 Peterborough, TLH12 Cambridgeshire CC
-
- Local Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Electoral Ward
- Huntingdon North
- Westminster Constituency
- Huntingdon
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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