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Norfolk and Suffolk Skills Bootcamps Wave 6 (2025/2026)

Suffolk County Council

This public procurement record has 4 releases in its history.

Award

31 Dec 2025 at 14:23

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Award

10 Dec 2025 at 15:54

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
TenderCancellation

05 Dec 2025 at 16:32

UK12 - Procurement Termination Notice
Award

22 Oct 2025 at 13:29

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Norfolk and Suffolk Skills Bootcamps Wave 6, for the financial year 2025/26, hosted by Suffolk County Council in collaboration with Norfolk County Council, has been successfully awarded contracts under the classification of education and training services. The procurement process involved an open procedure and has already reached the award and contract stage, with agreements signed from November 2025 and extending until September 2026. These contracts, valued above £6120000, cater to regions UKH14 to UKH17 across the United Kingdom. They encompass a range of skills training aimed at addressing the recruitment and skills needs of employers throughout Norfolk and Suffolk, backed by government funding from the Department for Education. This programme focuses on sectors like infrastructure, technology, and growth-oriented employment, ensuring a comprehensive development of local talents.

This tender offers significant opportunities for businesses specializing in education and skills training, particularly SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises) and VCSE (Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprises) organisations. The flexible structure, allowing contracts to be extended by up to 12 months based on satisfactory performance, emphasizes potential for long-term partnerships. Companies adept in areas such as digital innovation, infrastructure maintenance, and core employment skills are ideally suited to engage, given the alignment of the bootcamp programmes with critical regional economic sectors. Furthermore, business entities capable of offering tailored training aligned with employer needs stand to benefit in contributing towards bridging the skills gap, thus fostering substantial growth and sustainability in the regional labour market.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Norfolk and Suffolk Skills Bootcamps Wave 6 (2025/2026)

Notice Description

Using Government funding, provided by the Department for Education, Suffolk County Council (SCC) have appointed a selection of learning and training providers to deliver a range of Skills Bootcamps across a Norfolk and Suffolk geography during the financial year 2025/26. SCC are the contract holders and, working closely alongside Norfolk County Council, are acting as a consortium for ongoing programme development, monitoring and reporting throughout the year to ensure that delivery meets and addresses local needs as well as the funding criteria and requirements of the Department for Education. The Norfolk and Suffolk Skills Bootcamp Programme will provide a range of training courses aligned directly with the recruitment and skills needs of employers. Please note, the contract values shown below include the optional 12-month extension periods. Each extension is subject to the satisfactory performance of the relevant supplier and the availability of funding. Although the contract values are stated both excluding and including VAT, not all suppliers are VAT registered, and in some cases the services may be VAT exempt (for eligible bodies).

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0505a5
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/086581-2025
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
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

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£5,289,006 £1M-£10M
Contracts Value
£4,845,462 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
31 Dec 20257 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
8 Oct 202510 months ago
Contract Period
11 Dec 2025 - 30 Sep 2026 6-12 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active, Cancelled

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Suffolk County Council
Additional Buyers

Norfolk County Council

Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
IPSWICH
Postcode
IP1 2BX
Postcode Area
Ipswich
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLH East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLH6 Suffolk
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLH62 Ipswich
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Ipswich
Electoral Ward
Gipping
Westminster Constituency
Ipswich

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
27
Supplier Names

3T TRAINING SERVICES LIMITED

ACTION COMMUNITY ENTERPRISES CIC

BREAKTHROUGH SOCIAL ENTERPRISE LIMITED

CENIT COLLEGE UK LIMITED

City College Norwich

College of West Anglia

EAST ESSEX VOCATIONAL TRAINING LIMITED

East Coast College

Engage Train Support Limited

HOUSE BUILDER XL LIMITED

INTERTRAIN UK LTD.

JUST IT TRAINING LIMITED

MASTERED STUDIOS LTD

P. FLANNERY PLANT HIRE (OVAL) LIMITED

PERTEMPS RECRUITMENT PARTNERSHIP LIMITED

PETER SMYTHE TRANSPORT TRAINING LIMITED

REALISE LEARNING AND EMPLOYMENT LIMITED

REED IN PARTNERSHIP LIMITED

SAXONAIR CHARTER LIMITED

STEADFAST TRAINING LTD

SWARM TRAINING C.I.C.

TECH EDUCATORS LTD

THINK EMPLOYMENT LIMITED

TRS TRAINING LIMITED

TURNING FACTOR LIMITED

UNYTE ACADEMY LTD

West Suffolk College

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