Notice Information
Notice Title
Operational Procurement Support Service
Notice Description
Management of a range of procurement activity including establishment and running of a number of frameworks, including the full end to end procurement process that supports that and any other related activities.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: The option to extend up to two years - two individual twelve month extensions
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0597ec
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/062750-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79418000 - Procurement consultancy services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,050,000,000 £1B-£10B
- Lots Value
- £1,050,000,000 £1B-£10B
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 7 Oct 20252 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 13 Oct 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 May 2026 - 31 May 2031 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- RED KITE LEARNING TRUST
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- laura.davies@value-match.co.uk, rkltprocurement@rklt.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- HARROGATE
- Postcode
- HG2 9PH
- Post Town
- Harrogate
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD6 Cheshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD63 Cheshire West and Chester
- Delivery Location
- TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Electoral Ward
- Great Boughton
- Westminster Constituency
- Chester North and Neston
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/062750-2025
7th October 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/055539-2025
10th September 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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