Notice Information
Notice Title
Subcontract Adult Skills Fund Provision
Notice Description
DCG are requesting tenders from suppliers who are interested in working in partnership on ASF1 delivery contracts for up to PS6.5m gross income over a maximum 5 year term - where 80% is retained by the subcontractor with 20% by DCG as the main provider. Spend details are indicative only and award of funding is subject to criteria detailed within the guidance included in the tender pack. The intended outcome of the process is to determine the most advantageous tender(s) (MAT) and select subcontractors to deliver a contract for subcontract delivery ("Service") for a fixed period of 2 academic years (in annual increments) from 01 August 2026 to 31 July 2028 with options to extend. Full and unrestricted access to tender documents can be obtained from https://www.in-tendhost.co.uk/educationportal/aspx/Home
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: Three options to extend the partnership arrangements for up to a further three years (in annual increments unless otherwise agreed by DCG) ending 31 July 2031 subject to subcontract performance, availability of funding and DCG strategy.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-069276
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/041547-2026
- 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
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
80 - Education and training services
-
- CPV Codes
80000000 - Education and training services
80300000 - Higher education services
80310000 - Youth education services
80340000 - Special education services
80400000 - Adult and other education services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £6,500,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £6,500,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 6 May 20261 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 20 May 20265 days to go
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 Jul 2026 - 31 Jul 2028 2-3 years
- Recurrence
- 2031-02-01
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- DERBY COLLEGE GROUP
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- DERBY
- Postcode
- DE24 8UG
- Post Town
- Derby
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLG West Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLG2 Shropshire and Staffordshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLG24 Staffordshire CC
- Delivery Location
- TLF East Midlands (England), TLF1 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, TLF11 Derby, TLF12 East Derbyshire, TLF13 South and West Derbyshire
-
- Local Authority
- Lichfield
- Electoral Ward
- Little Aston & Stonnall
- Westminster Constituency
- Tamworth
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/041547-2026
6th May 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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