Notice Information
Notice Title
271 - Coleg Gwent skills partnership contract and quality framework - expressions of interest
Notice Description
This is to give the market notice that we are hoping to release a tender for a framework for Skills Partnership suppliers in a weeks time. there will be 2 lots . Lot 1 is for NVQ's, and lot 2 is for Personal learning or upskill or reskill employed learners. We aim to release the tender in a weeks time, the framework will be an open framework for one year, which will be closed, then opened after the year, so suppliers can tender to join again for another year. the second year will be closed also. All docs on the requirement will be released in Bravo etendering portal next week .
Lot Information
NVQ
NVQ providers
Personal learning to upskill or reskill employed learnersall info on the lots will be shared when the tender is released, next week on Bravo etendering
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-06b253
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/054952-2026
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK3 - Planned Procurement Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
80 - Education and training services
-
- CPV Codes
80000000 - Education and training services
80330000 - Safety education services
80340000 - Special education services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £22,000,000 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- £22,000,000 £10M-£100M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 10 Jun 2026Yesterday
- Submission Deadline
- 27 Jul 20262 months to go
- Future Notice Date
- 17 Jun 20265 days to go
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 Aug 2026 - 30 Aug 2027 6-12 months
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planned
- Lots Status
- Planned
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- COLEG GWENT
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- USK
- Postcode
- NP15 1XJ
- Post Town
- Newport
- Country
- Wales
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLL Wales
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLL5 South East Wales
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLL54 Monmouthshire and Newport
- Delivery Location
- TLL16 Gwent Valleys, TLL21 Monmouthshire and Newport
-
- Local Authority
- Monmouthshire
- Electoral Ward
- Llanbadoc and Usk
- Westminster Constituency
- Monmouthshire
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/054952-2026
10th June 2026 - Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender
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