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Adult Skills Fund - Preparation for Devolution

Portsmouth City Council

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30 Sep 2026 at 09:56

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Portsmouth City Council commissioned a training programme funded through the Adult Skills Fund, delivering Free Courses for Jobs. The requirement is for education and training services, with delivery in the Portsmouth area. The programme sits within the council’s preparation for devolution work and is intended to provide free courses for eligible learners. The supplier is City of Portsmouth College Enterprises Ltd. This is a focused adult skills and vocational training requirement rather than a general education contract; suppliers whose work centres on designing and delivering job-related courses for adults are the closest fit.

The procurement is complete and the contract has been awarded to City of Portsmouth College Enterprises Ltd. The contract was signed on 17 September 2026 and runs from 17 September 2026 to 31 July 2027. Its value is £62,231 including VAT. The requirement was arranged as one lot and used a below-threshold procurement route; the specific method is recorded as unknown. The tender is marked complete and the award and contract are active. The published details do not state an award date or evaluation criteria, so the basis on which the supplier was selected cannot be described further.

For a supplier considering similar adult skills work with Portsmouth City Council, credibility would rest on the ability to deliver Adult Skills Fund-supported Free Courses for Jobs. Relevant providers are those with the teaching capacity and operational capability to run vocational courses for adult learners in the Portsmouth area, and to deliver a defined programme through the council’s skills-funding arrangements. The awarded supplier is a college enterprise, indicating that a local further-education provider can meet this requirement. This was a single-lot, below-threshold service at a focused programme scale, so a prospective competitor should be equipped to deliver the specified training requirement without relying on a large, multi-lot contract model.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Adult Skills Fund - Preparation for Devolution

Notice Description

To deliver a ASF funded training programme - Free Courses for Jobs

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-077d1b
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/092169-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - unknown
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

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
Not specified
Contracts Value
£62,231 Under £100K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
30 Sep 20266 days ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
17 Sep 2026 - 31 Jul 2027 6-12 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Portsmouth City Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
PORTSMOUTH
Postcode
PO1 2AL
Postcode Area
Portsmouth
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLJ South East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLJ31 Portsmouth
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Portsmouth
Electoral Ward
Charles Dickens
Westminster Constituency
Portsmouth South

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

CITY OF PORTSMOUTH COLLEGE ENTERPRISES LTD

Further Information

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