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W7X - ECT - Dor - Path B

Somerset County Council

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19 Oct 2026 at 16:39

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Somerset Council commissioned delivery of Skills Bootcamps for learners in Somerset and Dorset, under the Department for Education grant funding agreement. The work is adult and other education services: training providers deliver bootcamp courses rather than supplying goods or carrying out construction. The requirement covers delivery in both counties, giving it a cross-border local footprint. The published title includes internal shorthand, but the stated purpose is to engage providers to deliver Skills Bootcamps. Ellisoms Commercial Training Limited was selected to provide this training. This procurement therefore concerns organisations able to deliver adult skills training across the named areas and in line with the grant-funded programme, rather than general education services without a bootcamp delivery role.

The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded to Ellisons Commercial Training Limited. Somerset Council used a direct award below the applicable threshold, without competition. The award was made on 19 October 2026, with a contract period from 19 October 2026 to 31 March 2027. Its value is £47,064 excluding VAT (£56,476.80 including VAT). The requirement was organised as one lot, covering Skills Bootcamp delivery in Somerset and Dorset. The published information identifies the grant agreement as the basis for the delivery requirement; it does not set out an evaluation score or comparative award criteria. The award is recorded as active.

For training providers, this award demonstrates demand from Somerset Council for Skills Bootcamp delivery across Somerset and Dorset within a Department for Education-funded programme. A credible competitor would need the capability to plan and deliver adult skills training in both areas, and to align course delivery with the programme requirements and grant funding agreement. The selected supplier is a small and medium-sized training business, showing that this requirement was delivered by a specialist provider rather than requiring a large corporate supplier. Providers with suitable teaching capacity, local delivery reach and experience meeting publicly funded training obligations are the closest fit when this buyer needs comparable provision again. The council used a direct award without competition for this procurement, so this outcome does not demonstrate an open competitive evaluation route or criteria that other providers could rely on.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

W7X - ECT - Dor - Path B

Notice Description

Skills Bootcamps Delivery Agreements for training providers to delivery Skills Bootcamps within Somerset and Dorset as per the DfE grant funding agreement.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-078b26
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/098658-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - without competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

80 - Education and training services

CPV Codes

80400000 - Adult and other education services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£47,064 Under £100K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
19 Oct 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
19 Oct 20261 weeks ago
Contract Period
19 Oct 2026 - 31 Mar 2027 1-6 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Somerset County Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
TAUNTON
Postcode
TA1 4DY
Postcode Area
Taunton
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLK South West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLK6 North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLK62 Somerset
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Somerset
Electoral Ward
Bishop's Hull & Taunton West
Westminster Constituency
Taunton and Wellington

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Ellisons Commercial Training

Further Information

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