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title: "Adult Learning Services in Merton"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04a706"
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# Adult Learning Services in Merton

Buyer: LONDON BOROUGH OF MERTON  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04a706

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## Summary

The London Borough of Merton, a regional authority, has been involved in the procurement of "Adult Learning Services in Merton" under an open procedure. This tender falls under the industry category of adult and other education services, focusing on creating an approved partner list as per the Light Touch Regime (LTR) to provide adult skills and community learning provisions. Taking place in the UKI63 region, this process commenced with a tender stage that had a submission deadline on the 19th of November 2024. The goal of the procurement is to improve the skills, wellbeing, and employability of residents within the Borough through a comprehensive approach to adult learning.

This tender offers substantial business growth opportunities, particularly for organisations specialising in education and adult learning services. Companies with expertise in course delivery that meet local employment needs, enhance green skills, support intergenerational learning, and cater to individuals with learning difficulties or disabilities would find this procurement suitable. The successful bidders, including SMEs and larger entities, have the potential to collaborate closely with the London Borough of Merton to enhance the curriculum and contribute positively to the community within the defined service parameters, ensuring a robust alignment with local and national funding requirements and the Ofsted Inspection Framework.

## Notice

This project will focus on the procurement and creation of an approved partner list under the Light Touch Regime (LTR) that can be called off at any time during the contract period to deliver adult skills and community learning provision. The successful bidders will be required to deliver a comprehensive end to end Adult Learning service on behalf of the Council including, but not restricted to: the promotion of the service and recruitment of learners; delivery of quality teaching and learning; effective leadership and management; appropriate support services; safeguarding, and; all necessary administrative, reporting, safety and compliance requirements. This contract will provide a route to opportunities to deliver adult learning courses via Adult Skills Fund Adult Core (formula funded) and Skills Fund Tailored Learning for Merton residents, and aims to improve the skills, wellbeing, and employability of adults within the Borough. MAL partners will deliver provisions that can enhance and expand on the curriculum offer, this includes courses that: * Meet the needs of local employers. * Enable learners to enhance their skills and progress into good work. * Address the need for the future workforce in green skills. * Improve health and wellbeing and reduce social isolation. * Enable intergenerational learning through family learning. * Develop the range of courses for learners with poor mental health, learning difficulties, or disabilities.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

This project will focus on the procurement and creation of an approved partner list under the Light Touch Regime (LTR) that can be called off at any time during the contract period to deliver adult skills and community learning provision. This contract will provide a route to opportunities to deliver adult learning courses via Adult Skills Fund Adult Core (formula funded) and Skills Fund Tailored Learning for Merton residents, and aims to improve the skills, wellbeing, and employability of adults within the Borough. MAL partners will deliver provisions that can enhance and expand on the curriculum offer, this includes courses that: * Meet the needs of local employers. * Enable learners to enhance their skills and progress into good work. * Address the need for the future workforce in green skills. * Improve health and wellbeing and reduce social isolation. * Enable intergenerational learning through family learning. * Develop the range of courses for learners with poor mental health, learning difficulties, or disabilities.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/016962-2025 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large, SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 25 Apr 2025 |
| Submission deadline | 19 Nov 2024 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 14 Apr 2025 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £3,000,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | LONDON BOROUGH OF MERTON |
| Locality | MORDEN |
| Post town | Sutton |
| Postcode | SM4 5DX |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI6 Outer London - South |
| ITL 3 | TLI63 Merton, Kingston upon Thames and Sutton |
| Local authority | Merton |
| Electoral ward | Merton Park |
| Westminster constituency | Wimbledon |
| Delivery location | TLI63 Merton, Kingston upon Thames and Sutton |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 28 |
| Supplier names | 2MRW TRAINING; ADULT TRAINING NETWORK; CITY COLLEGE STRATFORD COMMUNITY INTEREST; CONSTRUCTION HELPLINE; DB INVESTMENT GROUP, TA FIND-COURSE; ETRAINING; GLOBAL SOLUTION SERVICES; HGV TRAINING SERVICES; HIT TRAINING; KBM TRAINING & RECRUITMENT; KINARA TRAINING; KIWI & YUZU; LEARNING CURVE GROUP; LIBS; PREVISTA; PROVISIONMATE; RAPID IMPROVEMENT; RICHMOND & HILLCROFT ADULT COMMUNITY COLLEGE; RINOVA; RIPE ENTERPRISES; RUNWAY APPRENTICESHIPS LIMITED TA RUNWAY TRAINING; STRIVE TRAINING; TEC TRAINING (GB; THE SKILLS NETWORK; THE TRAINING PLACE OF EXCELLENCE; TRAIN2WORK; UGANDA COMMUNITY RELIEF ASSOCIATION; WORKS WORKS TRAINING SOLUTIONS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 80400000 - Adult and other education services

## Release History

- 25 Apr 2025 at 10:09 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/016962-2025
- 9 Oct 2024 at 09:55 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/032370-2024

## Notice URLs

- http://www.merton.gov.uk/
- https://www.londontenders.org/

## Provenance

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