--- title: "Wave 6 Train4Tomorrow 'Skills For Life' - Skills Bootcamps Lot 1 and Lot 5" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04fb92" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-04fb92" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04fb92.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04fb92.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "DEVON COUNTY COUNCIL" published: "2025-12-05" --- # Wave 6 Train4Tomorrow 'Skills For Life' - Skills Bootcamps Lot 1 and Lot 5 Buyer: DEVON COUNTY COUNCIL Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04fb92 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-04fb92) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04fb92.json) ## Summary Devon County Council has completed the award stage for the procurement titled "Wave 6 Train4Tomorrow 'Skills For Life' - Skills Bootcamps Lot 1 and Lot 5". This project aims to deliver flexible training programmes lasting up to 16 weeks in response to in-demand skills from employers and sectors. The training programmes are available to adults aged 19+ who are employed, unemployed, or self-employed, providing opportunities for upskilling, retraining, and formalising skills. The procurement method used is the open procedure under light-touch regime, with the contract period starting on 5th December 2025 and potentially extending until 31st October 2027. South Devon College and City College Plymouth are the suppliers involved, with services covering higher education, adult education, training, and community services, delivered in the UKK4 region. This tender offers significant growth opportunities for businesses specialising in training and education services. It is particularly suited to large-scale educational institutions and providers with expertise in enhancing adult skills and facilitating career transitions. The Skills Bootcamps are designed to fill vacant positions by providing targeted training to boost productivity and assist adults in gaining new qualifications for high-demand roles. As such, businesses with a focus on education, vocational training, and skill development will find this procurement beneficial for expanding their services and forming strategic collaborations to address the evolving skills market. ## Notice The overall aims of the Skills Bootcamps are: To deliver *flexible training programmes lasting up to 16 weeks, based on employer/sector 'in-demand' skills needs which may be either accredited (i.e. qualification based) or non-accredited (e.g. based on alignment with industry standards) enabling adults (19+) to do training around work and other commitments. Training supports those looking to gain work, additional responsibilities, pivot into new roles or access new opportunities and will offer a guaranteed job interview to individual participants (where applicable) on completion of the course. To address the needs of adults (19+) who are full-time and part-time employed (supported by their Employers), unemployed, returning to work after a break or self-employed, and provide individuals with wider access to opportunities to retrain, update or formalise their skills or acquire specialist skills. To address the needs of employers and the wider economy, to deliver targeted interventions to meet short-medium term demand to fill vacancies and drive productivity. Skills bootcamps will help fill medium-higher level vacancies and bring individuals (including those currently in employment) closer to better jobs, by linking them with line of sight to a job/ different role, additional responsibilities or new opportunities/contracts. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080296-2025 | | Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details 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 | Award | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 5 Dec 2025 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | 28 Jul 2025 | | Contract period | 14 Aug 2025 - 31 Oct 2026 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | £9,297,603 | | Contracts value | £9,104,588 | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Complete | | Lots status | Complete | | Awards status | Active | | Contracts status | Active | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | DEVON COUNTY COUNCIL | | Locality | EXETER, | | Post town | Exeter | | Postcode | EX2 4QD | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) | | ITL 2 | TLK4 Devon | | ITL 3 | TLK43 Devon CC | | Local authority | Exeter | | Electoral ward | Newtown and St Leonard's | | Westminster constituency | Exeter | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## Supplier | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Number of suppliers | 22 | | Supplier names | 3T TRAINING SERVICES; APRICOT CENTRE; BLUE SCREEN IT; CITY COLLEGE PLYMOUTH; COMPLETE TRAINING (DEVON; DIGITAL PENINSULA NETWORK; EXETER COLLEGE; FOCUS TRAINING (SW; HGV TRAINING SERVICES; JUST IT TRAINING; PETROC; PGL TRAINING (PLUMBING; PLYMOUTH CITY COUNCIL; PRIMED TALENT; PROJECT COSMIC; SOUTH DEVON COLLEGE; SOUTH WEST ASSOCIATION OF TRAINING PROVIDERS; THE INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION GROUP; THINK EMPLOYMENT; UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH; WHITEHEAD-ROSS EDUCATION AND CONSULTING; YTKO | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 80 - Education and training services - 98 - Other community, social and personal services ### Codes - 80300000 - Higher education services - 80400000 - Adult and other education services - 80500000 - Training services - 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services ## Release History - 5 Dec 2025 at 15:57 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080296-2025 - 30 Oct 2025 at 10:55 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/069652-2025 - 30 Oct 2025 at 10:54 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/069651-2025 - 1 Aug 2025 at 20:19 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/045447-2025 - 1 Aug 2025 at 20:09 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/045444-2025 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080296-2025 5th December 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/069652-2025 30th October 2025 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/069651-2025 30th October 2025 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/045447-2025 1st August 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/045444-2025 1st August 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - http://3tglobal.com - http://insite.training - http://www.apricotcentre.co.uk - http://www.cityplym.ac.uk - http://www.petroc.ac.uk - http://www.pgltraining.com - http://www.plymouth.gov.uk - http://www.southdevon.ac.uk - http://www.thinkemployment.com - http://www.wrecltd.co.uk - http://www.ytko.com - https://completetrainingltd.co.uk/ - https://devoneducationservices.co.uk/ - https://exe-coll.ac.uk/ - https://theinternationaleducationgroup.org/ - https://thinkbittraining.co.uk/ - https://www.cosmic.org.uk/ - https://www.digitalpeninsula.org - https://www.justit.co.uk - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents - https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/ - https://www.primedtalent.com/ - https://www.swatpro.org.uk - https://www.thefocustraininggroup.com/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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